A former friend is now a mommy blogger with a healthy following. I've always had mixed feelings about it but mostly ignored her, until a few days ago. It seems she, in her 30s, has finally become aware of White Privilege and decided to write about it. Well great, except her lightbulb moment came when she saw a friend…

From what I've read, they also have a 20 month old son, Martin, who has been in prison with her. Meriam's feet have been shackled for the whole of her imprisonment (including while she gave birth to their daughter)so there's a caretaker who helps with Martin. Hopefully he's too small to remember any of this and…

Can I give a shameless plug for a lobster quinoa mac and cheese I made some time ago?http://stumblingtoyum.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/eas…

Oooh, isn't that the worst when only the standard colors go on sale? My parents apparently had a big argument about which color Kitchen Aid stand mixer I wanted, buttercup or majestic yellow. Dad won and they bought buttercup. He was wrong. I traded it and hope they never notice.

One of the judges danced for Michael Jackson and Kylie and another was Cher's lead dancer for 10+ years, so if anyone could make it happen, it's them.

I just read that ratings haven't been as strong as hoped so I don't think you're the only one who feels that way. Personally, i'd take Shannon Holtzapffel's gorgeous face over Mary Murphy's shrieking any day. I just re-watched SYTYCD-US season 7 and realized how much I miss Mia Michaels on the panel.

Yesssss! So glad to see SYTYCD-Au getting some love here. I got a VPN account just to watch that and Top Chef Canada. Michael is a shoo-in for the win. I feel kind of bad for Sam, who is also 18 and gets compared to Michael constantly.