A friend of mine said that the baby would go to sleep when she would run.

I feel you - I'm currently recovering from a broken rib because 1) I had a hacking cough for 2 weeks that I didn't bother to get treated and 2) I'm an idiot. People who run are not right in the head - I include myself in that generalization.

Well the jostling actually seems to be pretty calming for da babeh, so I'm not dealing with a lot of kicking and squirming while I run. So it feels like if someone designed a weight vest that positioned a 12lb Dynamax medicine ball to be strapped around my waist. I sometimes wear a belly band and always wear running…

HER BELLY IS SHOWING!!! OH NO WHERE ARE THE PLANET FITNESS PREGNANT LADY CLOTHING POLICE!??

I would watch the fuck out of a Giles spin-off, so long as he is playing the guitar and singing 85% of the time.

Not only did I think it was funny (well- a "heh" level of funny, anyway), it reminded me to fill out my FAFSA this year.

As someone who qualified for a Perkins loan through FAFSA ("low-interest federal student loans for undergraduate and graduate students with exceptional financial need.") I seriously do not find this offensive, but actually kind of cute and clever.

Once, at aquajogging, our instructor split us into two teams and had us play «water polo» for like 10 minutes and I got really aggressive.

You mean in the USA people are just now figuring out that giving your employees sick leave, maternity leave and paid vacation is beneficial?

It's only semi-related I guess but this does dwell on a thought I had when I saw her in drinking buddies. I buy her as a writer, I buy her as a brewery worker. I don't think how she looks would disqualify her from any pursuit or profession.

I understand that. So the employer is taking a small loss for a limited period of time, in exchange for being able to retain employees and be part of a civilized society.

She's one of those girls who actually looks BETTER with age. Although I think she's looking a bit thin. Or maybe its the thinner hair that I'm noticing.

But there are still people who would say that a top like that is acceptable, but revealing the same amount of breast (or even less) while breastfeeding is obscene.

Yeah, If I wore this my breast feeding daughter would think (this look) was ALL for her and she would love it.

Are we supposed to see that picture of Ryan Gosling swimming and think, 'Ew, gross, I totally wouldn't hit that'? Because I don't get it.

Ditto. I do Pure Barre, and while the numbers on the scale have not changed much I have seen dramatic changes in my core and thighs.

This is the Bar Method, or one of the iterations of same. It's not new. I went to these classes in SF in 2006.

About Gaga:
""I don't have (a favorite) one," Taylor said. "It's more… I support her. I dig what she does."
Very diplomatic Taylor. I think they must work so well because he doesn't actually buy into her crazy hype.

Me too. My hair laughs at scrunchies. My friend has started using those hair ties that are like 1/2 inch wide peices of stretchy ribbon that's tied together. Everyone I have to ask her to borrow a hair elastic I usually just end up saying "oh, nevermind". I'm usually just happy if I can make one of the elastics for…