I am not looking forward to having to find pants that not only fit me in the hips but in the waist. I think I'll continue buying the same cut of pants I've been buying for years off of eBay.

I'm an old who is a fan of flare- or trouser-cut pants. The past few years—with jeggings/leggings/skinny jeans being in style—I've relied on eBay. The positive is that I've been able to score some high-quality jeans for low prices because I don't care about being caught in a pants fit that is several years old.

I know, I don't understand how this isn't a problem for everyone.

What a great idea. I've heard of people taking "therapy" dogs to schools. Kids with reading difficulties are encouraged to practice their reading while sitting with the dogs, who are obviously completely nonjudgmental.

So sorry to hear that happened to your aunt. I wish her the best in locating her child.

That is so sweet. I wonder if your gram was thinking girl = does not eat so much, boy = bigger appetite, or if she's just thinking about the ingredients for a recipe.

That's awesome. I've a trove of handwritten letters that I've saved from throughout the years. It's such a different experience going through them versus rereading old email.

I like her even more now for her lovely, quirky handwriting.

I'm also renting a place that's across from a cemetery, though I get a family-and-friends discount. I was actually under the impression that some houses next to cemeteries sell for higher because buyers know they won't have to deal with a noisy neighbor! I prefer living next to a cemetery for that reason alone. The…

Interesting. I remember a commenter on Gawker saying that he, and many Americans he knew, were working abroad specifically to escape student loan debt. Don't recall the logistics of that—if you "disappear," does the debt not get transferred to a next-of-kin or only if that person co-signed the loan?—but that depressed…

The Dismemberment Plan called it "doing the standing still" in one of their songs. Brilliant.

That is brilliant. I love the line, "You're full of blood and guts." Now I feel kind of bad that I never sang to any of my pets.

My comments seem to get out of gray when the author or multiple users "recommend" my comment. Don't know if it's different for more seasoned commenters. I mean, I've been following the Gawker blogs for years, and it's frustrating that the comment system keeps changing. It also doesn't motivate me to make much effort…

And before today, I saw a total of 0 videos of penguins chasing a butterfly.

I am still pissed that Bassett did not play Storm. (And it looks as if Halle Berry returns in the next X-Men movie, from the trailer that I saw. Ugh.)

I found a dead flying squirrel on a friend's coffee table once. His indoor-outdoor cat must have brought it in at some point and decided to, I don't know, redecorate while his owner was out of town. (I was cat-sitting.) I'd never even seen a live flying squirrel much less a furry little corpse. Sad.

The tweets directed towards you are just disgusting and totally miss the point. So sorry that you have to go through this, Lindy. But thank you for speaking up on this. (And you're beautiful! It's like the cheapest way to bring a woman down, to only refer to her looks. Obviously these twitter users can't make a…

First thing I thought of was "The Doll," starring John Lithgow, from the Amazing Stories TV show. I'm fascinated by automatons, but these are too creepy.

Could someone clarify something about this story (because I am too lazy to read the original article): Is it only the "white" prom where people are discriminated against by race? Are all races welcome at the other prom? I am curious where the biracial student and students of other races/ethnicites end up celebrating.

I actually thought Beautiful Creatures was better written than most of the young adult fantasy that I've read, though it lost steam and felt increasingly repetitive towards the end. And "hate-read" would apply to me and Mortal Instruments as well. I've recommended the series to a friend though I've warned her about…