Tom Cruise the person seems to be friendly, generous, and well-intentioned (if misguided). He’s also a good actor. It’s his involvement in Scientology that I find concerning. The psychological and physical abuse detailed in the stories of ex-Scientologists is horrific. In Cruise’s personal life he’s allowed the church…

Mystic River was an excellent movie and I was similarly dismayed. Typically I don’t care too much about an actor’s personal life when I like their work. Some revelations ruin an idle crush but I’ll still watch their movies. (Hi, Leo!) Other behavior is completely unacceptable and the idea of watching their films is…

Sean Penn is creepy. It’s unfortunate he’s a good actor because it means I miss out on movies I’d otherwise watch. I find Penn more distasteful than the Scientology Poster Boy and that’s saying quite a bit.

It sounds like your husband’s approach to asking about the gift was somehow off-putting to the buddy; hence the unceremonious dumping of a set of dishes at your door. Even though the buddy mentioned a gift I don’t feel it was your husband’s responsibility to try to follow-up. If it was a lost-in-mail situation then…

If you need an accurate weight then put entire groups of people and their luggage on an industrial sized scale. Don’t weigh people (and their luggage) one at a time. That’s just awful and humiliating.

Likewise. I’ve been on small flights where this is important information.

With this article and the last poll I’ve decided I love discussing pubic hair maintenance!

Good gracious. I like her hair. It looks normal. It’s neatly styled and has a cute flip at the bottom. Not trendy but adorable. Reminds me of my hair. The dress also seems very normal. All of those components make me think this is actually an outfit/look that I might wear one day. Then again, I’m not worth millions…

Anyone who can’t sew on a button is a ridiculous human being. When I was in college my best friend/roommate’s boyfriend was visiting our place and he nonchalantly asked to borrow a needle and some thread from me so he could sew on a button on his shirt. I didn’t think anything of it until I realized he was asking me…

These are awful. So far I’ve only had a few but I don’t notice them until they’re absurdly long and that’s the scary part. I put a reminder in Wunderlist to tweeze every two weeks so I would remember to throughly examine my face for them.

Yes, the threading reaction was strange - it was a nice place and trendy. Lots of glowing reviews. I suspect it was a combination of my skin reacting to the procedure and me not being vigilant about aftercare. The woman who did it was really friendly and seemed competent.

I want to hear from someone who’s had lip filler. I started watching some videos on YouTube and it seems like an awful lot of needles (and pain) for something you can probably achieve with a tube of Lip Venom. How long does it take for the pain to entirely subside?

This must really depend on the individual. I tried threading for my first brow shaping experience because it came recommended as being better than waxing. I went to a highly reviewed establishment and I ended up with a rash of ingrown hairs and abrasions. It was bad enough that I had to get a facial to repair the…

For me it has less to do with aesthetics and more to do with my pubic hair being so wiry that it’s prickly and uncomfortable. Before I heard about Brazilian waxes I used to put conditioner on my pubic hair to make it softer. Didn’t help much. If my pubes weren’t so terrible I’d just shave the areas that are exposed…

The image is of the old sign. There’s now a (rather hideous) green and yellow one.

Ear plugs are the best! I always have them on hand. They’re essential when traveling and come in quite handy when the neighbors are making a ruckus.

I’m agonizing over this decision. On the one hand, Robin Thicke gives me dry heaves. On the other hand, I like having all of my toes. The other components of those choices (being named like a porn star or going on a date with a Republican presidential candidate) don’t concern me as much.

Pierce Brosnan got stopped for having a knife in his carry on!!!!!!!!! (Then he put it in his checked baggage and the crisis was averted.)

I didn’t realize that you were supposed to snip the thread at the back of skirts/coats until I was in my early 30s and decided it might look better without it. (I thought I was such a rebel altering the original design!) I wish someone had (politely) pointed it out to me earlier.

According to this article Will Smith is not a Scientologist. He does support his friends who are Scientologists, though, so that just puts him one degree away from Evil.