I do wonder if part of what happens to black actresses is that because there are so few roles, relative to white female parts, that casting agents are less likely to go for these successful actresses out of fear of "tokenism" (or at least being accused of it - oh, you need a black female for once? why is it always…

my last name is 9 letters, his is 11. and they start with the same letter, which just makes it even more tongue-twistery. no hyphens for me!

this is my plan, should the bf and I ever tie the knot. he was put off by it at first - a little insulted, maybe - but I think he accepts it now. I would have been willing to hyphenate if both of our names weren't so damn long.

you're close with your "mirrors in dressing rooms" analogy - it's not the camere, it's the lens. distortion and compression play a big role. when we're talking media, a lot of paparazzi are using longer lenses (in the image, check the higher numbers/focal lengths) which sort of bring everything forward (the…

I'm just glad to see so many Bakers & McCoys. They were my favorite two Doctors as a kid, and ever since the reboot, I've felt like they'd been nearly forgotten. A college friend recently asked me "aren't you glad we weren't into Doctor Who in college? our whole group of friends would have been quoting it all the…

same here. the bf and I do all of these "crazy" things: walk around naked, stay up until whenever either of us wants, leave the bathroom door open (sometimes. I don't poop in front of him...yet), talk to the cat (she responds and we explode into giggles), and fart. Triumphantly, unapologetically, satisfyingly, without…

when I was little, I had a calico named Honey. we got her when I was like 4 from a pet shop at the flea market, and she was there through my whole childhood (I was 21 when she died) - she was always right next to me as soon as I was upset, laying on me or next to me and purring and rubbing her head on my face. to the…

I think marriage has definitely become a luxury. Not in small part due to the Wedding Industrial Complex, which I'm totally a part of, as part of a "high-end" or "boutique" wedding film crew. Hell, if my boyfriend and I decided to get married, there's no way we could afford my company. He is someone that I want to…

the funny thing to me is that this is such a turnaround from when Gizmodo posted them. they're fucked up and, yes, unbearably uncomfortable. not even in a way that makes me feel like I want to challenge my comfort levels, just in a "these suck AND are indicative of a larger problem AND have been done AND this guy…

holy shit. I know this girl. poor thing. super sweet, but put herself out there as willing to do anything to get famous.

that's a man who doesn't know how to eat a cupcake. if you pop off the bottom cuppishness and plop it, crumb-side down, on top of the clown puke, then you have even distribution of delicious clown puke in every bite. and it keeps you from getting it up your nose. not that THAT's ever happened to me...

I adopted a teeny tiny hypothyroid kitten (which is rare in cats) from the shelter I worked at after fostering her for a few weeks (we were trying to figure out what was up with her - turns out she was about 3 months older than the other kittens in her cage and like half their size). because of her condition, she was…

they aren't just looking at how the animal acts while in the shelter, they use testing that gives a good idea of what the animal instinctively does (at least with near-strangers, since that's usually who's giving the test) and, at least with the SPCA I worked at, the people working and volunteering give feedback as…

the gallery thumbnails at the bottom are linked to the wrong clips. I got it to work by clicking the first gallery image under the video, which brought me to part II, then clicking the back arrow at the top right corner of the video.

I had a boss that made it a rule employees couldn't speak other languages to each other because he was so paranoid. The kicker is that this guy was considered something of an expert on diversity in business.

we found the clay underneath the sandbox to dig up and made dirt bombs (only the mean and/or competitive kids hid rocks in them - we chose sides and it was a battle, complete with traitors and spies)

I see a lot of people complaining that khaki pants are so non-descript and don't fit their style and they would hate this, whatever...but...isn't that kind of the point of a school uniform? Correct me if I'm wrong, but, I thought it was pretty much so everyone looks the same, isn't distracted during classes, and…

they mention the Canon S100 in the longer Best Of list, but I have the S90, and it's without a doubt the best p&s I've ever used. it's 2 iterations back from the current $400+ S100, so you may be able to find it in the $250 range by now.

I think that was something called a "joke". Elusive creatures.

I agree, if you go frozen-diet-meal, Lean Cuisine tends to be the best. And I actually really like that Smart Ones Santa Fe Rice & Beans