Only a monster would break that glass! I’m hoping you’ve found a replacement at your local Goodwill.

I loved (love) Miss Piggy for being able to revel in her femininity while at the same time being willing to fuck your shit up to get what she wants. Is she extreme? Yes. Yes, she is. Nobody said an anthropomorphic pig was realistic. But I appreciate that she is girly but far from passive, and strong but not a tomboy.…

Is that how people dress for Easter in California? (I assume these people live in California.)

I’ve found it more interesting to have close friends tell me what my Meyers Briggs category is—it feels pretty accurate, and it’s interesting to see how others see me.

Areed. Here in the Midwest, nobody cares. I had never heard of Coachella before jez started harping on it constantly, and I've never heard of it anywhere else. I guess it's a big deal? (It's not a big deal.) I admit to being part of the problem since I've read a few of the articles about it, but I keep thinking…

I believe it. My skin and hair HATED the water in France. If I drank it, it made the corners of my mouth dry out, crack, and bleed. It took months for my skin and hair to recover. My sympathies :(

Bobby pins set off the machine? Seems unlikely. Now I'm trying to remember if I've ever flown with a bun. I usually leave my hair loose for comfort while flying, though.

Reminds me of my favorite Dinosaur Comics strip: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comi…

My dad still uses a clock that looks just like that.

I just wrote elsewhere that my grandma says that and I've never heard anyone else say it. Grandma's from Indiana. Do you know where your teacher was from?

I wonder how many other similar variations there are. My grandma says "Oh, God love it." When someone is adorable . . . or pitiful. So it has some of the range of meaning. She and I were both born and raised in Indiana, but I've never heard anyone else say it. No idea were she got it.

My Hoosier grandma's version is "Oh, God love it." This can mean that someone is adorable . . . or that someone is pitiful.

Not to burst your bubble, but both those sayings are commonly heard in the lower 48 as well.

I'm from the Midwest, so I know cold. I've never been colder than the winter I spent in northern France. Those buildings are so poorly insulated, and it's so wet. You're smart to be getting prepared. The thing I'd add is to get a hot water bottle to put at your feet when you go to bed. It's so hard to fall asleep…

Yup. While reading the article, I wondered what percentage of respondents had never been in love, like me. I was like, "Five percent, OK . . . under 24 and still have hope that it'll happen . . . OUCH." Thanks for nothing, Survey People.

I forgot to tell you one other thing. You don't want to repeat yourself. I suggested 1 or 2 issues, because I figured they'd only ask 1 or 2 questions. If you know they're going to ask you 3, then you should have 3 prepared. Or subtopics, like with my previous example of immigration, you could do documented and…

No problem! I am the veteran of many oral and written exams, and that's the approach that worked best for me. If you try to memorize every possible answer to every possible question, you'll just make yourself crazy. Much better to pick one or two things that have broad application.

You can't prepare for every possible question, but you can get very well-informed about an issue or two that you could spin to fit a variety of questions. Immigration, for example. Court cases, public policy, books, all those things you mentioned are related to that topic. Also, even if the question is more about…

I feel like there needs to be more examples from each country to be able to tell the difference between "differing standards of beauty" and "unskilled at Photoshop." It was still interesting though.

The toddlers dancing to Veggie Tales or whatever is one of my favorite parts of teaching Sunday School. Unbridled joy and no self consciousness.