Si, ma... (yes, but...)

(Argh, stupid kinja won't let me add a link! Trying again for the 5th time...)

The best thing about getting older is being able to say,"I'm too old for this shit," and really, really mean it. I'm 45, I've got some wrinkles, some weird veins on my leg, and a few moles with hairs growing out of them. I just wear extra moisturizer, I tend to wear pants more than skirts, and I trim those hairs when…

A dear friend is a member of the NY Times Film Club and she took me to the premiere at MoMA last week. It is a wonderful film with amazing performances by the entire cast. I kept thinking of poor Treyvon Martin throughout the film.

She had cream cheese and regular butter from the store, along with the smoked salmon etc., but she didn't get the milk. I would have been ok if she'd forgotten, but she was all pissy about it and tried to give me a pro-vegan lecture. Then she wanted me to use the butter substitute because it was "better for me." …

I really admire vegans, I just have a problem with those who are so frickin' sanctimonious and preachy about it - like my sister. We eat a lot of vegetarian meals in my house, but none of us can stand soy milk or other nut milk varieties. I need good old regular milk (1% organic) and a teeny splash of 1/2 n 1/2 in my…

I LOVE Christopher Guest! That dance is such a great scene; I almost can't believe it was improvised.

Ok, I think this is because I'm old and I've been married for 19 years to a man I met 25 years ago, but I just realized after clicking through the photos that you all are discussing women in the 20s removing ALL their pubic hair. I always thought the pubes discussions (from the bits and pieces I've read) have been…

I'm in Bergen County and we have as TON of cicadas in my town, except around the newer houses. My driveway, backyard, and trees are covered in them; in fact my kusa dogwood had some upper branches that snapped off because of the weight of the cicadas and all the heavy rain. They're all mature and calling and mating…

IKWYM and they can't even walk in those pants. Sometimes I wonder how they even sit down.

I'm an old (mid-40s) living in northern NJ and there are tons of HS kids (white, black, brown, you name it), at the mall with their pants hanging waaaay down. Even my nephew in Italy (he's almost 16) had his pants hanging off his skinny ass. It drives my kids (ages 13 & 10) CRAZY too. I think they look like…

Mine too, except I added a "the fuck" to the end of my sentence.

Sing it, sister! I love that feeling of freedom and pure comfort taking off my underwire when I get home from work. I need something for the girls, after 4+ years of nursing and good old AGE, but when I'm hanging at home, they're hanging in a snug tank top or a super-comfy wireless. No sleeping in bras here, actually…

Of course, Ghost, but I don't think Nymeria will be back. If she is, there will be much rejoicing at Casa Fiorentina!

I've read the series, so I knew what was coming, and I was still horrified by all of the graphic, bloody, bloody violence, but I wasn't that distressed, maybe because Talisa and Robb have been getting on my nerves. However, watching Arya's shocked face as she witnesses the horror, and seeing the light go out of Grey…

Then there's this one:

I love her sassy expression, like she's saying, "C'mere you big lug, gimme a hug." I would be pressing my entire body up against his rock hard body...

My outside cat has a great solution for too many cicadas - he eats them as the crawl out of the ground. I'll try to post a video...or maybe not. We have hundreds all over our yard in northern NJ.

Who read Beverly Cleary books as a child? Do you remember Ramona telling Beezus to turn on the "dawnzer" that gave off a "lee light"?

I joined a babycenter listserve EONS ago (my daughter is now 13.5), and we went through several splits and transitions to get to a core group of about 10-12 moms. We stuck together through miscarriages (my online friends sent me food and flowers), second, third, and even fourth pregnancies, divorces, widowhood,…