@bananastand: I think they also pretend to work now, too. Be prepared for models wrapped in uncut cloth that's pinned together to be sent down the runway, while the designers drunkenly celebrate by drinking slightly more than they did the day before.

Wow. The only one I don't find incredibly offensive is the first one. The rest? They would get you sent home from public school fairly quickly.

LAME. They did "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" a few years ago which was an appropriate tip of the hat to the spirit of the movie without being a blatant remake.

@J.D.Regent: Yeah, when I was growing up all the moms in my neighborhood had a system that involved poker chips to keep track of babysitting duties. A chip a kid a half hour, or something like that.

I don't understand "gastrosexuals." That just... is over my head.

The subscription Elle is still quite hefty. I was flipping through it this morning and was about 50 pages in when I realized I hadn't seen a single lick of content.

@Jenloveshercurves: I started doing that with Gap - I actually ahve to get their online longs tailored! Totally worth the extra $$ in shipping + hemming.

@kellieherson: Shopping for jeans, still, to this day, makes me hyperventilate. We never had a lot of money growing up, nor did it make sense for my mom to buy me a $50 pair of jeans from GAP that I would grow out of in a month, and I have long ass legs so every pair of jeans I owned were too short. And my mom would…

The fashions recycling their way back into mainstream (hello, low-rise jeans) when I was a teenager were the ones my mom used to wear. This is how many of the conversations went:

ALSO. It's not about beauty? Even though they're being judged on APPEARANCE? REALLY?!

did anyone else's high school actually have popular crowds with names?

Technically, Hawai'i isn't legally a state or even a territory of the U.S., but when the U.S. stole it then turned it into a state the conservatives didn't argue about it then.

Retracting my previous statement.

@LoSpaz: Thanks! I knew I wasn't completely right with that and there were options, but I did know the pill thing was accurate.

@cb831: I'm not an expert on this by any means, but I'm pretty sure that isn't standard practice. If I remember from what I've read, they usually do give an injection to the fetus that essentially just stops its heart, then they deliver it. He did say injections weren't used at that stage in the pregnancy, though I…

Because Dr. Hern practices right up the road in Boulder, he spoke at the Denver memorial service for Dr. Tiller. I don't want to say I was fortunate enough to get to hear him speak, because it was under such tragic circumstances, but he gave such an amazing, poignant and touching eulogy of his friend and colleague in…

Does rocking back and forth/side to side in the rollie chair at your desk count as exercise? Because that's the only way I'm going to be able to maintain frequent, low-level activity.

@GTCosita: No, I thought that was this morning or yesterday, that they were 'renewing their vows' a year after their divorce was finalized because 'when you almost lose someone you love you realize what's important in life' or something

In her defense, she *did* provide a cheaper alternative. Yes, $130 shoes are still expensive, but they're much more in the price range that most people can afford (not this person!).

I blame these books for my proclivity to keep moving. I can just go, "Oh, my traveler's foot is itching" like Pa Ingalls used to say.