@Civil Negligence: Go, Phillies.

@Kilotwat: I cannot tell you how many times I will click on this today to give myself the giggles... how many stars are the sky?

I had 'em twice. High school and again in my 40s. They should make these whippersnappers wear the old metal bands around each tooth, because it's GOOD for them, you hear?? What's this world coming to (mumblemumblemumble)

If any of these fine athletes needs a place to mourn, somewhere off the radar where paparazzi won't follow, he should PM me for my address. Really. Mr. Twins will just have to understand.

@LAmonkeygirl: Yes, that's why I expanded comments, too. This is not a decision to take lightly, so I need all the information at hand. Ahem.

@ilikeautumn: Wow, my 9-year-olds and I will be camped out in front of the TV, all of us squealing, for that ep!

@DutchessOfDork: My 9-year-olds are going through a "I want to be famous" phase (god, I hope it's a phase.). I am tempted to ask them if they REALLY want strangers discussing their urine content.

@beetlemier: THAT post is totally worthy of your Mr. Rogers photo. Bravo!!!

@Baroness: I thought it was a brunette Shakira.

Can't imagine looking out from that second-story window into an elephant's eye. Most surreal.

@Hazey Jane: it can't all be simply what the mother eats. my 8-year-olds would happily live on pasta, mac and cheese, hot dogs and cheeseburgers, and I'm here to tell you that hot dogs and cheeseburgers were the LAST things on my pregnancy food wishlist.

Yeah, didn't hear him yelling when Sarah Palin requested $75k to speak in California, plus airfare and expenses. That's more than many people's homes are worth now, Fred.

@tsidska: Oh yes. My daughter smoothes her Jonas Brothers sheets every morning before school.

@NewsBunny: I was, too — only heard about it heading out on the subway later that night, from a little girl holding her Lion King playbill.

@DeeSquared: Kinda how I spent my Mothers Day this year, a week early: A weekend in NYC with a college friend I haven't seen in 20+ years. It was perfection.

@serreca: Absolutely ANYTHING is perfect when you are under 12. Trust.

@waitingoutthestorm: I think it would be interesting if, for the first week, police would pull over anyone wearing a piece of clothing depicting the American flag — considering that wardrobe seems to be a prerequisite for these rallies and TeaBag events — and just listen to the hue and cry from the Real Amurricans.…

@SarahHeartburn: I was born in '65, so slightly more of a youngun, and we were taught some, but mostly along the lines of Martin Luther King Jr. and the "I Have a Dream" variety, and Rosa Parks. Nothing about Dorothy Height.

@ImAhIsPaNaRiD: dear lord, my entire office is now aware that I'm not "working on my project" like I'm supposed to be doing. Thanks for the laugh!

@starfishtat: Yeah. he's too young for me.... but maybe not for you!