I am so glad Giffords is doing so well. The day she was shot, all I could think of was the day Wellstone died. He was my representative, and he and my auntie were friends. Together they were the first to get me interested in civics. Well, my 9th grade English class was right after lunch period, and my teacher was…

I suppose we should be thankful you used a stock photo of an inhaler instead of a great big close-up of a bunch of roaches.

But think of all the hospitals we're building in Iraq!

Nice to see the orcs are practicing for the release of The Hobbit.

While trying to fight gender norms by ignoring gender may not be the best way to fight the patriarchy, I have to admit one more thing I'm jealous of the Finns. The Finnish language has no gendered pronoun—it's just hän. Sometimes I wonder if that's because the culture itself is less gendered. I know I fought many…

I already called bullshit. If cramps and god-awful pregnancy pain were the result of Original Sin, then wouldn't it go away after baptism? Goodness. They can't even get their dogmas right.

Ugh! It feels like a vicious goose when the egg pops out, then I can feel it cramp its way down the tube. Not often, but oh man. It's like, really uterus? You don't get enough attention 8 days of the month? Fine! I'll give you attention.

"Does it carry seed?"

Nighty-night...don't let the bedbugs bite!

Yes, ten. It will all probably melt by Tuesday, just in time for the next snow storm...

I have accomplished all of two LOTRs and watched with horror as the supposed three inches of snow turned into ten, all the while eating bacon, left over takeout, and chips with top the tater. I'll probably leave the house tomorrow, but as for now, I'm taking advantage of (hopefully) the last snow day of the winter.

Can we have an IRL #trollpatrol please? These wingnuts have been fed to gorging.

In honor of VisforVanity, I move to declare the first weekend in May as Proper and Relevent Citations Weekend. RESOLUTION. Expressing support for the designation of the first weekend of May as the Proper and Relevent Cotations Weekend to recognize the significant contributions valid quotations have to our civic…

Thank goodness I'm so far behind the times, then!

I always forget when it's Friday night, so I already posted this in groupthink, but I'll shout this out again. Deathly Hallows extended scenes!!!

"Education, counseling, and general assistance to help maintain a relationship with your unborn child." This, this here makes my blood absolutely boil. And what about the women who spent months happily, excitedly expecting, then find out something's wrong? When you face the choice between bringing a child into a…

There's a fanfic in there, I know it. Alanna'd start drumming her fingers, Yvaine would toss her hair, Galadriel and Svetlana would just give Bellafante identical quelling looks, and Luna would start telling her about the publishers' conspiracy against female authors and readers, while Kes gives a great groan before…

All I can think about now are spa packages advertising Back Extractions, Facial Extractions, and Menstrual Extractions in the à la carte pricing section in their promotional brochures. Sure they're overpriced now, but think of the possible Groupon deals!

There was some not-Spanx infomercial on at the gym the other day. It was almost as effective as Fox News in terms of heartrate-increasing, anger fueled motivation. The infomercial salesladies were very skinny already, and over the half hour they paraded these horrible, how-dare-they before and after shots of ordinary…

ADHD flaming bears with laser claws, bullet bee breath, and lemon juice saliva. ARGHBITE oh hey a daisy! Bzzz.