@bbug: The campaign is really about reaching the parents.

@Leucadia: Chelsea is allergic to gluten.

@Wiffy: They're not my friends. If you read more closely, you would have seen that one is an acquaintance and the other is my ex-lawyer. But thank you for berating me while getting the facts wrong.

Also: (unrelated, yet related) Old people are terrible tippers. They seem to have a weird tip calculator based on depression-era customs and prices. I notice that a lot of commenter who mention bad tippers are referring to their in-laws, grandparents, and other older people.

I know a woman who checked of the labor market to become a housewife. The problem is, she can't just become a housewife and be done with it. No, she has to blog about it. And all her friends are supposed to ooh and aah over her lousy blog because she thinks it's so darling that she baked a pie. And we're supposed…

This Paul Tarascio guys is never going to live this down....

@avec_accent: Actually, the majority of American films shown in other countries are dubbed. America is one of the few countries to favor subtitles over dubbing. Film buffs here in the U.S. have been so vocal about seeing films in their original language, that subtitling became the favored method of translation. In…

@ahleeeshah: I'm not plus-sized - I wear a 2 or a 4, and I'm 5'4" - and I have to get everything tailored. I always have to get pants and sleeves shortened, and often the waist or the armholes moved up. You can't expect clothes to fit you perfectly off the rack. All clothes are made with long arms and legs, because…

Oh, jeez, it's a nice sentiment and a nice moment and he's obviously incredibly proud of her, and he's wishing her well in the next stage of her life, while he's realizing a stage of his own life is over. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I think it's always nice to bring some sort of gift. It doesn't have to be elaborate or expensive - my current favorite go-to gift are these excellent chocolate toffee crunch things from Whole Foods, $5 per box - but it's a nice gesture. Shows you're thinking of the birthday person and want to give them a little…

@feelingHELLAstabby: They do get paid an appearance fee.

@denouement: Ironically, that's one of the first nice bridesmaid dresses I've ever seen!

This is the most attention Essence has gotten in 30 years. I think they're no dummies.

@glamourous AND political: You cast a couple of shiksa actresses, this is what you get for heat.

Eh, it's easy to feel grown up in your 20's. The older you get - I'm in my 40's - the more often you sometimes feel incredibly young, like you're just a kid. It's kind of great.

@Vidya108: You know, I was trying to point out this is a tough and complex situation, and doing the knee-jerk "overweight people should always be accommodated because their lives are sad enough already" think is not a good solution. And sure enough, the first comment back at me was the knee-jerk reaction, offering no…

@enidcoleslaw: I so agree. I miss my hometown of Minneapolis! But I have to wonder what's going on there with Michelle Bachman and that idiot Tim Pawlenty and all sorts of red state leanings. Please! For the love of all that's progressive, make it stop!

I think Sasha Alexander is a terrible actress.

@Agumen: You're right. Not everyone is beautiful. It's okay. Not everyone is smart, either. Or athletic. Or funny. Or kind. Each one of us has some good qualities and some bad ones. It's part of being human. You just get to choose how you behave, which in the end is all that matters.

She's really going on about bars? Establishments that one cannot enter when one is not at least 21 years of age? Does she not see the irony here?