The sock bun is a life changer. It takes about five seconds to do, and it keeps my (very thick, very long) hair off of my neck and back.

I hate to be one of those people, but I love her and she deserves to have her name spelled correctly. It's Katharine Hepburn, not Katherine.

Yes, avoid VS! I went there a few months back because I had a coupon and needed a strapless bra. Most of my bras are a 34C or a 36B, and I had a strapless bra in each size. The 34C fit awesomely, while the 36B created this weird top bulge under my shirts. I decided to get measured while I was there, because I've lost…

I've found, as a former fat girl, that people in general treat you better when you're thinner (I'm still a size 10, so I'm not exactly tiny or anything). I've lost almost 80 pounds over the last few years, and both my general practitioner and gynecologist tell me how great I look and how awesome I am for what I've…

She sounds just delightful!

Boiler Up!! I love that Drew is still so involved in Purdue stuff. I had a friend in undergrad that met him and his wife at some campus event and said they were totally lovely.

I actually had a horrible experience today. I work at the local public library, and I had a gentleman come up and say the self check out machine wouldn't let him check out because he had overdue items. When I looked up his account and started telling him what was overdue, he cut me off and told me to just renew…

Agreed! I live in Indy, so I plan on spending all of May at the track Dario hunting.

I'm working in circulation right now (i.e. checking books in and out, signing up new patrons with accounts, overseeing the computer lab, etc.), but I've interviewed for two children's librarian positions that involve reference duties, outreach, and programming. My interview on Tuesday is for a Teen Librarian position.…

God, yes. I had to wait ten minutes for a treadmill Wednesday. It was 1 pm. Don't these people have jobs? At least it's not as bad as last year, though, when my gym put a 30 minute limit on all of the treadmills to free them up faster. I run/walk 4 miles for my cardio, and it usually takes me around 45 minutes. I'd…

I'm studying for my masters right now, and I wouldn't say the field is as bleak as the other commenter said. I'm working part time in a library right now and have an interview (my third since August, and I've only applied for four positions) for a full time position on Tuesday. It kind of depends on where you live and…

As a hospital worker, I am forced to work four holidays a year. There's a rotation (that way the same person doesn't get stuck with Christmas every year), but we all are assigned four specific holidays every year. Unless you find someone to trade or pick up your shift, you're stuck. And I work with a lot of people…

I went with my parents to vote in suburban Indiana at 6:45 this morning (Indiana polls are open 6-6). Our polling place houses two precincts, the one we used to live in and the one we moved into last year. My dad never changed his address, so he had to vote in our old precinct. It took my mom and I just over an hour,…

Wear every item of gray clothing you have and go as "Fifty Shades of Gray".

Well, this is the same guy who wants to abolish the Dept. of Education, so I can't say I'm surprised. It is rather upsetting that he'll be my Senator in a few short months, though. I think Richard Lugar should just refuse to give up his office. Stage a sit in or something.

I still say that Patrick Schwarzenegger turned her down (there were rumors of them dating earlier this summer), and she zeroed in on his cousin as her back up plan. I think she has delusions of being Jackie O.

I work with a woman who constantly discusses how much she hates President Obama. Her biggest issue? His "purple lips".

I read somewhere that only 10% of lefties are "true" left handers, in that they don't "hook" their hands when writing and use the left hand for everything. I'm one of that 10%, I can't even hold a fork or pen in my right hand, let alone use it.

Vicki Kennedy is Ted Kennedy's widow. Which would make her Patrick's great-aunt, not his step-mother. It's a pretty glaring mistake. Which seems to be par for the course around these parts lately.