I met her a few years ago at a smallish comic convention. She was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, hanging out with her Uncle Gus, and might have been wearing some lip gloss, but no other obvious make up. She was stunningly gorgeous and as sweet and genuine as can be. You could tell she was having a lot of fun, just being…

Thank you! It doesn't seem to matter how hard I try or how many years I'm removed from breastfeeding, when I read things like this, I still get that twinge of sadness that it didn't work out for me with baby #1 or #2, in spite of my best efforts.

Well, I sure as hell don't follow Coco for "Thong Thursday." I think she, Ice, and Spartacus are an adorable family. The normalcy is the key —- they're awesome!

My husband and I had a difficult time with this issue and our son's tee-ball team. Hubby is the coach, and the program director recommended asking a parent to bring water each week. WATER - yay! So we did. We brought water the first week. When the other parents started bringing "water" most of the time that meant…

My husband has been working on plans to make a TARDIS potting shed, but I really want one of these [www.neatorama.com] for inside the house...

It didn't! It just said "turn right on (silence silence silence) ROAD." It was really strange. You would think it could have pronounced Tucker, at least. But yeah, mine said Ponce de Leon with an accent, too.

I used to be a GS troop leader, and this is how it breaks down as far as I know: Troops do not get money from the council headquarters, and leaders are not paid, they are volunteers (a lot of parents don't seem to get this). Girls pay dues to their troop (not to the GS organization) to cover the costs of crafts,…

Spaghetti Junction Beckham. There.

I saw some of your area's news footage on our local news this morning, and I have to say that I was impressed with Charlie's coherence and sincerity in his interview.

Integrity: he haz it.

I know all of this, and I know how publicity machines work. I truly hope that she is receiving the treatment that she needs and will be able to manage her life (unlike Britney Spears) and be functional and fulfilled. My concern is that she might not actually be bipolar, but her management team decided to throw that…

I may need to prepare to have rotten veggies lobbed at me, but...Demi Lovato adding bipolar to her list of issues seemed kind of fishy to me. I'm not saying that it isn't legitimate, or that her experience/diagnosis isn't real, just that it felt off to me. It seems like her camp is just trying way too hard to…

Bingo. My first thought was, "Harriet? Really? The heaviest kid's name is Harriet? And she wears glasses? And she wheezes? How much worse can this get?" and then I read on to the "I had fought it." bit. UGH. Pissed me right the f*ck off.

I know, I know, I know. I was also not super thrilled with season 8, especially the very sad thing. And Angel is ending, but there is going to be an Angel and Faith comic...I dunno.

And supposedly the amazing Gail Simone has been asked to write for Buffy season 9...

I started watching Buffy in college. My mom and I would watch and then one of us would call the other to discuss. She passed away the day "Beer Bad" aired...16 months later, I was watching"The Body" with a friend of mine who had lost her mother at a young age. It was years before I could watch that episode again, but…

"I only had a problem with you postulating that they would make medical exceptions and not religious ones, which just isn't true."

But this site isn't just about that neighborhood. If everyone here only commented about things that are happening in their own backyard, would that make things better?

Well, I do apologize for not doing further research and going to the school board's website. I was (as I said quite plainly) going by what was said in the article. I also had no idea that you actually live in this area and know the schools so well, but there is no reason to be unpleasant about it. I am all for trying…