I had an ob/gyn tell me she had just delivered a few months ago and didn't need an episiotomy, but that I would most likely need one. So much for "we'll see what happens." 8 months later I ended up having a c-section, so it was a moot point. I'm in favor of gestation chambers; someone needs to come up with that.

Oh, that's who is buying those IKEA lanterns. I always wonder why they're still carrying them.

Expensive gag gift.

Right now they are putting things together that do not go together, the anti peanut butter and chocolate pairings. When I get ice/ice water from a refrigerator door, that is enough. I don't need a trilling melody with water video to inform me my cup floweth—I am standing right there. Additionally, the insertion of a…

What kind of rich people wizardry is Steve Martin using on his skin? That is some inhumanly smooth and perfect, yet not plastic-ey, epidermis right there. How?

Good for Miley. I was irked the other day when Jez had the padded bra story and everyone was on team "hide yo nipples" because they are somehow unprofessional. Maybe offices should get a handle on sub-arctic air conditioning, and we'd get a twofer: Fewer party hats and slower global warming.

Well, that is a way to spend time. I couldn't do it, but the dog and his person seem to enjoy it. That's what freedom is about.

Great, so Couric has created video that can be snippetized and used to further the anti-vax bullshit in perpetuity. Great job.

You'd be surprised at the high dollar houses in LA that haven't been updated in ages, Vast swathes of LA are still on knob and tube wiring. I think its less of an issue for the super-rich folks, but for the "regular" people a not very interesting smallish house in a nice area can be $1 million and still have a kitchen…

Now you tell me. I've been aiming wrong for years. Dammit, I'm almost out of ammo, too.

I think the correlation between "stuff-your-face" and "loosen-up-generally" seasons and "engagement season" needs further study. Perhaps, while we are of course pushed by advertising, it could be that folks are just their happier, looser selves for a while, so it seems like a good idea. Then January slimming season…

Please divulge how one loses RBF?

We tried it their way. Their way sucked. People naturally gravitate toward the less sucky way. Sometimes it takes a damn long while though.

Oh please, between power lines randomly festooned across everywhere, poorly thought out shrubbery, and the fact that this thing won't have the sense to actually put a package behind anything, I think this isn't happening in the near future. Too many lost deliveries to contend with.
Unless we're expected to retrieve…

Look on the bright side: You are free to indulge yourself with no expectations from anyone else. I miss that, there should really be a way to trade for a year or two here and there....

(Posted from my bedroom respite from our male adolescent progeny's loud use of the rest of the house with video game noises and a…

Oooh, that looks nifty...added to list.

AS: DLOTSD, You make consistently intelligent comments, and now you own up to donating some prime rolling stock to a grad student. I am going to pretend you look like Shrek, its the only you make sense in my life experience.

Sometimes people use drugs for a brief respite from an otherwise untenable reality, like an abusive spouse, for example. Or, Mr. Saatchi might be flexing some advertising muscle in putting out some smack talk. Or both.

I have a thing for Louie CK, but its because of my redhead fetish (which I just now realized I had, thanks OP). The heavy crush on Neil DeGrasse Tyson is all about his personality and intellect, though. So far my (redheaded) husband isn't threatened.

Well, they are actually snowflakes in a way—though I take your point (and agree). Mine got bathed a couple times a week, but they didn't develop a stench (I did an experiment in the summer once, it took over a week before they were slightly whiffy). This anecdote doesn't mean they didn't have other issues, just that…

Well, if they're renting they probably don't have to deal directly with staffing. I'm thinking any wine from here has maybe only been gazed at from afar by either of these two. Which is fine, they've got plenty of pans on the fire.