@Calicomarie: Yup, makes sense. That is what we did. Husband, Tenured Prof in Psychology. I am a grant writer and fundraiser. I can work at the university with him, or any non-profit in the area. I also have my own small, portable business which I can take with me if we decide to up and move. Works for us.

My twelve year old daughter has recenlty begun following Degrassi. Reminds me of my freshman year in high school when the earlier episodes were on. I love that they finally have a trans character.

@The Lonely Tourist: More like "Micki + Maude."

@eatsandwiches: As an intersex person, it scares the hell out of me.

@dialing_footnoterphone: psst... how does one do that?

@RandomReformed: Wow. That just made me smile. Congratulations for the reference out of left field. Brava.

@eatingatoms: I think I love your dad a little bit. My ten year old refuses to wear girl's clothes — and has refused since she was three. She is more than happy to play basketball with the boys and hunt, fish, camp and everything else. She is awesome and I have decided to be who she is. Boxer shorts and all.

@joq8: Seriously, though... look at that child. There is no reason, so long as she can eliminate urine without pain or blockage, to cut on her at this state. I have androgen insensitivity syndrome, though I have the complete version, thus teeny tiny clit... but I have seen many, many clitorises destroyed by surgery…

@florett: I speak to parents who have made these decisions regularly. Nothing is scarier than being told that your child is not normal. Parents will often act without thinking, because the physicians tell them to do so. The parents deserve better education before allowing the cutting, but it is essential that…

@saraheartburn: One major problem is that $20 to $30 is just to start. I tend to pay my teenage babysitters $20 just to show up and for the first two hours and then another $10 per hour afterwards — and my children are older, school aged, pretty self-sufficient. Even worse, I am in a college town in the middle of…

@emase: I get what you are saying... but I totally bought that ridiculous series for my daughter. She, at age 10, explained that these were to be "an important moment in my generation's memory, you don't want me not to be able to reference a part of the cultural zeitgeist, do you?" She had me at zeitgeist. The…

God I love that woman. She makes me proud to live in the middle of this god-awful state.

@girlgonemild: Religious high school: check. Below the knee cheerleading skirts: check.

@SomeAuthorGirl: Love it. And is there anything better than those 70's skinny microphones?

@Gary Norris: I believe there is a test for that. Isn't that what they do on Celebrity Rehab?

Mr. Baio,

Dear Mr. Baio,

@Hortense: As a St. Louis Beer Drinker, I know that I just get a little touchy about that word.

Let's go Cards... opening day is always like a holiday downtown.

@TheHollyCat: Depending on what her disorder may be, there may not really be any advantage whatsoever. Often what happens is that the testosterone is inhibited in its usage, but not production, causing a great amount of it within the body as the body keeps trying to use it to no avail. There is a real possibility…