Whatever the movies (or Grey's Anatomy) have told you about Seattle rain, they're wrong. It's not soaking rain, or hard rain, it's just drizzle. It's basically damp here from about October to May, but then it's beautiful from June-September. And while I haven't been to Scotland, I have been to Ireland (yes, I know…

I'm with you for Panch, but I'm currently in the middle of a love affair with Java House. Such a good place to write. My wallet, however, disapproves.

I'm also living in Iowa City right now, and it's kind of fucking amazing that Jenna is in the nonfiction workshop. So amazing! Good job, Jenna!

You are the first person I've ever seen who quoted Spindle's End. I am glad I'm not the only one who loves it. I mean, the plot is pretty cool, but the worldbuilding.....I love love love this book.

So...I don't know if I've ever had an orgasm. I feel like I've gotten really close a couple times, and there was this one time I likely did (long-distance, so my fingers but his voice/presence?) but I can't be sure, because I have nothing to compare it to, and I can't seem to get myself off because I get distracted by…

NEVER TO WORK! I only wear work-appropriate skirts/dresses (AKA fingertip length or so) to my summer internship (I did have to wear a pair of short shorts once, but that was because I had a wardrobe mishap right before going to work from the pool and had to wear the outfit I wore to the pool. I apologized profusely…

No, it's totally cute! it gives the illusion of wearing tiny shorts without actually exposing your legs/butt to passersby/unforgiving furniture. And stops creeps (Parisian men, I'm looking at you!) from grabbing your ass. Although I do wear a pair of shorts so short my bf routinely points out that he can see my…

Your 'is he your best friend?' point was also awesome. My bf is literally the only person I can spend weeks at a time continuously interacting with. (Turns out we do both need some space, but not a ton). My female best friends, much though I love them, have me ready to be by myself after about 24 hours. That's my…

My mother swears she would have gone insane if she'd stayed home all year long. She's a high school teacher, so she got summers off at the same time as us, which she says is the perfect length of time to spend in the continuous presence of 2 small children and still love them by the end. But, she's also always been…

I'm really glad you said this, because I'm 21, met my boyfriend who I think (am fairly sure) will be my husband when I was 18, and he's my only serious bf, though I did briefly date this mistake of a boy in high school who never even kissed me. And sometimes I'm afraid I'm making a mistake not dating more people. BUT:…

I swear, that's the thing that really gets me. NO ONE WANTS ABORTION TO BE NECESSARY! The way I always put it when I'm explaining to the unknowing is this (which I think I may have lifted from an astute commenter on Jez): We have the same goal, but the liberals are playing the long-term game while the conservatives…

My dad works for Alaska, and has for more than 25 years, so I fly Alaska standby a LOT. Especially since I have to fly to school, but I go to school in Iowa, which is 4 hours driving in 3 directions from Alaska-serviced airports. So I end up on American/Delta/United a lot, too, and I have to say, Alaska's planes are…

I can definitely see that. My parents have been divorced most of my life, so I know how hard it is on single parents. Luckily, since my mom is a high school teacher, she was usually off early enough to meet us at the schoolbus when we were in elementary school, and home within an hour of us when we were in middle…

they're like puppies! "Oh, you ate rocks 8 hours ago and now it hurts and I have to take you to have surgery? Poor puppy!" No discipline is going to help, because their brains have only figured out A causes B not A causes B even though C-Z happened first. Get 'em when it happens, or don't get 'em at all. (No,…

What I'm gathering from this is: work sucks and employers should hire more employees? (I'm serious. If your employees are overworked, you clearly have enough work to give another person a job without firing the first. However, I live in an ideal world of romance and bubbles, so don't mind me.)

My mom took the genius tack of presenting small me with two predetermined choices, both of which she was completely fine with. It made me feel like I had some control, but actually kept the control in her hands. Honestly, more than two choices will overwhelm a kid. She also had the annoying (to me, at the time) habit…

I understand that some places have strange hours, but why does it seem like so many of the commenters have to work 10 hour days? I don't have a "real" job yet (I'm in college) but my boss at my internship works 9-4, and is usually right behind me when I also leave at 4. Granted, I work at a tiny little literary…

me too! I definitely adore you, LaComtesse. You have some of the most insightful comments around, when you're not posting the most amazingly hilarious comments around.

I have to say I respect the consistent ones. I don't personally think they have any business in my (or anyone else's) choices, but I do respect the people (most of whom aren't politicians) that oppose the taking of life in any/all forms. AKA, oppose abortion (except in the case of the woman's life being in danger,…

This is (slightly) tangential, but I've been noticing that a lot of the articles about this refer to her as "Nigella no-last-name" and him as "Charles Saatchi." Erin doesn't actually do this (props for this), but the author of the article she's commenting on does. Why does being a woman make many journalists think…