It's not germophobic to wash your hands when you use a public restroom. You are right in that many surfaces you encounter in public are likely to be less clean than that bathroom door/sink/toilet handle (and I agree with you that bathroom hoverers are evil and must be destroyed— that toilet is gross BECAUSE you hover…

Ha, this is our grad school thing— we keep bullying people who've never seen it to start watching, so I've been having new-viewing WW conversations nonstop for the past 5 years or so. Season 4 is the bestest, I'm jealous that you have it to look forward to for the first time.

That's the Mail, though, you have to expect that sort of tasteless bullshit from them.

Picadillo! http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cuban-Style-Picadillo-231732

Winner.

Doesn't Rachel Griffiths have a kid called Banjo? I feel like this is some weird Billy-Brenda cult of hipster kid names.

Haha, we are sympatico.

All of these are loathsome, but the Anne of Green Gables cover really makes me want to bludgeon the person responsible.

I have a paper planner! Weekly view— where each day has its own section but you can see one day at a time, they are the only ones worth having. I use it and my phone calendar— I like the beepy reminders from the phone, but need to be able to write stuff down to sort out busy days. Speaking of which, I don't think it…

Oh, and I used to swap out my bigass bag for a smaller one at the weekend, but I gave up on that after the 6th or 7th time I got to my office on Monday morning without my wallet.

My handbag is my commuting bag, so there is a lot of shit in it, although I cleaned it out recently so it shouldn't be too bad. In the order that I pull stuff out:

There is a big difference between considering your dog a part of your family and considering your dog to be a "strong woman that [you] know." I find it impossible to believe that even the doggiest of dog people can't see the distinction.

Ditto and ditto. She looks vaguely familiar, but I just IMDB'd and I don't think I've ever seen anything she's been in (well, technically yes, but I gave up on ER long before 2006).

I think it's just fairly rare that you hear anyone super-famous speak in the US with a regional British accent (Christopher Eccleston is the only other that immediately springs to mind) so Adele's sort of jumps out at people.

I just looked this up to be sure, and Bale was born in Wales but is English (and according to Wiki, his father is from South Africa). I doubt he ever had an a Welsh accent.

Personally, I'm also a little skeeved by the 'whole family goes along and sits in the car while wee little wifey has her doctor's appointment' thing. Controlling much? Or maybe driving is immodest too.

Because there are so many other safe, climate controlled flat spaces for centenarians to go for a stroll? It's clearly not about being in a mall per se.

Jedward now has a kids' show in Ireland, called OMG Jedward's Dream Factory (which is, I think, what they were destined for from the beginning). I'm pretty sure you can find episodes on Youtube. You're welcome.

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