So when these people are out of costume, who are they supposed to be?

Ditto. The only girlie thing about my purse is the fact that I use one, but even the style (Longchamp mini) is rather metrosexual. Contents (drumroll, please):
- Wallet (Kate Spade sample sale), containing no cash but lots of plastic options
- MetroCard (at $20, worth more than wallet)
- Notebook / Favorite Pen (for…

1) Create a separate home page for items that are designed by, but not directly produced, by sellers, call it "Etsy Marketplace" and/or give them a separate "Designed by me" tag.
2) Create a new, and prominently-placed, filter/tag that allows browsers to show only items "Handmade by me."

I love the foster kitten work Beth and Howard are doing. They've fostered (and adopted out) more than three dozen kittens so far—their house looks like my dream home: https://twitter.com/BethStern/stat…

Cat burglar in training.

All good fun except that it's the sperm that determines the sex of a baby — the egg doesn't have any say in the matter.

The paradox of most florists, whether local or national, is that they are at their worst during crunch times. Demand always overwhelms supply, and I've seen florists stock up flowers days and weeks (yes, weeks!) in advance just to meet the surge in demand.

20-ish years ago I set out to buy some stock. I didn't know much about the market but, using Macs all my career, I really wanted to buy some Apple stock. Of course, this was before etrade so I set out to a broker to place the order. The broker talked me out of the purchase, explaining that they would be bankrupt soon.…

...and all by design. They follow the same model on Fox Business. Most financial companies I work with will leave FBN or CNBC on all day with the sound down — the crawl is much more important than what the talking heads are saying — it's all visual.

I doubt they'd be discussing it at all if it weren't doing so well in the ratings. Varney should have a big-o over "Call the Midwife" — it's pro-life, pro-private-charity, pro-religion, and has lots of happy poors.

I'll keep this site in mind when I'm in my head to toe burqa, riding in my segregated bus, and a man gets a chubby from a glimpse of my immodestly-groomed eyelashes. There really is no win to this game — except to become a man.

Apparently, "beefsteak" in ye olde flapper times was much more akin to Ruth Chris (aka, thin cuts of filet slathered with melted butter) rather than just "steak." Went to my first traditional-style beefsteak fundraiser dinner a few weeks ago and it was melt in your mouth amazing — and I felt like I needed a 25-mile…

I know I'm being a little over-sensitive to the above, but I feel that I need to put my two cents in. I have a fat cat.

Pot roast is my absolute all-time favorite. You can go retro by skipping the salt and wine and replace it with a pouch of Onion Soup Mix. Deeeeeeeeelish.

Switching to my genealogist hat, I'd have to add that while I'm sure they were shocked, it's not uncommon for documents to go missing or never get properly filed in the first place. It always comes down to human error and oversight, and more specifically, the competency of the town, county, and state clerks. In small…

Poor Eddie will be out of a job. (Eddie Izzard Raised by Wolves

As long as the subway lines vent through the grates on the sidewalk (like many of the "cut and cover" lines do) flooding is always a possibility.

A side note. I've been a designer for over 20 years and have a deep portfolio of annual reports, editorial, non-profit, politicians, and NGOs (including a former US President). Using stock photography in the above is not the norm.

In my professional opinion — ooofa. Preserving the colors from the old logo is the only thing going for this. Typographically, it looks like they just grabbed any font and blew it up. If this were in my shop, we would have worked those letterforms to make the shapes more balanced to how they are using them.…

I hope it's 20% less than what the pens for men cost.