Sometimes I look back and wish that I'd gone to a gorgeous, exclusive Catholic college like most of my friends and all of my family members, but then I think of the RA down the hall who had his door papered with condoms free for the taking, and the anti-cohabitation rules that a friend lost out on an RA job for (a…

Come now, we all know that Stradivari sold his soul to the Devil at a crossroads to get his violins to sound incredible.

What really blows my mind is wondering if the asshats naturally seek power, or if ordinary people become asshats when exposed to power.

Also, capitalism ruins everything.

This is a nice way to get the kids involved though. Especially if you have the pictures labeled, even better if you have them labeled in another language. "Onko meillä sianlihaa?" "Katsotaan."

Brownback should be taking lessons from Don Young.

Every other year my gram's brother goes to a week-long anesthetist conference in Orlando, so my grandparents and my great-aunt tag along and make a two week vacation of it.

I made 2:1 turkey stock last night to put in my grandparents' freezer, since they left for vacation this morning and don't get the luxury of leftovers this year.

Hi kookla, I'm 61Below. Can I come over?

Is...is that Alan Rickman? What's this from?!

Hi LaComtess. I'm on break right now at work, having a few of the Holiday Hershey's Minis from the bag my gram gave me Sunday. This, from the same dear lovely gram who will eye me up and ask when the last time I went to the Y was. Collective sigh.

"What, this? *pats belly fondly* This is part of my zombie apocalypse preparedness plan. I've got it all worked out, I'll be able to survive starvation long enough to get up to my basecamp up out in the BWCA."

I love my marathon-running, high school sport-coaching, wonderfully strong aunt and uncle, but my uncle's relationship with weight just squicks me out. He used to be horribly hard on himself for being slightly overweight, but since my aunt is a runner, he started joining her. He eventually lost a lot of weight and…

I can tell you from family experience, the marriage of a psychopath and a narcissist never ends well.

Have you seen the Hulk? He obviously has a double rib cage. Think of the breadth of chest one could get!

I'd buy any mag featuring Black Hat Guy on the cover.

Men are just jealous bitches who don't want to be reminded that we're made from his stolen rib.

*Gasp! LookatthatWeim!* Ahem. Ok, I'm rational now. To be honest, Weimaraner hair is probably the best pet hair to have to deal with. It's semi-reflective, so it will blend in with most materials and won't be terribly obvious. A black lab blowing her coat, however, will produce black tumbleweeds. If you have a…

As a gal, I ask that you limit your compliments to something substantial, if at all possible. Praise an idea he or she brought up, or their poise, as mentioned in the block quote. I can easily forgive someone for misremembering my name, but it gets all kinds of awkward if someone compliments my looks.