RE: Isobel Toledo...i get the idea, take risks when you're young, do what you love, blah blah blah. that does work out for some people. however, i've seen more than a few people who weren't really self aware enough to realize they are not so great at what they love and they spent years wasting their time trying to…

also an episode of NCIS (McGee's book) and Bones (Brennan's book). yes, i watch too much tv, but this really isn't a new idea. this version just has period costumes.

I don't buy into the whole cancer business, personally (plus anything and everything "can" give you cancer, it seems). the reason i don't refuse is if someone wants to ogle me, they're gonna do it whether i'm wearing clothes or not. i don't wear mumus, so it's not all that hard for someone to guess what the shape of…

I'm thinking you missed the mark with the headline here. She's not suing because she peed her pants. She's suing for mental and physical abuse. the headline trivializes what she experienced. And I'm one of these people that never understood the allure of the greek system and refused to attend initiation for my…

I went to catholic school for 8 years in the chicago 'burbs. at one point they decided that girls should have the option of wearing pants in the winter. but not blue slacks like the boys...pants IN THE SAME FABRIC AS THE HORRIBLE LARGE PLAID POLYESTER SKIRTS. me and one other girl were the only ones who gave that a…

I miss My Boys. That is all I have to add to this discussion.

Excellent selection of accompanying photo.

As a pollster, I can tell you this is not new. We've seen data like this (slightly different questions) for a few cycles now (and at other times in the past). Voters don't mean their own rep. That ONE member of Congress is totally fine, but the rest of them can go. and so nothing ever changes. Doesn't mean…

forwarding this to my mother right now so she'll stop telling me to "be nice, because you just never know where you might meet someone" and asking me if i "met any nice men" every time i say that i left the house for any reason. now she can just ask about meeting nice men on my commute, at parties of people who i've…

after the disaster that was last year's oscars, i'm actually really excited about this. i really wanted to like anne hathaway as a host (because she's totally who would/will play me in a movie someday, preferably on lifetime) , but omg...so painful to watch her and franco. i miss the billy crystal years. although,…

if they weren't in the same division, they'd both make the final four. of course there won't be snow in africa this christmas time! ya know why...because it's either near the equator and there is NEVER snow or it's in the southern hemisphere where it's summer in december. and i was actually in Liberia last…

I have a guy friend who starts to cry if you mention Up. seriously. his girlfriend sometimes mentions it because she thinks it's hilarious to watch him react (OK, it was pretty funny the first couple times). i think it's nice because he was kind of an oat-sewing douchebag for a period of time (not that oat-sewing…

a bit off topic...i hate that i know this, but the immaculate conception was the conception of mary not the conception of jesus. it refers to the fact that she was conceived without original sin (i.e. can get into heaven even without being baptized). the feast of the visitation is when mary got a visit from gabriel…

it's just you.

I felt like the scene before they cut to the last commercial (where she wasn't feeling well after the show) was like a set up to her collapsing at judging or something...if they could reshoot the final judging, seems like they could have/should have re-edited that.

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Olivia/Marishka is leaving, too. I wish they'd just ended it mercifully instead of dragging it out in a slow, painful way. I can't even watch the USA marathons anymore—the memories are just too painful. I guess I'll need to find a new show where they give away the…

Do those black gloves remind anyone else of "Who framed Roger Rabbit?"

As a recreational pole dancer myself (shout out to Pole Pressure in DC!!!), I can attest to the fact that it is the most amazingly fun and effective workout I've ever tried...and I've tried a lot, including lots of forms of dance. I actually just bought my own pole to use at home!

ayn rand's works of FICTION that are not at all about molesting children are just as evil as a how-to guide to child molestation? um, what?

Any way we can blame Nina Garcia for this? We need to exact some kind of revenge for her hatred of Mondo's polka dot dress.