Okay, two I'm pretty sure no one has mentioned:

I'm totally late to this, but just wanna say that long before these stupid commercials, my best friend in high school made me a blanket with sewed-on sleeves. She considered it her best invention ever. And I still have it.

It's not new to 2008, but I'd say Marcel Proust and E. M. Forster. I was injured this summer and while recovering had a lot of spare time to read.

@lms11: I went there for two years, right up until they tore the place down. Then they renamed it Gwendolyn Brooks, except for the first few months the sign outside was misspelled "Gwendloyn"...

@portmanteau: I am a firm believer in apple cider vinegar. If I feel something coming on, I pour a little bit into the tub and run the water, and have myself a little mini-bath.

@RedVelvetCake: Maybe his dick tastes like candy.

@exelizabeth: It's worse than a split infinitive. A split WORD.

Does anyone else read executedtoday.com? It's on my blogroll. There are a lot of these old stories of people famous for their deaths, written up as cautionary tales in the 18th and 19th centuries. It's a fascinating form of social history and insight into ordinary people's lives.

As the chick who fantasized about naming her kids Ariadne and Hector, I think Sophocles is a GREAT name :D

A guy at the party i was at tonight was dressed as the Green Man!!!!

I love how a survey of 200 hetero couples can suddenly turn into a "new study" simply by being reported in a web article. Better keep them legs closed, ladies! Men can smell you cheatin'!!

@Loki_Monster: She should really be running with Ron Paul, then. Ban public education!!!

@CherriSpryte: Wow, I had totally forgotten about that book, but yes, my ten-year-old landlubber self had dreams of being a freewheeling badass pirate chick!

Damn. Pound Puppies need to come back and kick some bitches' asses (what? they ARE bitches!).

@Tits.McGee is on vacation: Thirded! The Bunny Suicides is fucking funny! As is Ready Teddy Death, the DVD, also worth checking out.

This shit's gonna give me nightmares...

@FuturShoc: One of the odd things I learned from moving in with my bf is that he uses armpit-deodorant down there...to prevent "chafing." Do guys do this?? I've only had prior experience with boxer-clad hippies, and personally, I liked the way they smelled, in general. If you're into someone, you don't mind their…

@heidivanderslice: Yes! It's called being young and in college or recently out of college or just not married to a rich guy. Or in my case, unemployed.

Aww, I wonder where my samantha doll got to - time to raid my parents' basement. I had Samantha first, and then my mom got me a Molly to be her friend, although I think my mom wanted the Molly more than I did, she said it reminded her of herself as a little girl in the 40s - brown haired kid with glasses. She even…

Wow, what are they, 14? "Omigod we're friends! Yaaay!" It was like watching a couple of cheerleaders from Daria.