When I was about 9, my mom would set up to sell our junk at this little "flea market" that was actually the empty stockroom of our small town furniture store. Creepy, right? There was an old man who had a table across from ours, and in exchange for doing things like watching his booth so he could go for a smoke or…

Exactly this. Recently I heard the argument that Doctor Who ISN'T a kids' show anymore, but my 11 and 7 year olds (who have seen every episode since Eccleston and a fair amount of Tom Baker) would heartily disagree. New Who time is like Christmas every week for them. It's always an adventure, and they always look…

Thank you. You are absolutely spot-on about the classism.

Haven't read his work, but I can say that all his analogy made me think was: "Damn, maybe someone WAS looking at me in high school, after all..."

I'm just trying not to raise serial killers. I figure if when they leave my house (if they ever do), they 1) can cook for themselves, 2) know how to do their own laundry, and 3) understand that they should live a basically ethical life, which includes controlling any violent tendencies they may have, then I've done my…

OH HELL NO.

She is fantastically beautiful. She was attending an event where I work a few years ago, and I found myself in the restroom at the same time. Had I realized she was in there, I probably would have waited, for fear of embarrassing myself. But we washed our hands, and she smiled at me, and I swear to g-d it was like the…

Hang in there. It took us nearly 2 years before we conceived our first.

Eh...maybe it's just his own self-loathing bubbling to the surface, because he lays in bed at night, eating bonbons and watching Melrose Place, envying Heather Locklear's bitchtastic hair, and hating himself for how much he looooooves it.

I didn't want to give in, either, because everyone and his brother was watching it, and that much hype usually completely destroys things for me, but it's sooooooo goooooooood. Once you start, you can't stop.

With the new Sandman stories coming out, and the increased interest in comics, *gasp* the history of the art form, and the formative period of Vertigo and independent publishers, YES.

I will have to track that down! She and Andre Leon Talley had such a special friendship. If you haven't, you should read A.L.T.: A Memoir.

Seconded. I'm not sure that Duritz has any real douchebag cred, or if people just want him to have it because he dated Jennifer Aniston et al. Scott Stapp on the other hand, blurgh.

Ah, you have an awesome name AND attitude.

She was also in an episode of Angel, I think.

Amen. I went through a major depression with my first because I couldn't breastfeed, and I really, really wanted to. I just watched a dear friend go through the same thing, and it broke my heart to hear her say the same things I said 11 years ago: "I don't understand. This is what my body is supposed to do, right? I'm…

"Peacock doesn't want girls playing with his toys" couldn't be more untrue. Go to his blog —- read what he wrote about Tosh recently. He's a big man with a big heart. He stands up for women's, human, and animal rights, and he loves art. Basically, he's an awesome guy.

Always good to know I'm not alone. I have to say that I was more annoyed by the couple who brought eight kids to the showing of Brave that we went to than I ever have been with a baby in a theater. They sat the older kids one place, younger kids in another place, and then mom and dad apart from both groups so they…

As with most things in life, the real issue at hand is consideration of others and knowing your child.

Yep. I have an immediate relative who is high up the legal chain at a major studio, and it is the general understanding is that TC ropes these women into ironclad contracts for their 5 years, with the understanding that it will not be more than 10 years due to CA divorce law regarding assets. At one point, she told me…