@AlmostDream: I am 44. I don't want to lead a "youth charge," and I am sure as hell the "youth" wouldn't leap up to follow a 44-year-old as a trendsetter. If your party "youth" movement includes 44 year olds, you've got some issues.

Angelina waits on no line.

@LucilleMcGillicuddy: Wait! Wait! I was in line first!

@BeckySharper: I think she was pretty clear in her division between "political wife," "wife" and "educator," and that's not an easy thing to master. I read somewhere that many of her students didn't even know she was the wife of their senator — she never broadcast that fact and really kept that separate. That's an…

@morninggloria: sort of cock-roachy of Cheney, isn't it?

and my snowbound daughter thanks you.

OMG I feel like some rabbit or a really unlucky small cat. Crap!

@Ananelle: I read it as ARNOLD Palmer, and squeed in (mistaken) joy and glee.

NOW I know who to cheer for on Sunday (I mean, I already knew the Saints, but now I have a vested interest in something besides the commercials)

Why is she standing there beside my man, in my shoes?

@midwesternmom: Those are some damn fine epaulets. That headgear might cause a few problems with a triple axle, however~

Wait, wait, I'm grabbing my coat and gloves and running to catch up...

@cnphair: Takes some kind of man to make us swoon even as he wears a turkey sweater. And then he smiles at Bridget at her birthday dinner and... and... excuse me, where was I??

I am sad... no Colin Firth.

@ninles: You may only have him on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He'll be at my place Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

@ninles: You may only have him Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

"Sitting down there with the wisdom of someone much older and thinking: 'What is it I really need to do to propel my career?'"

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I've been trying that tack for months, but Heidi is very persistent. Maybe if we can combine our brain waves....

@T_Bee: Ow! I'd missed that. I'd have used that as an excuse to scuff onstage in my slippers.

@la.donna.pietra: "prancing" is my new favorite word.