I'm a big fan of "this is your brain. This is your brain on drugs."

For those of us who live in California, this means nothing to us.

THANK YOU!!!

The Gap's curvy jeans fit me perfectly. That's the thing about jeans - not all of them fit everyone, but all of them fit someone.

Dude, it's been like summer here in the last few weeks - all the kids are going swimming and getting blond overnight. Yes, the sun works the same way everywhere, but it's been unseasonably warm here, so between the chlorine and the salt water, the dishwater kids are getting blond really fast. My hair and my…

Nah - this is Southern California hair - all the kids have it here. It gets super blonde at the ends from the sun, swimming in pools, and surfing in the ocean, while the roots stay relatively dark. Even grown-up hair does that here, but with kids, it's really dramatic and all year around.

I was at her house for an event when she was still with Bruce Karatz, and I have to say, she was lovely and gracious and delightful. She was a wonderful hostess, and I have nothing bad to say about her.

I would love to go back to Poland and Russia and reclaim my families' land holdings in those countries. How does Ms. Thomas propose that this could work? Or will she just accuse me of being a conspiracist who is trying to take what is not mine?

Thank you! I just don't have the strength anymore to explain irony and ironic humor to people who are always spoiling for a fight or looking to get insulted, so I"m thrilled that you did it so well for me!

I just can't get past the fact that we're supposed to believe that Lea Michelle can still play a high school student convincingly. She's getting to be as absurd as Andrea Zuckerman.

Susan doesn't necessarily know what's best for her body, actually. She's not a medical professional, she's not a midwife, and she has never given birth before. There were many people surrounding Susan who knew much, much more than she, and who had much, much more experience and expertise in this area. Fetishizing…

It's a shame that when this smart girl grows up, she won't even be allowed to drive.

@stagbeetle: Elias Custom Tailor in Santa Monica (on 11th Street just south of Wilshire) can absolutely take in shoulders. They can do anything. They're geniuses. They've completely rebuilt coats and jackets for me, among other complicated alterations.

@AlxFromPhilly: Actually, if it's crowded, what you do get is drunk people bumping into your belly or accidentally elbowing you, which is one reason that, as you get bigger and bigger, bars become less and less attractive. It's not like anyone's being a dick, it's just the clumsiness of buzzed people, so you can't…

I've always thought she was tacky.

@weirdette: I did it. You just have to jump in and make the move. If you're good enough friends and he or she isn't interested, you'll get past the awkward part soon enough and be able to laugh about it. If the feeling is mutual, you're good to go. They key is that you just have to accept you're going to have to…

@dumdumpop: You're kidding, right? Otherwise, you're no different at all from those crazy religious right-wingers who protest books they've never read and TV shows and movies they've never seen.

Unearned self-esteem and unearned praise are problematic. Feeling great about yourself for just showing up is not something that should be celebrated. Mediocrity should not be lauded as genius. I had to fail a bunch of my college students for not coming to class and not doing any work, and they were shocked. Why? …

Most fat kids don't like being fat. It doesn't make them happy, it often means that they can't do things the other kids are doing (like run easily, play without getting out of breath, etc.), and they often have health problems that follow them into later life. We don't need to celebrate their fatness, we need to…

@Catherine Morland: God, I miss Footballers' Wives.