When I read that they claim that an advice column was requested, I totally thought "um, why not write advice for overcoming some of the common issues with legos . . . or how to get angles or use some of the different shapes in creative ways . . . not how to wear your hair. Lego people don't have hair . . .

I have naturally very curly hair . . . I cannot tell you how relieved I am to learn that the curls work with my heart shaped face. I will sleep well tonight, confident that my face shape and natural hair work together to be pleasing to others. Whew! 46 years I've waited for this day. Now, if only I could figure…

Holly Aiken bags http://hollyaiken.com/ are adorable and the material has been found to be anti-microbial . . . total justification to shop! (she use to have a design with a little evil scientist dude with a bubble that said "Am I in the mood for evil or pie?" and when you opened the flap of the messenger bag, it…

I bought my brood a kitty fountain, but the hum of the motor gives me an instant headache. They'll just have to drink from the faucet.

Oh yeah, using the empty box as a trash box for tissues makes total sense in my mind, especially during cold or allergy season. I was sick for several months last year (requiring several surgeries, home health, the whole adventure) and I hung a grocery bag from the bed post to be the tissue trash bag. I needed…

For the longest time, my husband went through more hand soap than was humanly possible. Like a whole bottle every week or so. I got to the point where I was watering his bottle down (two sink bathroom) just to make it stretch. At the time, I was buying the fancy stuff from the soap store at the mall. He always had…

I've had two months in a row with late/missing birchboxes. But, they got on the issue quickly, reshipped a box and gave me points for the inconvenience. And, when I ordered something with points and forgot the code for the extra mini size (not sample sized) freebie, their customer service happily shipped it the next…

I was willing to give her the "lost in the mail" until the baby shower invite was an empty envelope.

The reason I suspect no one on her father's side got actual invites is because she once mentioned that she was saddened by the fact ONLY her father from his side of the family attended. Her parents are divorced and I suspect her mother had a hand in the "missing" invitations. . . . but she's also someone who is…

I have a relation who sent out "save the date" with specific information about multiple gift registries on it to me, my father, and an aunt (all related on her father's side of the family). (I know for a fact about these three, and suspect that it extended to many more of her father's relatives.) Then, none of us…

Oh man, the grasshoppers at Tujagues are our favorites.

Skinny coffee . . . served in a tall, narrow cup, not a short, round one.

Probably unrelated, but perhaps it could be: I have a friend whose oldest child was born in AL. While she was in labor, she popped a blood vessel and started pouring blood. But, the nurse had followed the doctor down the hall, flirting, and my friend's husband all but delivered the child on his own while they…

OOOH . . . DIY home birth kits and videos! Call the Koch Brothers, here's a new money making scheme! And for an extra $12, they'll throw in a vagdazzling kit.

I understand she's a private person. Perhaps she didn't want to face the publicity tours and interviews and intrusions a second book would command. Maybe she decided she's old enough that she can say and do what she damn well pleases . . . including publishing that book and/or refusing the participate in the public…

However, let me point out that no one is questioning if this were "really rape". . . if perhaps the women should have expected sex because they were going to sleep in the general area of a man . . . and I love the words "99 percent conviction rate." So not what would happen if it were in this country.

I'm forever finding myself behind folks taller than me. Generally, you can lean to one side or the other to see around them. Again, like you, I'd never dream of asking them to slouch down. I don't know if I'd ever even think to ask for a different seat. I have, however, switched seats with my companion if it meant…

In the first picture, when he's holding up the little rubber fetuses? Total flash back moment. Years ago, a pro-life advocate wandered into my office. She wanted to preach to me about the evils of abortion. She had one of the smaller of the two rubber fetuses this dude is holding. She kept shaking it at me . . .…

I was under the impression that for many of these young women, this level of attention to personal appearance detail was already part of their daily existence. I have a cousin who was your typical sorority girl. When she was a teen, she went to one of those "modeling schools" where they took a huge amount of her…

I hear you. We have lots of discussions about primary and secondary prevention. Yes, we'd like to insure that perps don't have access to a victim to inflict further abuses . . . but that's not so much prevention as safety.