@GertiCoriander: Makes sense. When I took genetics in high school my biology teacher said "XX: nature's blueprint."

Seriously, it's candy. I'd gotten a package of penis gummies as a gift and found them when I was packing up my dorm room. I had a couple of friends in at the time, including my best friend and my then three year old godson. Of course we opened the bag and shared them around. We even laughed a bit before giving some to…

@HopeAngel: "Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies; they won't understand." I think this is why animal suffering and the suffering of young children hits me hardest too.

The internet is not the place to have these discussions, period. My best friend is having similar issues with her ex and her children but she's discussing them with ME, in person or on the phone, not on the internet. She also knows that I have the distance and the love for my godkids that I can advise her when she's…

@lucyjae: PA sounds like a person who hasn't had their minds expanded by some of the amazing scifi or YA out there. I've read so many amazing books that have passed through my bookcrossing group. One of the members of the group is a scholastic rep, who gets a copy to read of every new book in the catalouge, we get the…

is there a way to make the poll boxes availbale on ca.jez too?

@jenalicious: I'm slightly more forgiving of pinning and tucking clothes on a mannequin since that's essentially showwing how it's would look if you had it tailored. Photoshop is a completely different game.

@jenalicious: I think both are problems overall but especially in advertisements. In make up advertisements they're trying to sell you on how effective their makeup is in covering blemishes etc so it's an absolute lie to use re-touching. Similarly in clothing advertisments - it's a lie to photo-shop away a model's…

It's been fixed now BTW. The picture is now of the cover of Egan's award winning book. It got called out in the comments pretty good too.

@chartreusesky: methinks you missed the sarcasm.

Are they hampered from charging him with more? After Tiller's murder, one would think that people who go to abortion clinics with weapons handy and are violent on the property would be more closely monitored.

@Dodai Stewart: I don't think it's the same thing. I'd totally vote wolf but certainly not werewolf since there's too much twilight baggage there. but a proper wolf?

lacking chocolate labs (seriously, no chocolate on a women's blog?) the puppy and I are standing behind the black labs all the way to the finals.

The burned out cars (5) is from the city where I'm trying to find my exchange sister and her family. This photo is about all I can find when I search hitachi and damage. Has anyone seen anything more?

@coconuts: I don't know of any specific ones but I'm trying to reach my exchange sister and her family through Japan people finder. i'm praying they're safe in a shelter somewhere.

@Penny: I could buy that if the angles made sense. The only way the angles make sense if her crotch was attached to the bottom of her rib cage /sternum.

@jamyesterday: I disagree. I think Mulan DOES change things. Mulan had two powerful reasons for going to war: first, for love of her family / to protect her injured father, and second to explore the facets of her personality that don't fit into the ideals of chinese womanhood.

@MrSmoofy: Having lived in Tokyo this doesn't surprise me in the least. Everyone has a cell phone so I can see why that's tied up, similar with landlines. But Tokyo has a very fast internet backbone with far less demands on it than in north america. When I was there a couple of years ago home internet usage was only…

You haven't even mentioned the dangers the earthquake as posed to several nuclear power plants. Japan already has a terrible safety record regarding nuclear power and if this is the first state of emergency declared ever at a Japanese plant, this is serious. [www.theglobeandmail.com]

I'm very lucky that my parents taught me all about how to use credit cards effectively. But it can be so EASY to get caught up in a negative cycle on them. A couple years back I carried a $6000 debt around for several months while I fought the fraudulent charge that caused it. Fortunately visa decided in my favour,…