My friend is a kindergarten teacher, and a few years ago she had a student whose parents were fairly recent immigrants. As I recall, the kid was born in the US, but I could be wrong about that. Anyway, the parents had given their son a name that was probably perfectly lovely in their native tongue, but when you try to…
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Nicknames are for showing affection or friendship, so I wouldn’t name my kid Mikey because then he’d be stuck with everyone from his boss to a telemarketer calling him that. And of course, he can always ask someone to call him Mikey if he wants.
I think the skirt is lacking underskirt poofiness, which would balance out the enormous sleeves. But yeah, it looks like the bodice doesn’t fit right either.
I feel like Millihelen has recently done a post on which flats don’t suck. I’ll edit and post the link, if I can find it.
Counterpoint: When I was a kid, it always annoyed me when parents of friends asked me to “just call me Firstname.” Why? Because then I had to remember it. I already knew my friends’ last names, so Mr. or Mrs. So-and-so was easier. Anyway, I didn’t want to pretend like I was friends with grownups.
Yeah, I know. I’d just like to know what the target audience is. It’s completely dreadful!
OK, but can we talk about how very unfunny the “hilarious, unwanted advice relationship advice” video is? It’s been lingering near the top of the screen for a while now, and like a sucker, I watched it. Since the comments have been disabled on it, I need to know: Did anyone find it funny? I thought it was just really,…
OK, but I followed the link to the article about the otter, and there were no pictures. How can there be no pictures? Get it together, Seattle. The rest of the world wants to see an asthmatic otter use an inhaler with its tiny, adorable paws. I guess I should blame the AP, but I’m holding Seattle responsible too.
My favorites are The Unknown Ajax, The Toll-Gate, and The Talisman Ring. I think they all do a great job of showcasing Heyer’s gift for humor and engaging characters.
Everyone is presuming the mother undressed the kid rather than the kid saw a bunch of topless people and whipped off her own t-shirt.
Pretty sure that was a joke about this: http://jezebel.com/new-york-tablo…
With this form of PDA, as with so many other things, context is key. Sure, sometimes it’s possessive and weird, but I think in most situations it’s sweet. I file this kind of advice in the same box where I put any advice that in order to be powerful, I have to give up being feminine. I’ll pass, thanks!
I have to agree. I had no idea that there was that kind of history behind dining alone, which is awesome . . . but it didn’t seem like the commercial presented dining alone as an empowering act. At best, it’s making the most of a bad situation—but it’s barely that. Maybe this is just because I feel no angst over…
My hope is that she’s already written one that won’t be published until after she’s dead. One can dream!
Oh, I get it! Frumpy is the new sexy.
All the cool and sexy girls had this in the 90s when I was in high school. I did not have them.
I think she might actually be more depressed by this look than I am. So yay?
Why? Why would anyone make or buy this? Why?
No.