Hopefully that didn't come off as anger sarcasm. It was just a said with a wrinkled nose!

thanks for this. Last night I dreamed of huge spiders in my face (and I am not particularly scared of them - hubby and I make "friends" with the ones *outside* our house). I am certain to do so again tonight with this picture.ugh!

me want now.

C'mon. Kids books have a HUGE leg up. Certain kids books will have been read in school by the same kids across the country for decades. They'll be read (and re-read) by kids and adults alike. Books that are meant to teach important themes and make the reader think.

but I don't think tripadvisor let's those companies but their way to top spot. I think there are loads and loads of families who use TA and that's the stuff they rate because it amuses the kids - thus making their vacation "great". And they don't review the Eiffel towel because, "who doesn't know about the Eiffel…

Thanks for the literal LOL before I go beddy-byes!

Not at all. Our wedding devolved into an hour of back and forth speeches that were strangely great fun.

I just want to say, " I feel you". We had the SAME situation. I insisted that my mom be on the invite and the only way that didn't sound weird was to have my parents names come last in the wording. So in the end, I did that, which technically means his parents did the "inviting". My husband is still a little upset…

Me too. I was like, "wait. There's a vagina on there somewhere and I MISSED it?"

There are things that can be more or less strict at requalification, but you can't get by without (at minimum) being able to open and close the doors by yourself (they are heavy and awkward), opening and moving an exit window (also heavy and awkward) and climbing in and out of the window. You can't fudge or skate…

yup. I have mostly reclaimed the c-word (living in the UK). I still don't use it much, but I don't even flinch when others do (unless it's meant in a strongly derogatory way, the way an American might say it).

yes. They've said they will be non-nuclear.

I actually quite like that the "c-word" is rather easily used (by many, anyway) inthe UK. If dick and asshole aren't such a big deal, I don't see why a woman's slang parts should be. I used to be really shocked by it, until a friend (affectionately, laughingly) called me "you dizzy cunt" (eons ago) and it was…

he sounds awesome.

the museum at the Roman Baths is pretty freaking awesome with special artefacts, too. One curse has the only written example of (what is believed to be) Brythonic (which later split into Welsh, etc)! *nerd swoon*

I'd say the main (not only, but) main problem there is that you have to get it authenticated first, or it's not worth anything. Once that is done, it's so unlikely that ebay will come close to matching what you'd get from doing it via professional channels (I'd think).

BUT..."The baubles were apparently lost in the revolt led by Celtic queen Boudicca, who burnt half of Roman Britain the fuck down when they annexed her tribe's lands and raped her daughters after her husband died."

In my last apartment building, starting 2-3 weeks before we moved out, I was awakened twice at about 3am by a couple arguing. So intensely it made me feel weird. The rage in the man's voice (though I couldn't tell what he was saying) and the sound of what can best be described as moving furniture sounds really freaked…

*slowclap*

ok cool. I thought it was like...earning a PhD (but obvs way more exclusive) in that it's like a title of excellence. Once you earn the title, you're known by it all the time (even if not everything you do is related to what earned you that title).