Here's where I go when I want to look at real estate porn: LandWatch

OK, West. I'm going to see your slightly sleepy kitteh and raise you this:

It's like his nose hairs are joining forces with his mustache! May I add that I think it's hoot that we can annotate pictures? It looks like a booger under his nose. And yes, I do hang out with middle schoolers on a daily basis.

They're probably a part of the same gang that stole all of the maple syrup a few years ago. Is there some sort of seedy underground for tasty, tasty breakfast condiments?

We're BBQing halibut and zucchini over here with some leftover Minnesota wild rice - none of that gross California stuff for us!

One thing that helped Mr. MRob and I when we first shacked up was to fairly divide the chores. He has asthma/allergies, so vacuuming and dusting are out of the question for him. I hate cleaning the toilet/bathroom. We have adjusted who does what over the years, but neither of us feels like we do more than the other.

On a non-book front, I would suggest that teachers police the use of the R-word in their classrooms. I call my middle schoolers on it all the time. Nine times out of ten they tell me that yeah, that's not a good word to use.

I'm not sure if this is a viable show for your project, but General Hospital had one of their young women characters get an abortion a few years ago. Now she's having a baby via a surrogate (or so she thinks!) because of course the abortion screwed up her uterus. You can probably find clips on YouTube if you search…

How about this one: http://stellaandthelittletree.com/

I'm not big on confrontation, so I would totally go for avoidance until shortly before she moves out. Then I would have that oh-so-fun conversation. Passive aggressive? Maybe. But four months is still a long time to live with someone who isn't so pleasant.

Me, too! I'm one of those people who likes to take the shortest path from A to B, so I cut it really close to the corners. When I was still waitressing, I had so many thigh bruises from clipping the corners of tables and the backs of chairs on my way to the kitchen.

Woohoo! Winter term work sample uploaded and ready for review. I only have one quarter left until I'll be a licensed middle school math teacher!

I would scope out the shop in advance to see what the employees wear while they are at work. Scale your attire up or down from there.

I rediscovered Yppah and Gonjasufi in my music library. They're great for sitting back and writing papers.

He's checking to see if his testicles have dropped. Well, that's my theory anyway.

I'm with Nell. Grab a pashmina or a cardigan if you want to cover up. Or, just go all out and show them off. Chances are that your tattoos will be a great conversation starter.

The problem is irritating and I know I'm missing something really small somewhere. I've dropped perpendiculars and created parallelograms all to no avail. My problem is that I need a large board to work on because my paper becomes too cluttered with what's congruent to what.

Um, I am that nerdy that I do come home from teaching math to work through geometry puzzles and review differential equations. Maybe that's it! Watching car shows/working on the Jag is a mental challenge. He gets to think through different, more efficient, challenging ways to fix something/power something up.

Turn him on to Top Gear. I am not a car person by any means, but Top Gear is awesome. They're witty, have a great soundtrack, and The Stig is pretty bitchin'.

Not everyone in W. Iowa is that bad. I think the problem is that we lapsed W. Iowans who are more liberal have left the state for more exciting locales. And I realize this is just one example, but my small town of 500 is excited to host its first lesbian wedding this summer. Granted, the couple does not reside in our…