I was coming here to say the exact same thing. EXCELLENT advice that I wish I followed.

I like Jennifer Weiner books for what they are; entertaining, light hearted books that have protagonists that look like me. It can be a bit cloying and trite at times but sometimes you just crave an easy, fun read.

I have not read Weiners books, any of them. I see them in the book stores and even though I read romance novels and/ womens literature her books don't seem to attract me much.

Off topic, but if you watch The Bachelor, do follow Weiner's live-tweeting of each episode. She's hilarious.

I attended the Renfrew conference referenced above. I cannot speak to Weiner's books, but I can wholeheartedly endorse that she came across as genuine and is very passionate about providing women with hope in the face of a diseased society, whether or not this comes in the form of counter-culture happy endings. Was…

I don't think she's concern-trolling at all. I would argue that people in general need some amount of wish fulfillment fantasy hugging to get through life - whether that means fairy tales about poor girls marrying rich, powerful men or promises that the poor and the meek will get their ultimate reward in heaven.

Yeah. My first reaction to this article was "Brian boitano isn't out already?"

They win my vote for the best-looking family to ever occupy the White House.

Why in the world would the goose need to be alive? "Live-plucked down is considered to be of superior quality because it hasn’t been degraded/altered by the slaughtering process."(from the Salon article, by Marie Myung-Ok Lee.)

Okay, gifting question:
I make awesome home cleaning potions. Like the equivalent of the Mrs. Meyers stuff— only cheap and customized.
My question us, would you be insulted if you received a cleaning related gift? Everyone I plan to give one to is a good home keeper, but it's easy to hurt feelings. Ideas?

I have a dog and while she's 70 pounds and can't climb the tree and take it down, I figured it was only a matter of time before she just ran into it full speed and knocked it over bc she's an adorable monster.

The cat is not an asshole, just being a cat, but have to wonder about the person filming this. For the sake of filming something, he/she let the cat continue to do something that posed a danger to the cat as well as a possible fire hazard for the household.

Okay, why the hell did these people not stop the cat instead of taking video while their cat took down the tree? This seems like a bad decision.

I never understand how chefs keep screwing up the scallops on Hell's Kitchen? If I was going to be on that show the two things I would learn to cook perfectly are scallops and risotto. Do they not watch the show?

I concur with what others are saying - she doesn't need to "rehab" her image with me. I couldn't give two toots what her drug use may or may not have been; that's her private business. I think her cookery is lovely and I wish her well. If she wants to sit down and shoot the shit with Oprah, good for her. I would watch…

"A little thing that can turn into anything at anytime."

I'm getting myself a master's degree which, oddly enough, is available online.

The huge dudes singing along with passion — especially the one who looks like Wolverine — are the best part.

I support this in every way possible.

…and we all paid our fucking student loan bills, quietly without bitching (too much) about it.