All I keep thinking about is do you get dirt or sand in your nethers, and what about the bugs? I don't think I'll ever really understand the appeal of outdoor sex.

True story time! Thanks to that episode of Friends, a couple of doofuses I know actually did that whole peeing on one of themselves after jellyfish sting. They were very quick to tell this story at work and then moan over the fact that it didn't actually work. All I could do was marvel that someone would take…

Trying to get my mom to go with me on a road trip when it opens. I'm going to dye my hair HK pink for the occasion.

Oh, I agree with your point about both seasons. Your words stirred a memory, that's all, and it made me think how I've stuck with some of those ideas behind the things I do even though I'm no longer Catholic and meanings have been lost.

I usually decorate the last weekend of November, sometimes on Black Friday because I certainly don't wander outside then. A typical day of decorating for Christmas includes lots of horror movies, splashing around hints of Nightmare Before Christmas inspired stuff, and this year I'm thinking of painting the tree black…

In eighth grade I thought I'd heard the calling to be a nun. That was a path I followed through my sophomore year of college. From the time I was able to understand Lent it was a time of prayer, giving up comforts, and reflecting on good left undone.

The constant interruptions were so frigging irritating. I kept wanting to scream at the TV to shut up and let Amanda Seales speak!

AHHHHHHHHH! Okay, that's out my system, but I want to go to LA right now. This second.

Oh, this guy is irritating, and he is wrong. He also sounds like a selfish child.

Heartbreaking for her family and friends, but I am glad she was able to do what she wanted and die on her terms.

The following year she and her boyfriend rented old timey Victorian styled clothing. They were both covered from head to toe, and the woman who'd kicked her out the previous year spent her night glaring at them whenever A. happened to spot her. So weird.

This is nice to know. Several schools where we live have rigid dress codes for school dances, and the kids are not allowed to dress in any way that might suggest they're anything but cis-gender and hetero-normative and freshly driven snow pure. A friend's daughter was sent home a couple of years ago because she wore…

Not sure about that, but I was slightly more forgetful during pregnancy. I always attributed it to worry. Since I had hyperemesis and needed IV fluids, nutrients, etc. several times, my focus was primarily on my health the entire nine months. I don't recall any moments I had to relax and enjoy being pregnant. I'd…

I think I broke more dishes during those nine months than I had in a lifetime. My doctor always said there was a reason for that, though. The closer it got to delivery the looser your joints get to prep the body for labor and delivery.

Thank you! I thought it had to be pretty expensive and not something anyone would want to pass out on Halloween.

Yes! What drug dealers and users give out freebie drugs for real? And to kids who suck at having things like money for which to pay for these magical drugs should they enjoy them!

Isn't that stuff kind of pricey? I can't imagine why someone would waste it on kids.

Ugh, my grammar is wacky tonight. Sorry about that. My mother and I were in a car accident this evening, and while there are no serious injuries, I'm still rattled and apparently slaughtering the English language.

It's crazy how good the waffles are in this thing! Alton Brown's entire waffle episode is anti-weird shape waffles because they don't crisp up since the heat isn't equally distributed, but then along comes Hello Kitty to defy everything.

Oh, but it's all about journalistic integrity! Right, sure it is. Keep telling everyone that while the rest of refrain from the believing it. Anita Sarkeesian is pretty brave to keep speaking out despite the threats. Go her!