Now I feel completely justified in all those vitriolic anti-Caitlin Flanagan comments I've been making here and elsewhere for years. Thank you, Caitlin, for preventing me from feeling an entirely feminine sense of regret.

My first thought upon reading this was that it sounded to me like the kind of fantasy literary exercise three bespectacled, pimply, socially awkward, slightly overweight, virginal 17-year-old boys would engage in, each making their contribution from the safety of their respective lairs in their parents' basements. But…

@George Peng: "without the usual indian tummy"?

So, is Destinee pronounced like "fiancée" and "matinée"? Or is it pronounced like "destiny"? Just in case this catches on I don't want to look like a dope mispronouncing it.

@Ack: Don't you imagine that's Halliburton's goal?

How equalizing is my monitor? Well, my screen is providing all the lint Harry's coat needs to look as (cat) hairy as mine!

@Almost Like Loving: If the ring doesn't have some kind of spectacular stone in it, if it's just crafted of metal, I can't imagine the shamelessness a jeweler would need to possess to look the customer straight in the eye and charge $400,000.00 for that particular piece of jewelry, and I'm in the trade. Most certainly…

@Almost Like Loving: Also, there's no material in the world that could bring the price of such a ring up to $400,000.00. Hell, she could probably order on online from Josten's for half that!

@Dora_NYC: I won't believe anything about that Brangelina ring story until I see a photo of the actual ring.

"According to ever-increasing sales figures, the Hooters concept must be acceptable to a large majority of American consumers."

@stam487: Seconded. Also, why do they wear strappy sandals in the dead of winter and heavy boots in the peak of summer?

@Tchotchke: You've set the age limit too high there. I'd put it at people under 40. Middle age is not always kind to the knees. BUT no hosiery is ever okay with open toed shoes.

I'd have to read their whole dialogue but one thing that stood out for me is that when he says, "if you're a bitch keeping your sweet side for but whom you chose to share it with then please let me know now and i wont bother for i know the type to the T.. save you and me some precious time.." According to this post…

@DAP86: Plenty of men notice the shoes women wear and if not the shoes themselves, the men notice how they make the woman stand and walk. You might not notice if she's wearing JC Penney shoes or Ferragamos but you're kidding yourself if you think you wouldn't notice if she was wearing high heels or a nice sensible…

@AmosTrue: Yes to everything you said, and I'd like to add that in addition to people having too much money they have too little self-esteem.

This round goes to Fe Saracino Fendi. Wow.

The whole Julia Roberts/paparazzo thing can be explained by good old fashioned culture clash. Anyone approaching a stranger on a NYC street and greeting them "affably" is immediately to be mistrusted. He's clearly a blow in and nor originally from the city.

@MuffinBurglar: And her shoes!

@Pierce Nichols: Thanks! I read through both of them. It looks to me like Blalock, Garrick, Vrinda Kadiyali, and Simon were estimating 129 road traffic deaths for one quarter in 2003 and Silver extrapolated that to mean 516 per year. It's not an unreasonable approach, but those estimates aren't born out by the actual…

@1girl: Medical testing on animals I don't have a problem with. Candy and cosmetics, that's something else for me.