Wow - so much hostility.

Not to go all sanctiMOMious on anyone, but Attachment Parenting does *not* state that you should give up work. At all. It states that while you are present (i.e. physically there) you should practice attachment parenting. And if you are not there for an extended period (long day care, etc.) then you should make…

I, for one, liked Grandma's House. So awkward, but good. Solid. Maybe not great. But definitely solid.

Yeah, it's a wonder why - if people insist on placing so much meaning on song lyrics - they can't sit through the whole damn song and evaluate it. Sigh.

Agh, Summer Glau. I forgot about how awesome she was in Firefly. OK, she's now on my dream team list.

That Brian Cox is really quite neat. He was on an episode of QI and was very benevolent (Professors can obviously be a-holes) so it isn't at all surprising that he was complimentary about his encounter with Moss.

Fun and games. If you're comfortable (and competent) writing, then 10ish months is a good time frame. I know a bunch of people who wrote their PhDs in less than 6 months. I mean, I also know a few who wrote (and re-wrote) constantly for 2+ years. But they would never have described themselves as comfortable…

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I get that same feeling every time I watch an old episode of Seinfield.

Coming late to this, but oh well.

Yep, Mia was be perfect as Annie. I agree. I thought Johanna Mason (from a woodcutting district, correct me if I'm wrong) might be a bit more physically imposing.

Yeah, you might end up having to hold yourself back teaching history. You would point out something important, like Civil War or WWII, and Wahlberg would be all up your business like, 'If I had been [place] [event] wouldn't have gone down like that."

Oh, I love you. Because you love Jay Smooth. Hearted.

Not to trvialise the Gwenyth Paltrow thing at all, but this is a really good reply to anyone who invokes that bomb. (You can skip past the preamble to 2.25 for the jazzy good stuff).

The most effective - in terms of tantrum prevention and the like - type of parenting technique is authoritative. Which is gentle but firm (and carries the weight of responsibility for the decisions made). This is compatible with AP or other kid-wrangling parents styles.

I actually think the tie/shirt combo is most disturbing in that shot.

God bless you all!

I already want a meme that makes these smutty.

OK, peeps - thanks muchly for the updates. I will stalk these shows/movies and reminisce. As a side note, nostalgia is a good description for lamenting the decline of a heartthrob. Nostos = a place of home; algia = a pain or ache. Sad, but true.

I shall have to look out for that, if only to satisfy 90s me. I wondered how he would age. Sometimes it goes well (hello Chris from Northern Exposure). But sometimes Father Time is a little too cruel (hello Ed from Northern Exposure).