I've been binge-watching Super Nanny lately - what can I say, child development geek - and I couldn't make it through this clip. It's not really cute to me.

Sounds amazing - I love hummus of all kinds, and especially with veggies and pita. Give me hummus and some bell pepper, and I'm in a happy place. :)

You're welcome!

Ah, cool! I'd sleep in one, as long as it wasn't taffeta ;)
Speaking of sleep, I should be headed that way.
Remember, do what's right for you, and be gentle with yourself. There's no one right way to get through this.

your party dress reminds me of 'precious things' - don't know if it's meant to :) and my name comes from the b-52's. so there's music. and yeah, the rain is the best, and party dresses are fantastic - so it all works out.

I'm glad that it reached you - sometimes you can't be sure, you know, where all of these words go. :)

No, I absolutely appreciate what you're saying. Honestly, he had metastatic prostate cancer, and endured a grueling 20 month battle. His passing was a relief.

I have lots of personal space issues. I totally get what you're saying. I don't think it means we're all bound to die alone. We just need to find partners that aren't skeevy ;) or with whom we're comfortable enough to communicate our preferences and forge that personal space path.

Congratulations! I only have one, so far. It's honoring someone important to me, and placed where he had his tattoo - left forearm. It's a hummingbird sipping from a ranunculus - the bird is facing me, and closer to my heart. It's bigger than I'd first imagined, but when the artist placed the drawing on my arm (it…

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (Francesca Lia Block, technically YA, but I read a lot of that); Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson); Seconding House on Mango Street; Amrita (Banana Yoshimoto); Shampoo Planet (Douglas Coupland); For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is…

Mmm. I had falafel with lavash and hummus & a little mediterranean salad. A friend made homemade cupcakes for dessert. But I could go for some dark chocolate covered raisins!

Sorry for your loss, and the coping tactics you went with seem fine to me. My brother died about 6.5 years ago, the week of Thanksgiving... so I'm usually around family at or near the anniversary. One of my favorite ways we marked the anniversary were the time we went to a favorite restaurant of his, and then walked…

Not a parent, but I have decades of experience with kids around your son's age. He sounds like an awesome kid. Cubs and drama are great! His aspiring to be an actor can be an asset to him - he can develop personas and think of them as characters - just to have another tool in his box. I'm just curious - how about…

I tend to like slow-to-warm-up dogs, but I'm a slow-to-warm-up person. Like others have said, he might rightfully have some trust issues. Once he learns that you're his provider and companion, it could be that you'll have no more faithful pet.

A thing of beauty and deliciousness. Wow.

I, also, moved from South Bay to South Bay! Same ones, even. It was truly beautiful today, your dogs had the right idea :)

For real! The worst was when I'd watched it, but forgotten the name of it, and submitted myself to that (beautiful) torture again, unknowingly. Once I recognized it, I mean, I couldn't turn that shit off. How heartless could I be? :(

I'm an extreme sucker for those doggy smiles. Awww. Good girl, Amber.

Rhea Perlman was such an amazing Mrs. Wormwood. *sigh*
Rosie Perez is a good one...