I always thought of Dick Cheney as Potter, personally.

Yes! And it "feels" just like the book. The music's amazing, too: look up "Emmet Otter Barbecue" on YouTube. My mother actually has it in her will that we have to sing "When The River Meets The Sea" at her funeral someday.

"I was 6' tall at 13. Unco-ordination was my forte."

I went to the dentist this past summer for the first time since 1999, when I was 19.

Nebraska gets my vote. I helped a friend move cross-country and we drove through it. We would get excited when we saw a field with sheep AND cows in it, because it broke up the monotony.

The other thing that infuriates me about the GA walking away from what he'd witnessed is the fact that the poor little boy almost certainly needed medical attention after he was attacked. WTF? How cowardly do you have to be to leave a child in physical pain?

Mine were "SNM" so yeah, I changed my surname when I got married, you betcha.

I was a member when I lived in Chicago and used to go sketch sculptures on my lunch break because I couldn't find a life drawing class that fit my schedule.

Best Smiths cover EVER.

I'm a runner who's spent the entire summer laid up after breaking a leg, and the effect on my mood and concentration is more alarming to me than any effect on my figure.

Same here! I described it to Mr Jud and he was completely freaked out, too!

Too late to edit, but I just found a picture of the Antlers, probably about 10 years before my parents bought it! The window to the right of the door on the second floor is the window of room 20.

Holy fuck. Try to smile. This one's a winner.

I'm sorry for your loss, onestraw! She sounds like a terrific aunt.

When I was three and my brother was six, my parents went to Pennsylvania for a romantic weekend getaway at a 200-year-old country inn in the Pocono Mountains. They came back with the deed to the place.

You've missed a trick, Jezebel. Surely the strapline on that photo should read "Exit stage RIGHT"?

Silly lobstr, you can't escape Wal-Mart just by crossing an ocean! Wal-Mart has an outpost over here called Asda. I am sure they sell the same generics, just labeled differently.

It can work as a shampoo; you've got to rinse it out with a vinegar solution to stop the soap from building up. Bronner's makes a "citrus hair wash" that does the same thing.

It seems a little weird to say that I use this on my body and my hair (rinse afterwards with diluted vinegar, though) AND to scrub my hardwood floors. But it's true, and it works great.

Roughly every 300-500 miles. Rule of thumb is the lighter you are, the longer you can use the shoe. You can probably scrape another 50-80 out with a good pair of insoles.