I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I'm crying right now: Lady sounds like a wonderful friend and companion. You did a beautiful thing, rescuing her, and you're right, three years is far, far too short a time after all she'd been through. I'm glad you got to spoil her this weekend, and be there for her, loving her with…

Miss Havisham didn't dye her roots either and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

What a cutie! Is he finished teething? Stuffed toys, ropes, and rawhide are verboten for my powerful chewer as well. Some things she hasn't destroyed are her large Kong ball and a large Nylabone. There are also toys made specifically for powerful chewers, but I find it's trial and error. A couple we've had success…

Microplane. I love buying huge wedges of parmesan and grating it at the table. The shavings are so fine they melt the moment they hit the dish (or your tongue, if you're That Person—which I clearly am).

See, this is why we love you.

What you did there: I see it.

I think so too! They're usually made of discarded rubbish or manky old boots (plenty of those lying around too...hmm) so Muggles won't mess with them, right? We're on to you, MSU.

Empty juice bottle...or Portkey back to Michigan State? You decide.

Good news! Thanks for looking into it so quickly.

Any time! I'm so pleased this ended up as a standalone comment, otherwise I might never have seen it and encountered a fellow fan. I love how flawed and funny and human all the characters are. Janice is my absolute favourite—the actress who plays her is wonderful (I'm not sure of her name but she's on another show, Gre…

Everything I ever needed to know about describing wine I learned from Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte:

Doug, all the links on this Dirt Bag have been Kinja 404'd and I'm not wading onto the Telegraph without a direct link. I do want to read about Billy Zane, though. For, uh, scientific purposes.

The answer to that is yes, immediately. Do it or I'll eat all of your bees.

The Book Group?! Shut the front door, I adore that series! Really catchy theme tune, too. Who is your favourite character (if you have one)?

SUCCESS! A bit of juggling, a bit of Googling, a few choice words, and voila! BlondeGoddess, how can I ever repay you? I'll be all caught up for Sunday and it's all thanks to you. Grazie, grazie!

A DVD player! A DVD player! My kingdom for a DVD player!

Don't you do it, Callie Beusman. We all make mistakes. Forgiven and forgotten.

Was it the curly toes or the fuzzy face that gave it away? ;)

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“We always love animal prints such as zebra and giraffe stripes,” said Simon Kneen, Banana Republic’s creative director and executive vice president of design. “Issa took that and modernized it. I love that the collection is our world and their world.”