It doesn't just sound better... the second sentence sounds like the people themselves are "technically" black.

I like your analogy!

Unfortunately, I know a LOT of Austen fans who miss that point. My boyfriend's sister, for one, and she's an English teacher.

My friend, who recommended the Mirena had no pain because she had already given birth. My doctor said she felt really bad for all her non-mother IUD patients. Apparently, it's WAY better if you've already given birth.

I thought I would be able to go back to work! I called my boss and told him I was having complications from a medical procedure and he could expect me the next day.

They gave me 800mg when I got there. Did nothing. Went on percocet for a completely unrelated issue and felt marvelous.

Thank you for that. I've been dreading it, even though it's like 4 years away.

Yes. Totally worth it.

After having an IUD put in just a few months ago, which was AWFUL and hurt so incredibly bad, my eyes literally teared when reading this headline. I'm now wincing and shaken at the prospect of this action.

My mom's with me was 31 hours and she was only at 5cm when my heart rate dropped and we both almost died during an emergency c-section. I am NOT looking forward to labor when it's my turn.

Right with you. As a short person with a lot of muscle and low on fat, I'm "obese" when my pants size is smaller than the US average.

But they also do it occasionally in a way that can showcase real struggles those couples would face. I'm thinking of the gay couple in the military, which I thought did a good treatment of the characters as well as the institutional discrimination they face.

I'll have to check them out. Even though I am short, I usually get Regulars because the Shorts, though being the right length, somehow make my legs look really weird and hourglass shaped.

I have the same problem, and I humbly recommend any shampoo or conditioner with the Keratin stuff. I get mine at Target for 20 bucks and my hair looks awesome. I still have to blow dry, but I barely have to run a straightener through it. My hair dresser has patience, and he can just do a blow out.

I submit that you probably rocked it like this foxy lady, Ms. Nina Sharpe.

There's some really interesting narrative developments in "The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No-Horse" that really drive home the music/sex/god combination. That's all I could think of. (Plus it's a really good book so far. I'm halfway through).

I kinda want to see it for the schadenfreude....

Regarding NYTimes Trend pieces: http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2012/11/new_york_times_trend_stories_what_happened_when_i_slept_with_30_pillows.single.html

And if you get hit with a pound of rocks it's going to hurt a lot more than a pound of feathers, so in that case, what makes it up does make a difference.

I am with you there! Wide calves don't even fit me unless I'm at my thinnest when my face is all gaunt!