A lot of different things can affect how well you smell. When I was a receptionist, I had a couple of times where I asked people to sit further away from me because I couldn't stop coughing. Both times I felt bad because they really were mortified to realize they caused this huge reaction in someone.

Thanks for the Austin City Limits link. I now know where I'll be at 7:30 tomorrow.

I think if you wait to have "The Talk" it will never happen and your kids will learn about sex from everywhere but you. My husband's family has a high amount of depression and suicide attempts; my family has a history of bi-polar disorder. That may seem off topic, but we've chosen to approach sex and depression the…

Your not the only one. I didn't make it past the doorbell before I was sniffling. Now I'm totally wrecked.

I understand why people are worried about him kicking a hole in the wall. I agree that is it probably indicative of him having an emotional issue. Early in my marriage, I ended up with a hole in a couple of doors and a broken door frame. My husband has never hit me; never even threatened it, but when arguing…

I've been on the Nuva ring about as long as you've been on it. It was a blessing. I had to be bumped up to higher and higher strength pills, because they would work for a while and then suddenly I 'd have break through bleeding and then ovarian cysts. I haven't had to up my dosage with the ring because the hormones…

This sounds like an untapped market to me. Maybe its time to break out a business plan and a sexy elf barbarian costume.

If available, I always mark Mixed Race. If not I mark Asian/Pacific Islander. I'm more Japanese than anything else, but was blessed with Scottish coloring. My brother is a much more convincing Asian, with darker skin (marginally - he has worked 3rd shift for so long, he's almost as pale as me) and dark hair.

I was lucky enough to be able to wander the gallery show of Gaultier when it was at the Dallas Museum of Art. His clothes may not be the most practical, but they are a lot of fun to look at.

You forgot about the Tick's botched attempt to fix the CHA which leaves the moon with a great big HA, and then the giant Omnipotus taking a giant bite out of the moon. I vote for the Tick for their repeated Moon abuse.

Each of those events could be overwhelming on its own. I'm sorry you have to face so much at once.

I attribute my knowledge of smoking banana peels to the Dead Milkmen.

My hat is off to David Wong, because that was one of the weirdest things I have ever read, but when I got to the end, all I could think was that he is also a lying liar.

I have Celiac disease. I can't eat anything that has wheat in it or has touched anything with wheat in it. I also have anxiety disorder which makes it really hard to talk to people about what I need. If I didn't have a smart phone, I wouldn't get outside of a 30 mile radius from my house, because I wouldn't know…

I bought a volume of the Absolute Sandman I found at a used bookstore. Over the last 2 weeks I have scraped together money for all four volumes because someone unloaded their copies there. They are so beautiful and 2 of them still had the pages stuck together. Fresh $100 leather bound tomes for half the price. …

I am haunted by the image of a Dalek who thinks it is a young ballerina.

Starts in 8 minutes. We are starting the popcorn and dancing in anticipation!

Have you ever read Feed by M. T. Anderson?

I used to tag them and leave them interesting places. I should probably do that some more.

I have 2 bookshelves full in my closet, a stack of boxes of book by the tv, and I've resorted to getting reusable shopping bags to stack more up by the couch. My husband says I have a problem, and that may be true, but I usually keep it confined to the clearance shelves at Half Price and if there had been anything in…