Any excuse to post this:

I'm guessing that if mom weren't out there with them, they would be much more communicative. She keeps jumping on their words in that clip. I'm no longer a teenager by any stretch of the imagination, but if my mother jumped in like that when I was just trying to pull my thoughts together and said "Your words. Spit…

Oh, yes, I made a whole post about it on GT. It pissed me off royally.

Planet Mansplain

Planet Mansplain

When I went in to file the custody paperwork when I left my husband, the clerk basically told me this. He blamed my husband's drug addiction and cheating on the fact that I made more money and was better-educated. And to that I say, "Good thing I'm leaving him so he can find someone less intimidating, then."

Anything with that amazing of a nod at Tess of the D'Urbervilles gets my vote.

We are all Tatiana. Which means we are all infinitely awesome. She is just that good.

I like to think that every one everywhere is being played by Tatiana maslany. It makes life more exciting.

I like to think that every one everywhere is being played by Tatiana maslany. It makes life more exciting.

Breaking news: Award Show Awards Meaningless. News at 11.

No. This is not the way to do color blocking. No like.

Ummmm..... no. That's a race thing. When the role does not explicitly call for a particular race, then "tradition" means bupkus. In my town, there is an internationally famous Shakespearean theater. The troupe does almost exclusively Renaissance plays, plays which "traditionally" have all white casts. The troupe…

I think Lena's dress just needs a belt. Something to break it up a bit and give some contrast. Then the neckline, et al, would look more in place, too, probably.

That was my guess. Probably the company had a list of things that needed to be on the display, but there was room left over and the manager uttered the most rookie of commands: "Just find some stuff that fits the theme and throw it on there."

Because the story no longer had anything at all to do with the Andersen tale beyond the temperature?

A) Jasmine is used to being left out.

WHAT IS THIS MAGICAL THING I AM LOOKING AT!?

ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE BEING FRIVOLOUS ON THAT MOST SERIOUS OF MEDIUMS, THE INTERWEBZ. NO SOUP FOR YOU!

AMEN.