My cat's shelter/foster name was BK, short for Big Kitty— which, aside from being a stupid, stupid name, was sort of mystifying because he wasn't/isn't that big. We renamed him, obviously, but I totally would have kept a shelter name like Wompus. (Cat-ty) WOMPUS!

I am with you on Madonna booties (and that jacket! ) and Tina Turner's chain mail. Also Katharine Hepburn's coat from the rooftop scene in Desk Set:

Nicholas Sparks is writing his own wiki entries, isn't he?

I stared at these first pictures for a full minute, because before I scrolled down I seriously thought he was wearing leg warmers with desert boots.

"...and Alex asks her to go canoeing with him, after which, they fell in love with each other"

Not the worst ever, certainly, but my second kid— she was two weeks overdue and my blood pressure was creeping up, so I was induced. The worry with induction is that it won't take, but this one took, boy howdy, and FAST. Five hours after when they started the pitocin drip, I went through transition (the part of labor…

Wine corks also make excellent cat toys. Bonus crafty points if you string 2-4 of them together with a carpet needle and yarn.

They've been dating/engaged for years now, basically since the filming of WH. Related fun fact: I used to live nearish to where Charlotte Riley is from, and people would go absolutely crazy stalking bonkers when she and Tom were in town for the weekend.

Geez, I hope your migraine had gone away by the time you got your lumbar puncture headache at least. How awful! I've had two scaryish atypical migraines in the past couple of years, but nothing that's landed me in the hospital, luckily for me.

Lol, she was a FULL ON Geordie lass, too. Day glow spray tan, no coat in December, boyfriend in a slightly too low cut v-necked tshirt sucking down cans of Carling. CLASS.

Ack, the nail painting! A woman next to me did this once (and this was in Europe, lest we think all bad fliers are American— on EasyJet from Newcastle to Paris), and I thought I was going to die. WHO DOES THAT??

The worst thing about being an American living in Europe is being hyper-aware of bad American tourists, but you'll even get over that in time. Learning that English tourists can be some of the most obnoxious assholes on the planet helped me quite a bit, too. :) Have a wonderful time in Vienna!

More of a title than a caption, but factually correct: Whoops, there go my pants.

I find this so interesting. One of my dearest friends is from northern England and has a very strong regional accent. She's in academia and her work is fairly high profile, with a lot of liaising with government officials. The amount of pushback she gets (of both the subtle and un-subtle variety) about her "choice" to…

Cumbummer is awesome. My now-17 year old nephew used to call screwdrivers drew-scriveys, a term which we all still use for the alcoholic screwdriver.

That MJH/JL Fake Fiance movie is the literal best bad romantic comedy ever made. I'm not even ashamed about how much I love it.

Tangentially related, but an important fact for everyone to know. In German, latte means boner.

Stock photo guy, why do you look like Stephen Manghan with luscious lady lips?

I'm sure it will eventually turn into one of those 'this is why we can't have nice things' things, but for now I am a streaming fool.

T Mobile recently (? I think) added this thing where streaming music on several services (incl Spotify) doesn't count against your data. It is amaze.