That's a um, very pretty funeral outfit? I'm sorry Chelsea, I'm not sure what my reaction is supposed to be...

Ben is an acquaintance of mine and a lot of friends have been posting the link to this Today show article/slideshow that has more of his perspective on the shoot:
http://www.today.com/news/moms-memo…
Ben wrote about the experience, saying: "Many people have asked me how I felt while doing that photo session. What I…

I think we replaced real religious feeling with materialism a long time ago. See for example Sarah Palin's remark that commercialism just spreads the Christmas cheer! There are more people fighting for toasters on Black Friday than there are people really devoting their lives to better living, or better understanding…

There are themes that are common across many religions that I think should remain part of our culture. "Love thy neighbor as thyself", "And it harm none, do what thou wilt", etc. But I feel that a lot of "religious" people do not really think about what these things mean to them. They are repeated so often that…

As a paleontologist and a cat lover, I approve this message.

I agree with this to most degrees. I will also throw in the two qualifiers:

Maybe Lucy's boyfriend will read it and break up with her. Not being able to stand a couple of your SO's friends is normal. Especially if they were childhood friends. But none of them? That's an issue.

Spot on. If Lucy has reasons other than "ugh, poor" to not get on with his friends, then it's definitely something worth paying attention to, in terms of their relationship. The reasons she gave for not liking them are what drew my ire, though that's possibly because I took the whole "starving artists who are really…

Preach.

I'm glad someone else had this experience and you summed it up perfectly. My ex wanted to have all his buddies over to drink constantly and watch whatever Big Sport Event™ His behavior still hasn't changed, and probably never will. I grew up and realized it was ok to state what my preferences were. Also, LW2 - you are…

I think it probably depends on why you don't like them. If it's a mismatch of interests, that's one thing, but if it's that they're racist/sexist/irresponsible with money, that's another.

Also, she was probably born in 1996. Just putting that out there so the commentariat can feel the grossness I currently feel answering this question.

Silver Lining Alert!

She was also probably not responsible for the Atlanta Olympic bombing.

That's not nothing in a relationship, you know.

I flew with my 6 month old at Thanksgiving and was so worried. My daughter was really quiet and happy until just before we started the descent, at which point she had a meltdown for some reason after the flight attendant talked to her. She screamed nonstop until I was able to stand up with her no matter what I did to…

I bet you didn't know that scrambled eggs could ever be described as sexy. They can. Let Gordon teach you how to make sexy scrambled eggs. (They actually do taste incredible.)

I will eagerly await the sad Saturday night I inevitably watch this, all by myself, enjoy the hell out of it, and not ever admit to anyone that I have seen it.

I've said this before and will say it again, and anyone who suffered from any form of disordered eating can back me up on this:

Ugh, her again? Give it a rest already.

I'd only like to make this clear: not everyone who cleans their home LIKES cleaning, but they like living in a clean place. People sometimes comment on my cleanness and then say how much they hate to vacuum/clean windows/wash dishes etc. Err I don't like it either, it's just that I hate the mess even more, and no one…

Special K-the Chinese takeout of the cereal world...I always feel ravenously hungry an hour after eating the stuff. I think I'll stick to my eggs and toast and then take a walk.