The echidnas are named after the "Mother of monsters" in Greek mythology, by association with her being half-woman, half-snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptile.

There are also cases of human chimeras that have both male and female karyotypes and yet appear unambiguously one sex or the other. Which kinda throws a wrench in the whole "you can never change your chromosomes" biological essentialism that trans people get beaten over the head with. Yay for biology being complicated!

Footnote: Echidnas are adorable.

Dannnnng

My roomie is catching up by marathoning 5-6 episodes every Friday. The one she's watching next is the Red Wedding. I will be ready with one of those foil trauma blankets and some ice cream.

I would watch the fuck out of this.

Bush:"I'd like to paint you like one of my French girls"

"I don't see Patty OR Selma! What gives Michelle?!"

"Hello, doctor, I'd like to cancel my hysterectomy. I was reading a Jezebel article and my entire reproductive tract just ran out the door."

i have my own spot on a couch, nobody else allowed to sit there. I won't share my wine unless you bring food. I like going to movies and theater and travel alone.

I don't know what it says about my attention span but I've been totally sidetracked by the kid who dressed up as Jeremy Clarkson. And how refreshing that his parents did not put him up to it: according to his mum, he's mad about cars and is a massive Top Gear fan, so Jeremy Clarkson was his obvious choice. He's…

Elope. Elope right now.

The invitations to my November 2001 wedding were mailed on September 10, 2001. The wedding venue? Windows on the World.

In a family with someone named "Jinger", "Derek" sounds positively Habsburgian.

Team Cat's spokesfeline just released an official statement:

I'm going to go ahead and assume you didn't click the link in the second-to-last paragraph.

It's just not for me. I'm a vegetarian, so they have very little for me anyway. But if I weren't, I still don't know. I'm sure everything is done beautifully, it's that it all seems so terribly precious. And WTF with no egg dishes except one frittata for brunch?

I can't even. I am now unable to even.

Where's that Adultosaur signal we bought? Did someone break it again? Anyway, she will be here.

This particular occurrence came up several times in the submissions, and I can totally see how it's so annoying, because it's the kind of thing where you totally wouldn't mind if it was legitimately an accident. Like, if someone from another culture wore a white dress, or if their dress was ruined and the only one…