@JanaNye: Just the word "blooper" makes me laugh. What a funny word!

@TwoRandomPennies: I have a feeling the bride and groom are more concerned with the photos they get from the photographer they hired than with the photos you are taking for yourself. Not trying to be snarky, just practical, here.

@Chamalla,barren crone: I had a neon pink bathing suit with black sides (slimming!!) and high cut legs to make my thighs look smaller. I remember thinking that it didn't make sense that showing this expanse of flesh somehow made it look smaller.

@Mishegoss: First and foremost, the person is a man. So you start with that. Then, if there is a reason to point out that they are man by way of transitioning, you would say "trans man" so the focus is on the person being "man." like other men. They are male with an adjective, like a blond man or a tall man or a…

There was an amazing story on NPR about how osteopenia is a disorder literally created by drug companies in order to sell a drug.

My vote on why the percentage of older women without kids going down between 99 and today is increased access to and success of infertility treatment. The women haven't changed but science has.

My favorite quote on losing babyweight is from Liv Tyler:

@Shancan: Just to clear up my original comment, I was talking about the hypocrisy of legislating against fetal pain but not caring about the pain of circumcision. By "they" I meant lawmakers, not the babies. I definitely think the babies care about the pain that is being inflicted on them!

@QoB: I see now that my sentence wasn't clear. I meant that no one was making laws to protect babies from the pain of circumcision. I was actually thinking of the hypocrisy of making laws about fetal pain when they never have cared about the pain of babies.

For a long time (and still in many cases today), circumcisions have been performed on tiny babies without pain relief, but they didn't seem to care.

@Marlow: Do you have any hyper-sexualized morning talk show hosts in mind as comparison? (not snarky, just curious)

It would be interesting to ask these actresses themselves if they felt they had never had a backlash. I bet they could all show you the bad press. I don't think anyone is backlash proof.

@mizzmarvel: As a kid, though, you might not have known what he had to do to get time off. So it may have been harder than you think.

@AllieCaulfield: BOTH!

I have had a crush on him since 1984, and I'm not ashamed to admit that. It has never waned. I want him now more than ever.

Youngsters, youngsters! Relax! When I was a kid, they said all this stuff about Madonna. In 20 years, this same conversation will be happening about how future pop star Desdemona is ripping off Gaga. People will use the word "derivative" like there is some kind of science to it, and everyone will get defensive. …

@joiful bets you think this song is about you: That is what I heard, too.

@awwhoneybear: This is about a very specific subset of Scientologists in the Sea Organizations. There are only about 500 of them, I think.

@LilySavage: I wasn't talking about which is better. I was saying that when the first books were written in the early 1990's, texting and cell phones didn't even exist. So they didn't have the choice. When the last one was written in 2009 the technology did exist, so it was included in the book. But the…

I recently read The Vampire Diaries series, which is perfectly normal for a 35 year old. Anyway, the books were written when I was in high school in the early 90's, and I noticed it, because the characters passed each other notes instead of texting. But the last book in the series was written in 2009, and although…