She has zero responsibility to learn Korean. If she does learn the language, fluently or not, good for her. Just a bonus.

I like your style and I like you.

I can't believe no one replied to this to say you're exactly right. Because you are.

Oh yes. Yes.

I have! I sent them to a fellow ASOIAF addict friend so we could get our fix together. And I started buying the graphic novels. I may need to resort to Fanfic. *Shudder*

Fuck the TV show, gimme another book, GRRM!

Ladies (I wouldn't know about men, we don't share a washroom), who do the fake handwash thing: We're onto you. We hear you turn on the tap, we hear the unbroken stream from the faucet. We notice that you only let it run 5 seconds. We know you didn't use soap.

Muffins suck. If I'm going to eat something unhealthy, it's going to be a hell of a lot more delicious than a muffin.

Your GP is an ass. Look up "lacrimating." It's normal for a lot of people to not be able to control their crying in very high stress situations.

I keep thinking that, but then I remember how much work my dog and cat are, and how a kid is even more work. I'm going to take my sweet ass time.

Haha I love that you called him "that guy." I still have Babe (my teddy bear, who I wanted to call baby, but not baby, so Babe" and Hehops (my bunny, named because he hops) both of which were baby shower gifts given to my mom. I hope my children's children get to play with those guys too.

Jason Kottke replied to an email I sent to warn him he'd linked to a page that had spammy pop ups. He just said thanks and that he'd change the link. I printed the email and it's in my scrapbook shoebox.

I didn't mean to imply that was the best or only way to handle kids acting out. Hell, I don't even have kids, so I can pretty much STFU. I was just trying to point out that there are options. A lot of methods for dealing with it, besides spanking.

I threw a tantrum once when I was a toddler. My mom just ignored me and waited me out. I never tried it again.

Completely agreed. I find it frustrating when people — from meat and fur lovers to vegans and animal rights activists — shame or ridicule people who have chosen to do something to reduce consumption of animal products on the grounds that if they don't go the whole way and eschew all animal products forever, they might…

A couple of my best friends recently adopted a lab mix that grew up on a farm and I love them to death but I do not love how they treat their dog. We have a husky and brought her over to their place for a people and dogs hangout one day. They were asking us if we take her for one or two walks a day, and we told them…

I would have, but my city is a terrible place that actually banned pit bulls.

That's a terrible thing that happened, and I'm very sorry about your pain and your friend's loss.

Well, duh.

I hope the Tooth Fairy Index is an indicator for the economy.