I'm so sorry to hear about that, but kudos to your late partner for getting a vasectomy for both of you.

My mother is getting a set of Tiffany flower bowls from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I'm getting a full morning at the Korean spa to doze in the hot stone igloos. I love Met gifts, but I like my present better...

This is not fair! Just this afternoon The New Yorker cover for this week gave me sniffles too, especially when my daughter said, "Look, that's so cute; they're two moms!" I've taken care of my mom already with a mushy card and some nice pressies, but I think I'll send her a link to the video too.

He's just putting the "K" in uncouth...

I cannot get to bed before 11 because my kids are always racketing around until then, especially my 13 yo daughter. Then I sit and read online or watch TV which actually wakes me up more. I'll be physically tired, but my brain is always racing. When I finally drag my sorry butt into bed, it is usually around 1 am,…

YES! And I remember they sold men's razors to shave just enough to get the Miami Vice scruff effect. Don Johnson... dayum, those were the days.

Agree, that's "Syriana" level beard. The scruff is great. IIRC there were a few ER eps with scruffy Dr. Ross... yowza!

Yeeeesssss, oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...

Born in SIXTY-EIGHT and I like totally voted for the Valley Girl. It's coke and MTV all the way to the Final Four!

Oh yes, the body book and the feelings book are just wonderful. I got them for my 13 year old daughter when she was 11, and she likes to reread them to "check" everything is ok. She still loves her AG doll (the look-alike one, not historical) and she also has the baby doll that usually gets kidnapped by her brother.…

My son was 9+ lbs when he was born, and he didn't really fit the newborn outfit I had for him to wear when we went home. I just stuffed him into the little one piece (mid-December in NJ, so he had to wear SOMETHING), and he couldn't even lower his little fat arms, I also couldn't fasten the legs snaps. He was a…

It still happens, and I'm a mom in my mid-40s in a small town in northern NJ. Sometimes I feel like I'm being judged and totally found wanting for not wearing the right clothes, or shoes, or for not driving the right car. Fortunately, as I've gotten older, I've found that I really care less and less. It helps when…

Apparently, he was at a political event for a canditate in his brother's party (PdL) when he made this comment, so it's even more randomly racist, in my opinion. Unfortunately many Italians of Berlusconi's generation (Silvio is in his 70s, so I imagine his brother is no spring chicken), use the term "negro," instead…

I think these are kind of funny (especially the woodpecker one), and wipes can be very handy sometimes, for both men and women. But when it comes to cleanliness, the most useful item you can have in your bathroom is a bidet. I LOVE my bidet so much! I don't shower everyday in the winter because of super dry skin and…

OMG same here! I have eaten cornichons and capers from the jar, and then switched to Nutella or chocolate chips right from the bag. If I find myself buying Doritos and Twizzlers, I know the flo' is right around the corner. I have been so desperate for sweet and gummy that one time I had to scarf down six of my kids…

Oi, oi - 19 SIXTY EIGHT here (am I the oldest old on this thread?) and it was ALL about Duran Duran in my little clique. They still tour a lot, and their concerts rock. Roger Taylor is still a stone fox, and has aged like a fine, fine wine. I went to 4 concerts in 2005 during the full reunion for the Astronaut…

Yes, thank you! That always annoys me so much.

They throw out a TON of food at Costco all the time, especially fruits and vegetables. I once asked why they don't donate it, and again, it's because of the liability.

My husband squeezes me really hard in front of the kids (like a sideways hug), turns me so I face them, and shouts, "Ma quanto è bella la mamma!" (Isn't Mamma beautiful?) We all kind of roll our eyes, but it's really sweet. I tend to express my affection by cooking, and I make him tea every afternoon when he's…

"Where's my Dicky?" and she's BRILLIANT in "Room with a View" - poor Charlotte!!