If we are going for costumes that are hard to imagine sexified, how about Sexy Glenn Beck?

@Gigi: My friend who adopted is an atheist, covered in tatoos, with rainbow hair. They qualified for the agency (because they are wonderful people) and then had to wait for a birth mother to select them out of the book. It turned out that the birth mother who chose them was specifically looking for "alternative"- she…

@Cimorene: My friend adopted a child and I think it ended up costing about $30,000 in the end, maybe more. I know that it wiped out their entire savings and then some. They had to be approved by both the agency and then selected by the birth mother, which can really make you feel like you have no control over the…

In case anyone is curious, there is a website from Washington Ceasefire (the state, not the city) called:

@taryn up my heart: I keep trying to read Harry Potter, but just have not succeeded.

@RiloKilo: The idea that it is a surprise that someone can be both smart AND pretty is indeed an old and boring cliche. The problem is that to be highlighted in most magazines, a woman has to be either pretty, or smart and pretty. But smart alone doesn't cut it.

I don't have a cat. But I did just order one of those robot hamsters. Maybe I will order 9.

@cassiopeia.sky: Send me your number and I will get a bunch of moms to call and thank you for doing a good job.

@morninggloria: It's "uter-US" not "uter-YOU".

I'd like to see the research beyond what he sees in his own practice. All these articles about "helicopter" parenting, "overparenting", "best friend moms" and the like are always based on some psychologist's personal practice. They are seeing way more people coming in for therapy who fit the "bad" mom stereotype, so…

@RosemaryF: She wanted to win the snark game. Bad sign on all sides.

@LilyBonesBurana: Did the Pink Power Ranger kill her mom? I have been a huge fan of PPR for so long, this is devastating news to me.

@LAmonkeygirl: Before I got married, he brought me all these bridal magazines and showed me the dresses he liked best. My tastes are very simple, though, and I don't like to spend a lot of money on that type of stuff, so he told me, "Even if you want a cheap, simple dress, I will still buy it for you, and I won't be…

@mommy_dearest: Also, the book that mom is reading is just like the books that start Sleeping Beauty and the like. And the bow on the dressmakers dummy is just like the bow on Cinderella's dress maker dummy.

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: As they zoom in, at about 0:29 is a silhouette of Sleeping Beauty's castle, then a few seconds later is a toy carriage just like Cinderella's. The tea set on the table at about 0:37 is the tea set from Beauty and The Beast, with Mrs. Potts and Chip. There are lots of things to remind us we have…

@morninggloria: You're such a nerd!

@bluebears: I found that comment to be very manipulative. She has to respond that yes, he made her happy, or else she is being rude. He knows she can't be rude. So he sets her up to allow him to continue to pursue her, even though she has indicated it isn't ok. She then went off to Rome instead of using the…

@cait98: I said to my husband, "Whoa, what just happened?" And he said, "He raped her, obviously."

@willwriteforfood: The Feminine Mystique was published in Feb. 1963. It is currently August 1963. That means the book is waiting for Betty at the library.

@sailor.saturday: Bellingham is an interesting place to end up in on a whim. School?