Well, apparently not COMPLETELY.

ugh. thanks for the reminder.

This is what I'm thinking of.

So true.

Actually, in the prosperous upper class suburb I live in (Westchester County NY), having a summer job is a target for being teased and harassed. I've heard, on more than one occasion, groups of rich girls in our health club locker room discussing, in rather loud tones, certain other girls who have a job at the local…

I totally agree. When I was in high school I had less homework than my daughter does now, plus the only activity I did was debate team (no sports).

I don't know about that. My "resume" (if you can call it that) during high school and college had a sum total of work experience consisting of Sizzler Steak House, cleaning hotel rooms one summer at Glacier National Park, Target cashier, work/study receptionist on campus, Taco Treat short order cook, driving an ice…

Roger Cohen in the New York Times had a column (I read it yesterday) that explicitly addresses the point that you make about whether anti-Arab/Palestinian sentiment (such as the type that drove people to torture and burn the Palestinian teenager in "retribution" for the three Israeli youths' kidnapping and death) is…

This would work great for us, because we have two cat sisters: one is a super fat orange Garfield-type feline who wolfs down everything, and the other is a waifish anorexic/bulimic calico who delicately grazes and nibbles throughout the day, only to barf about 50% of it back up, usually right next to the laundry bins.

"Hold me closer, tiny dancer….count the headlights on the highway."

This, a million times.

In a million years I could never post this article on my Facebook page; I would be attacked as anti-Semitic and told that these pictures are fake and were made up by Hamas.

For Chrissakes, can we stop it already with the "I played outside all the time alone when I was a child, and I turned out okay" bullshit?

I worked with a self=proclaimed orthorexic (she actually was proud of the label) about 10 years ago, and it was just nuts to be in that office with her. She had a host of other issues as well (we worked on the 15th floor and she had a phobia of elevators; she walked 30 blocks to and from work because she feared the…

But was it free range?

I halfway expect to see one of her cute little kittens poking its head out of it one of these days.

There actually is an amazing documentary (and book related to the film) about "To Kill a Mockingbird" that's entitled "Hey, Boo"

Since my hubby works at the publisher in question I can tell you that Penguin does not accept manuscripts from authors who do not already have representation (an agent). They won't even look at a book proposal without one.

Given her lack of good decision making and life skills I'm guessing she's not going to turn this one around on her own. Add in a few spoonfuls of mental health issues and I unfortunately see her continuing to spiral into the Reality Show—>Sex Tape—>Porn downward slope.

That's funny, because I had the exact same thought in my head right after I started reading this and excitedly saw Woodard's name!