Hey y'all! Help Mississississippi (oops! got carried away!) women and others in need of abortion funding assistance by donating to the Tiller Fund!

No need to wait until you win the lottery! You can help now! Every bit counts; I'm broke but gave ten bucks!

Exactly. I never see ads. I realize this hurts the sites I love, but I try to make up for it in other ways (donating, subscribing).

Thanks! I love, love, love Marilynne Robinson. I will add McDermott and Barry to my list. Summer is coming!

Have you read anything recently that you liked? School will be over soon and I'll have time for fiction again. I have a list, but I'm always eager to add to it.

With that in mind, you might also enjoy "The Signature of All Things" by Elizabeth Gilbert. I was completely taken by its scope and depth. Very interesting, very well written.

Me! Me! I loved it! I finished it months ago and I can still smell the dust and varnish of the basement workshop, still see the barren, gap-toothed Las Vegas housing development, still feel the oppressive hush of the Barbour's uptown home. And Boris! Gosh! Was there ever a more vivid character?! Congrats, Donna! I'm…

Salon has a better take on the doc: http://bit.ly/OsFk2j

What happened to KM? Both her twitter and blog are .... *crickets*. I know she got a heapton of shit following her kickstarter. I hope she is doing well, writing her book, raising her family, breathing a little easier.

I liked it too, especially since I was a fan of the comic books and enjoyed art-wise how much the film adhered to the original.

Thanks for bringing Ally Fogg into this conversation. I came across him a couple of months ago during some internet wandering and had forgotten his name.

To donate in the US, go to savethechildren.org.

Agreed. This is also awkwardly phrased: "the woman who accused him of raping her in the comments section" - like, uh, what?

"But even after you pop your rental cherry..."

I love this! (but please make the auto-play stop. I can't turn off the video; it's switched to Jason Collins.)

YES! So awful! I'm glad you noticed this as well. And it counterpoint to the hip swiveling cancelled out the sexy for me.

Yeah, I get this. The coffee code.

Diet Coke is just Diet Coke. Coffee has endless variations. You can actually make coffee not taste like coffee if you don't like coffee (beaucoup sweetener, flavor syrups, milk or cream or ice cream or whipped cream, etc). It's basically what Starbucks has built their billions on (Pumpkin Spice Latte, anyone?).

Nice pic! I have caught beads on that corner! Thanks for the memories (though my FB feed is full of friends and their kids on the parade route; the revelry kicked off on St. Charles last night).

Never read EPL but her new book - "The Signature of All Things" - is wonderful. Well-written overall, well-drawn characters, epic in scope, charming, thoughtful. I recommend!