So I get why sticking a q-tip deep in your ear is bad, but surely it's ok to just clean the wax that is visible on around the ear hole, yes?

So does America.

"If one more person tells me I need to find a babysitter for my 6 month old who WILL NOT take a bottle to make romantic time with my husband, when all we want to do is sleep, I will scream." Are you living my exact life? Wait -are you me?? Eerie. I have a list of friends/family members who I want to slap right now.

I kind of agree. Having kids is a trial by fire. You find out where all of your weaknesses as an adult are. It's an opportunity to make yourself better.

Yeah, I'm going to agree with pontificatrix - it WILL be fine, but there's plenty of stuff you don't know, so don't be shy about getting advice (taking it with a pinch of salt) from more experienced parents, and of course, the pediatrician. You'll pick it all up quickly though, not to worry : )

I've always wondered - in the case of the Rapture, would the psychiatric hospitals also empty? You could make the argument that since the mentally ill are not in control of their actions, and sin they committed would not be their fault, and maybe they would never be in a right enough mind to accept Jesus Christ as…

Agreed. I never cared about either character, or their relationship, and I though Illyria was a more interesting character.

I haaaate the use of koto music or worse, gongs, EVERY SINGLE TIME there's an asian setting or character in a TV show or movie. So stupid. The most recent offender I saw was Agents of Shield, and I was so disappointed. I hope they used it as an in-joke.

The thing is, if you do a little experiment, and try to convince yourself that this is, in fact, a cat, it's horrifying. Seriously, try it. As a hippo, though, it's pretty cute.

I haven't seen this movie, so maybe I'm missing something, but if they kidnapped him the past, how could they ensure that he would be in the same time and place in the future? Also, he wouldn't be driving a car without legs.

"It's a meaningless term used by stupid people who don't want to admit that they're out of touch." Hee, hee! Sounds like someone's a wee bit defensive. Also, if you spend about 5 seconds thinking about what concerns the average hipster, and then what is actually important to be concerned about right now, you'll…

Then you don't actually live around hipsters.

Ha, ha, which period is that? Xena takes place outside of time periods. You're right about the armor, though, it's absurd.

I live in a hipster-rich area, and very few of the young people anxiously trying to conform to the hipster aesthetic appear to be having much fun, or are terribly creative, in the sense that they are producing anything interesting or new.

Radiolab is a good idea that has been horrible in practice, mainly due to the hosts.

How about, "newborn infant?"

No love for the Horta?? She was ready to die to defend her eggs! She's the toughest shuffling pizza in space!

I'm am very excited for otter week, and if you really want your max cute otters, you need to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They have the world's cutest little Sea Cat:

14/15 Agnostic with buddhist leanings. Hispanic Catholics have a shockingly poor understanding of Christianity. I'm curious as to why. Is that because they tend to be more culturally Catholic than religiously Catholic?

I lived there (London and Edinburgh) 18 years ago and struggled to find any food that wasn't repulsive. I'm delighted to hear that things have changed!