My husband is at the Mets game so I'm waiting on a Chinese food delivery to go with my wine. My daughter and I are settling in to watch the game on TV—poor hubby is going to freeze, it's cold today.

Agreed. I loved the book and didn’t even realize a movie was being made. I’ll probably see it but the book is (almost) always better. Although on that note, I can’t WAIT to see the movie Ready Player One.

I save my change all year long, and turn it in at a Coinstar every November. If you get a gift card rather than cash, there is no Coinstar fee—so I get an Amazon GC that’s around $400.

But they wouldn’t even know *that* without an autopsy, if it were an OD.

It does seem a little odd that his family claimed “natural causes” so soon after his death. Wouldn’t an autopsy have to be done to determine that?

WRONG. I do not have a hot date from Tinder. I am in my mid-40s and married with a kid so I'll just be sitting on the couch getting drunk thankyouverymuch.

I avoid Times Square when at all possible, but I have been through there a few times with my daughter. I taught her from the age of two (she’s eight now) that Elmo and the other characters are fake and they only want money. She now sneers at them with the best of us adults. :)

I was reading an article on Politico—Politico!—and in the comments Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina were referred to as ugly, fat ass, bitches and whores. It was disgusting and I finally had to stop reading. Misogyny is everywhere.

This is all great advice, and wish I’d had access to more and better advice when I had my daughter. She went back to the hospital at three days old and I was basically forced to bottle feed her (brand new mom, exhausted and scared, I wasn’t in a position to argue). I pumped and pumped for a few weeks, but 45 minute…

I have the Mirena and haven’t had a period in over five years (occasionally I’ll notice I’m having it when I wipe, but that’s it—no pads or liners necessary). I’ve had zero issues with it, no skin problems, nothing. It’s a beautiful thing.

Definitely, one will not be miserable if you give it the love and attention it deserves. My advice, just read a lot on how to care for a bird, make sure the cage it big enough, and let it out of the cage whenever you are home. My bird is older now (he’s 11, average lifespan is 12 but cockatiels can go to 30) and we…

Without total insight into the budgie brain my guess is yes :-)

They are dumb and smart at the same time. Generally it just makes them angry because they can't have sex with the hot bird in the mirror:-)

They won't be lonely if you take care of it. My aunt though had one budgie that was never ever allowed out of its cage due to cats and was the saddest, most feather plucking depressed animal ever.

With due respect! Mirrors are a bad idea for birds because they usually think there is really another bird there and can get very frustrated if you only have one bird. If you have multiples you won’t be part of their flock anyway so it’s not quite as bad.

So, male budgies on their own have a better capacity for language than even African Greys—just a little less clear. I've never had one but they seem great. I have a cockatiel—my profile pic!—and he says a few things but nothing like a budgie. You HAVE TO understand that they are social animals and if you only get one,…

She wasn't trying to, she DID.

Why do Muslims continually get dragged into the Kim Davis conversation? And anyway, only a valid comparison if said Muslim woman is forcing OTHER WOMEN to cover their faces. Fighting for your rights is not the same as denying them to others.

8???? My daughter is 8, just a little girl. :-(

I think that is one of the saddest and most horrifying things I have ever read. ((Hugs))