She's fabulous. Also:

I totally agree about the wrongness of Miley Cyrus' cultural misappropriation, but her Wrecking Ball video, for example, doesn't feature any twerking — yet her nudity in the video has been heavily decried as trashy and slutty.

Bravo!

And, unless a person understands the nature of sexual abuse in the context of power asymmetry and the strange, amorphous and malleable sometimes-reality social networking has created, what happened to Jill doesn't seem like sexual abuse. But it was.

Agreed! And I loved that shark one, too! Really beautiful.

In the parlance of our times: WUT?

Between smitten/despondent Loki's unrequited tote bag love and his person's lovely accent, could this BE any more charming? "Poki! Geht youah puaws outta ih!" I can't help imaging her as an animate teapot (a la "Beauty and the Beast").

Sea slug! Several commenters (and authors?) in other posts likened the gargantuan ruffle of Patton's dress to a giant sea slug that was consuming or mating with her. :-)

She looks like she is being slowly eaten by a roll of toilet paper.

Adrien Grenier was featured on this very interesting episode of Prof. Henry Louis Gates' PBS genealogy/history series Finding Your Roots. Watch the whole thing on the PBS website!

That handsome young painter is Oliver Jackson-Cohen, who is currently appearing as Jonathan Harker on NBC's Dracula mini-series. He was also in the first season of the totally delightful BBC costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford (full episodes). I think Jackson-Cohen bears a resemblance to fellow Brit actors Max Irons…

So sorry to hear. :-( Take good care and have a good, speedy recovery. :-)

Especially:

Wide calf solidarity! Bechques already pointed out this site, but again, check out http://www.widewidths.com/ — they carry boots with a calf circumference of up to 24 3/4 inches ("super plus wide calf"). As others have said, there is also Zappos (excellent selection and awesome customer service!), Torrid, and Simply…

They are! Since 2001. Here's a cute family portrait/interview of the Bee Jones family by Time Out.

4. Thanks a lot, Facebook and Google. I'd love to move back to my hometown, but I'm pretty sure they shoot poor people now. Or burn us for warmth. Or just for fun. USA!

Here are a few more links: 1, 2, 3.

I am so very sorry about your mom. That is absolutely beyond shameful. I hope she is able to be treated soon.