Here's what I love about Julia Stiles: we have the same FACE. I get this from random people all the time. Just make her a brunette with brown eyes and that's me. Same voice, too.

"the 'rock chick' diet - coffee, cigarettes, vodka and champagne"

Can we just talk about the new Food Network Star for a minute? Hope this isn't a spoiler for any west coast-ers.

I passed by an Origins today and it had a picture of the side of a woman's face "before and after" the use of some cream. They described her heavy cheeks as creating "jowl lines."

@Poubelle: All I know is, I was stirring dead babies in my cauldron one day with the end of my broomstick when all of a sudden one of my magical crows flew in and scratched the skin by my eyes. Totally out of nowhere. Then I grabbed him and roasted him for dinner.

It's articles like this one in the Herald Sun that have turned me into "silently choosing to be child-free" to "asshole who bites your head off at the mere mention of children."

Having been involuntarily admitted to locked psych wards as well as having someone watch my every move in a 72-hour suicide watch while there.. Well, I have a really hard time seeing anything like this being publicized.

@labyrinthine IS DOING THIS: Ha! A lot of the guys in Norway wear man-pris in the summer.

@Pandorasvoicebox: I would also like to know this. I cant' remember if they were planning on a phase-out. Anyone have a quick answer to this one?

@Ayoshe: It's cool, I think I'm just overly sensitive at this point :) Pride street parties FTW!

@Eleanor Ramilly: For the record, I can't stand the whole "I choose my choice" rationale. And AA ads really irritate me too for the same reasons as you.

@Ayoshe: Although it WASN'T elective. But thanks!

But she chose to be an American Apparel model, right? We can't say "I choose my choice" and then say, "Well, except that choice. That's just sad."

So I'm 27, and just had a partial hysterectomy a couple weeks (uterus out, the rest stayed) due to some really aggressive fibroids. Now let me preface all of this by saying that those who know me know I am vehemently anti-baby and never wanted kids in the first place. I view the whole "never getting pregnant" part…

When these women are at their "peak" for irritation, it's usually when I like them the most. I've always felt compelled to support The Underdog. Maybe because sometimes I've felt like one, too?

I'm nearly 30 and never learned how to drive (years of urban living rendered it unnecessary) - so the first thing I thought when I heard about this story was: How did that kid even know what to do?

As for the oil v. butter debate, I think long life has less to do with what you eat/drink/smoke/etc, and more to do with decreasing the stress in your life. The French, Italians, Scandinavians, Okinawans: they generally lead very low-stress lives.

"Tony Romo and Nick Lachey rebound with Jessica Simpson look-a-likes while she's left smooching a dog."

@DexterHaven: Thanks for your help and explanations - hearted!

@jeweltones: As soon as you equated commenters with "loud, irritating and unforgiving," you lost me.