I don't believe that Chicago exists. I have never been there; no one I know has ever been there (except for my friend Jackie who changed planes at O'Hare, but she said it was real snowy so it could have been a different airport covered in white paint); "Chicago" is a funny word and "City of Broad Shoulders" rings real…

uh greed.

Jesus H CHRIST - there is a lot of work going to defend the guy who knocked his wife unconscious on an elevator.

With what her idiot kids have been up to (drunken brawls, partying with a child in tow), if Sarah Palin is smart, she'll sit this one out.

This is it exactly. Although I agree if The Marriage Plot was written by a woman it would have had a pink, fluffy cover, overall I just want to die every time Picoult starts complaining about this stuff.

I vote that Michelle be allowed to slap this woman. Put that on a White House petition.

She writes beautifully. This is the entry that got me full on sobbing:

Thank you for writing this Rebecca. Purm was also a badass feminist and loved Jezebel.

I thought it was offensive when the officials by the goal line kept making that same gesture in St. Louis today. Enough is enough.

you know what I find offensive? 18 year olds getting shot and prosecutors intentionally throwing the case

#teammaru

My father is really bad with cats; once I placed an especially sweet, kissable kitten on his lap at a family party, and his hands curled up to his chest and he whispered "Please take it off of me, I don't know what it wants."

Mark, can you confirm that this cat is, in fact, alive? Did you see her breathing? Because the way her face is planted in that bed makes me think we may have a "Weekend at Bernie's" situation, here.

Oh god, that is a disservice to both chilli and pumpkins.

First of all, fuck that woman. Sasha and Malia are intelligent, lovely young women who have grown from adorable little kids to surly teenagers in the fishbowl of the White House, a terrible ordeal for any young person to have to endure. And so far, they've handled it with great aplomb. I credit the President and First…

Is it not just a little troubling that it took an adult woman "hours of prayer, talking with [her] parents and re-reading [her] words" to realize that her words were insulting and poor taste.

I feel kinda bad for Jesus for having to hear her go on about it for hours.

I for one am okay with going back to not knowing who Elizabeth Lauten is.

I don't understand that. There are scores of women writing highly esteemed literary fiction that are winning all of the top literary prizes, including, the Pulitzer Prize very recently. Women write "serious" books all the time and their books are marketed as "serious" books, not as chick lit. Airport novels and…