Damn. Maryland State Police have a helicopter flying low over our nice suburban neighborhood with a spotlight on. The Husband is snoring right through it all. Wonder what the hell happened. Did I lock the front door tonight? Eeep!

This cracked me up because it is so true...at least in my house.

Yes, I have. It makes the Sedaris family look like The Waltons. I also liked Middlesex, which was mentioned, too. Normally I prefer female authors, but these guys are pretty good.

They do come in a cute little mini pack. They are technically "Nicōle by OPI" and I hate to admit it, but I saw them at SprawlMart. I think They had them at Target, too. The lavender in the Pirates collection is pretty.

I forgot-you have been hatin' on that polish for a while now. I recall reading one of your posts and thinking, "Why on earth would she buy Bieber polish?" Now it's trying to reel me in. Damn you Bieber nail polish vortex!

I started college in 1992 and was truly into the whole wear what I want and don't give a damn about what anyone thinks. TONS of black, tights, fishnets with garters, babydoll dresses with Doc Martens, and the like. Designer stuff was not cool. We would go to Minstry, KMFDM, Lords of Acid, NIN, etc. concerts wearing…

I had to ask Google for some help. I'm guessing it's actually #4.

Saw a cute four-pack of the Justin Bieber colors yesterday (one pink, two coral-y, one dark blue). Is it wrong that I really want to go buy them?

Something is very wrong with the salon you went to. This almost sounds like they were doing gel nails (similar to acrylics), not gel polish. Not to mention that $60 would get you two gel polish manicures-at least in the DC suburbs. Gel polish will last for a long time, but will get cracks and even peel after two-three…

Yikes! Are you sure it wasn't gel nails (definitely not the same thing)? My salon dips cotton into acetone, places it on the nail and then wraps my fingertips in foil. Ten minutes later, the polish come off easily with the help of a cuticle stick. It definitely should not cause distress. I have heard that the Axxium…

Shellac FTW!

It's supposed to be a metaphor(?? English Majors ??) for an impossible task. (We all know that cats do not care about doing anything that we want them to do.) Like holding the ocean back with a broom. I've never heard it with "wild" cats before.

The Poisonwood Bible is one of my favorite books. I actually like most of Barbara Kingsolver's books. Also, David Sedaris is hilarious. I love the family tales in particular.

Well, that was craptastic!

Would drive me batshit. I have an end-unit townhouse and I am so grateful that the sound-proofing is excellent. I still get cranky when there are kids screaming outside. THAT I can hear and it makes me want to move up the street to the cute little retirement village even though I'm nowhere close to 55.

I know HOW to sew basic stuff. I just haven't in ages. I was thinking about picking up quilting again and even though I have a 10 year old machine, I still love my mom's 30+ year old Singer. I was looking at some online forums-mostly for quilters and those ladies LOVE the older machines. I think that it has to do with…

Chick-O-Sticks are awesome. You should think about them more often.

Oh god. This sounds like my mom. The thing is, I never understood why she would put up with my dad to begin with, so I get a good laugh out of it most of the time. Their earlier arguments were never pretty, so I know that can be seriously uncomfortable. Her most recent grievance was that he used all of the milk she…

I met my husband through Yahoo! personals over 10 years ago. I think Match.com was the only other thing going at the time. Anyway, I found that the quirkier and more direct I was, the more responses I got. Sometimes it just pays to show the real crazy you. Hell, they will have to deal with it in the relationship, so I…

Not seeing the appeal, but to each their own!