I've noticed that one of the rules of this show is the minute you hurt/emotionally damage Resident Vampire Cutie Jessica, you're in big trouble with the TB audience because we love her so. The Vampire Diaries has a similar situation with Resident Vampire Cutie Caroline—you hurt her, and the TVD audience wants your…

I was getting excited about the notion of Jessica and Tara being friends b/c if there's one thing that might make Tara more upbeat, it's having a girl friend like Jessica to help her see the pros to being a vamp. But OF COURSE the writers had to ruin that opp in the same damn episode by having Tara nom on Hoyt so that…

Is Luna really, officially, dead? It looked like she got shot in the torso area, so she could still come around, right? And her eyes closed when she went down, which doesn't mean she's dead-dead, right? I'll be sad if she's dead, I actually didn't mind her character.

Agreed. The core folks in Tara's life were— Lala, Eggs (although fleetingly), her mom (but only in the early seasons, and her mom's not a good presence for her), Sookie's Grams, and Sookie. Most of these folks are dead or are toxic relationships, and I include Sookie in there. So it's really down to Lala, but Tara's…

It's nice when there are moments where normal people express the sort of "WTF?!?!"-ness we would deem normal in our everyday world. Sure, TB humans are aware of vamps' existences. But it's still nice when they're not just the "fangbangers" or folks who work with supes around (like Arlene) who are desensitized.…

Wait, which actor? I've just gotten into watching Supes

Gawd, I'd tried to forget that this was a thing. Because teenagering everything does not a good show make.

I always think of The Nutcracker since that's the name sometimes subscribed to the little girl character.

English lit. person here as well, and I didn't know Nolan had those academic roots, though it makes sense in terms of the ways his movies treat characters and narrative in such a literary manner. Which I personally don't find pretentious at all. In fact, perhaps this is why his storytelling is different from so many…

Awww... (but is still snickering)

Yes yes so many times yes! Must re-perfect my "In the name of..." hand and arm posing to prepare!!!

I was just about to do this, so thanks for getting there first. Is there any way to report a posting like that with this new system? I get the whole "IGNORE TROLLS", but what about stuff like that?

Thank you for providing a dose of Mmmulder. MAN do I miss this show (up through season 6. The rest doesn't count).

Five years next week!

I've been trying to maintain that attitude. Then my brother picked up our tickets for the midnight showing at Udvar-Hazy IMAX theater. Having the tix in my hands made the excitement level explode in a way that would've been embarrassing were I not with fam. So I think I'm doomed. But you? You go on and keep the…

I keep looking at it being made of wood and being fearful of getting a splinter in the booty. *shudders*

So... Seal is performing in my area next week. I've been debating whether or not to go catch the concert after work. ...Should I take this as a sign to do it? (I'm actually a fan of Seal's music, only moreso of his first few albums, not his later work. Meaning I can actually sing all of "Kiss From a Rose," as well as…

Valid question! And honestly, the only thing that comes to mind is if it's battery operated, make sure to remove the batteries before you pack it. I can never tell if the "horror stories" I've read about security searching through vibrating luggage are true, but I can imagine that's probably happened before. And can…

Totally agree. Rolling garments (that won't need ironing b/c I'm super lazy) has saved me time and again. I'd never thought about the shoe trick, though; I'll have to implement that the next time I go somewhere. Thanks!

Shouldn't the title of this article be "Study links childhood abuse experienced by African American women to obesity"? Because it's implying that an obese AA woman probably was abused, and that doesn't match the actual study, according to this article.