I think acceptance at that site would be more of a punishment than a reward.

I totally would've assumed that most Caribbeans would know how to swim because they are surrounded by such beautiful water. I'm sad your non-profit doesn't exist anymore but I hope Alia Atkinson definitely does inspire more girls and woman to learn.

Oh, I hadn't heard this version before. Wow. Love this song, love her voice.

Oh, Noah. What a good boy. This is a heartbreaker of a story.

Aw, I love you, too, Mimi.

Not gonna lie: came here to say the exact same thing.

I stopped daydreaming about my wedding years ago at the point when I realized that I don't actually ever want to be married (nowadays I'm more likely to fantasize about being the officiant, I think that would be fun) but as a teen and young adult I did spend a certain amount of time imagining my hypothetical wedding. …

Yes. I love it so much. The artwork is spectacular and the story is so well built.

Mark, you come from Russia? Are you familiar with the Alisa Selezneva books? Since I can read all of maybe five words in Russian I can't read them which makes me sad because the (English-subbed, of course) animated version of "Alice's Birthday" is one of my favorite kids' movies ever. A kids movie in which Alice…

One of the best things about living in Seattle is knowing that I'll probably get a chance to see this. I am so excited, this looks amazing.

Never read the book, found the movie only so-so but totally support the idea that "the book is soooo much better" is a good reason not to be friends with someone. Sometimes the book is better. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's worse. Often, the book and the movie are like fraternal twins: very closely related but…

So, yeah, on the one hand it sucks that it takes men speaking out against the practice for other men to even start thinking about taking it seriously, but on the other hand, if that's what it takes to stop this shit, I hope way more men speak out.

Believe me, I had plenty of awful teachers (there's a reason I always hated PE)...which is why these two stick out so clearly in my memory. Everyone should have good teachers; far too many kids suffer way too much unnecessary pain because of the shitty ones.

Just yesterday I posted this very video to my friend's Facebook post complaining about "nosy people" because I just cannot see/hear that phrase and not think of "Supersonic".

The girl's motivation is irrelevant. Regardless of the reason she didn't want to participate, the teacher was completely in the wrong and I don't think a suspension is a strong enough punishment. The appropriate reaction from the teacher was giving her a 0 for the day. Giving her a period of detention might possibly…

Holy shit. I hope he recovers soon. I hope the jackhole who did it is caught quickly.

The Chicago Dog is okay but it's nothing compared to the Seattle Dog. Just sayin'

None of this is new. Seriously. These kind of parties with this kind of excess have always happened. The difference now is that people just won't shut up about it. It's not enough to spend a ridiculous amount of money on your kid's party or your wedding or whatever, now you've got to flaunt it all over the place…

One of my friends did the books for a dance school for a while and one afternoon while I was waiting for her to finish up so we could go out to eat I found myself browsing through a costume catalog. I was appalled - "Look at these clothes!" I said to my friend, "They look like the things we wore as 21 year old party…

Ooh I also feel compelled to share THE CHRISTOPHER PIKE PLOT GENERATOR: http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/ilu…