@VerraLin: You've got me. I live in a climate where it rarely gets above 20 in winter. Air drying here is more like freeze-drying, but I will give it a shot.

Is anyone else having problems with the quality of [j.crew] clothes v. the price? Used to love their cardis. Lately, I have them for 3 months and they show holes in the armpits and elsewhere. And all the fugliness and hype is too much. Really, for a much lower price I can buy better quality stuff from Target. J.Crew,…

@WaltzingMatilda: I'd print it out and paste it in my diary!

mmm. Eric Bana and Ron Livingston at the same event. You've made my morning.

And I thought it was the Ab Fab remake.

BI- Jean Claude Van Damme

I know she's probably a drunk or a pill-popper, but there are other possibilities. My Mom has a condition called Myasthenia Gravis that causes her speech to be slurred, esp. if her meds aren't working. Never mind... my Mom doesn't design terrible jewelry and make really loopy comments.

Sunday New York Times, Sunday Jezebel! Can't wait.

I am on a local sexual assault committee and this is very common practice. Victims here are charged for their kit- IF they decide not to prosecute, which most do not. The hospital is the one that charges for the kits. We have a very democratic mayor. I don't know that he has any control over this practice, because it…

I have the exact same bike!

Nordstrom is a great company. I have a friend with a disability that causes her to have one shorter foot. Nordies is the only company that will give her one shoe and each size and not charge her for two pair. Hurray!

Um, excuse me, are you Phil Collins? I love "Against All Odds!"

Ethan. Hawke. Hipster. Doofus.

@ImNoJuneCleaver: my thoughts exactly. There is a reason the "price point" is so low- you are paying for cheap labor, cheap materials, etc.

I did my undergrad internship at PP of Idaho in the mid-nineties and this scenario is not surprising to me at all. That said, I wish she had just hung up the phone.

Exactly. for those who don't remember, from 2004: Actor Josh Brolin was cited for misdemeanor domestic battery over the weekend after his wife, actress Diane Lane, called police during an argument at the couple's home.

At our hospital, it is $500 and unless taken within hours of the event, most likely not admissable in court. Also, they confiscate your clothing so remember to bring some sweat pants! Ugh.

My best friend and I had a list of things we would never do when we got older- one was wear sneakers with hose and "power walk" during lunch. The others I remember were: we would never wear small earings, remind our husbands about their cholesterol level, join a book club...I've broken at least two of these already.

So, Kiki getting a reprieve from acting as Jake's beard sent her to the drink? Sounds like cause for celebration to me!

Ani DiFranco's "Done Wrong"