And eye-crossingly bad headaches, trust me. ;)

From the geek who not only didn't skip chemistry, but also took and TA'd both Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy:

I'm so sorry, Tracy.

Feingold was too smart to run. And he didn't need to be insulted by the voting populace of the State of Wisconsin twice. (I still can't believe he lost to Ron Johnson.)

As a former voter of Wisconsin who voted against him twice (and signed the recall petition on the first available day):

I lived in Wisconsin until a year ago. So many of my neighbors thought Walker was the bee's knees. Of course, they also ranted and raged when they saw poor people with cell phones, because obviously, if you're poor, you can't have nice things. (Or, in the way the world works now, a way to communicate with your…

How did I miss this story the other day?

That's almost as good as this.

I know. I've had to do that with everyone else, too. But this is the limit - I don't do the other holidays. I no longer have a house to decorate or kids knocking at my door, so I have to sublimate my Halloween urges elsewhere.

If it's any consolation, it's confusing to us, too. I wasn't planning on doing it this year, but FFS, there are SEXY DINOSAUR COSTUMES. I couldn't resist.

I saw that and laaaaaaaughed. My sister lived in Pittsburgh for a while, and after the first two weeks, the first thing she said was - "They put french fries on EVERYTHING here. It's so weird."

This is my blender. I needed something with decent power, since I like to make pureed gazpacho, and that was killing my old, cheap blender. But I was not willing to throw down the huge bucks on a VitaMix - I don't use it daily, it seemed like overkill.

This is my blender. I needed something with decent power, since I like to make pureed gazpacho, and that was…

Triangle Whisk.

Yeah. I hate watching baseball so much that even though I had Bell's Palsy, I went to a Yankees game with my eye-patch and clamped my hands over my ears for big plays (since I was also sensitive to loud noises). This chick TOTALLY hates watching sports.

The first time I saw that - note that it's 4 years old - I laughed really hard. It is indeed pitch perfect for science reporting. Drives me crazy.

Apologies if someone else posted, but I think this is relevant here.

Thank you, Tracy. I have to admit I am not always 100% behind some of your articles, but I am showing this to people the next time they harangue as to why my husband and I are childless-by-choice. This pretty much covers it from my husband's side. (I worked in child care centers, was a baby sitter and was an active…

We used to frequent a now-closed French restaurant in the DC area. The owner/chef and his wife were French, and once a year, they would close the restaurant, take a month off and go home to visit family. (The restaurant is closed because the owner/chef retired, not because of this policy. ;) )

Yeah - as they "improve" I'm liking it less and less.