The L'Oreal Preference red tones (I think the color numbers begin with a 6) are transparent and really red. I used them all the time when I had highlights, so my hair would still be 30000000 different shades, with red over the top of them. There are 3 shades, and they used to be labeled a bit brighter than the usual…

It's only in that picture. He's still doing the bleach/dye thing regularly - It's been green and blonde and all kinds of colors in the front lately (yes. My adolescent crush on him is still going strong as I head quickly towards 40).

We do the same thing - we have his, mine, and our accounts. We each pay the bills proportionately, throw a set (also proportional) amount into the joint account for household stuff and dinners out, and the rest is ours to do with as we wish, without comment from the other.

Honestly, after they went to every 2 years from every 4, it's just not all that interesting to me anymore. It was just more of an EVENT that way, while now it's more of a "oh, yeah. It's time for summer ones again" thing for me.

Nope. I hold dual citizenship - I'm American and naturalized Dutch and I THOROUGHLY investigated it before I submitted my application for the Dutch citizenship. I live in NL and, after doing research, called the consulate for one final reassurance. They asked if I was doing it with the intent of giving up my US…

The early 90s were my college years! I can get as nostalgic as I want, especially as I cruise toward 40 and finally admitted to myself that I'd rather stay home most nights.

I collect and restore older/vintage handbags, and they're perfect for untreated leather (vachetta), but you have to be careful to apply absolutely no pressure whatsoever, and then let the leather dry completely before going over the spot again so you don't damage it. And then condition the hell out of it. But these…

It's the opposite of mine - I'm Sarah because apparently the "h" balances out the "S" height-wise and makes it look symmetrical :D

I got these, but also tons of other stuff from the Scholastic forms that somehow always involved the main character dealing with something major - diabetes (I still think of that one when I take off my nail polish or get a milkshake from McDonald's), scoliosis, etc.

Ok. I knew about that one! I had just blocked it. I had NO IDEA about the others, though.

Where is Starbucks in Paris?!? I can never find one, and since the Dutch are JUST NOW discovering them I've desperately hunted around for one when out of the country (NL).

It was probably this part "(MIDDLESEX readers will remember that much of the book's plot hinges on an aged pediatrician's failure to properly recognize male genitalia when presented with it.)" and her making sure and checking because she had read his book and the situation was in her head.

I learned I was unplanned after having the "where babies come from" talk with my mother, and asking how I was born in August when they had been married only in March. She claims they had "just been caught practicing."

My mom claimed they "were just caught practicing," when just-found-out-how-babies-are-made me asked how they had managed to have me in August when they'd only been married in March.

It kind of looks like the diamond version of one of those watches with a stretchy band. But it may just be the jealousy speaking here...it's a gorgeous ring, that was just my first impression.

Soooo hearted for that.

You can pick a nice, well-behaved one instead of taking chances with the genetic lottery....I think the pros balance out the cons in this situation :)

I live in The Netherlands - you're not allowed to be more than 40 years older than the child (the oldest parent) and it's a 5-10 year process, averaging about 30,000 euros.

Adoption is much, much more difficult and more expensive than going IVF or with a surrogate, and in our case, we're "too old" (at 38 and 43) for adoption. I just love how every time something like this comes up, the "well why don't people just adopt?" argument comes up like you just wander into the Babies R Us and…

I've watched the movie repeatedly for the sets and costumes. The story doesn't interest me - the furniture and the ship and the clothes (OMG the clothes!) and every little detail that Cameron got RIGHT are totally worth having the dvd.