This is true of the twins I know, too. And I don't think this is a sad story. For all we know, they lived very happily with each other doing exactly what they wanted to do. If this was a married couple who died around the same time it would be romantic. Just because this relationship isn't one that singletons like me…

Or being a frumpy, middle-aged woman who usually freelances at home but is starting her short-term placement job writing copy for fashion-y fashion clothes she barely understands and couldn't fit into if she starved herself for a year and realizing when she gets there that her acceptable dress-up clothes are totally…

I just wanted to applaud you for what is obviously some seriously great teaching going on. It's always so great to hear from terrific, dedicated teachers like you!

Depends on the homeschooler. We homeschool and my kids get out and about but then my homeschooling springs from my liberal feminism so I'm no fan of Rick Santorum.

I don't think they hook up in this season but I bet they do a flashback thing where it shows they HAVE hooked up in the past.

I'm so confused. I thought lesbians wanted to DESTROY the sanctity of True Heterosexual Marriage, not protect it!

Just for the record, an open adoption doesn't mean that your child will have the option of knowing their birth parents later in life; that's more of a semi-open adoption. An open adoption means the child has some relationship with their birth parents NOW. There's a philosophical difference there when they're set up…

Re., Modern Family: Phil is in real estate in CA and yet he and his wife live on a single income in a big house with all new furniture. Meanwhile the gay lawyer and his stay-at-home husband live in what appears to be a tiny condo. Budgetwise, I ain't buying it. So not only is it not modern, it's also just plain…

Central Ohio rural turned suburban school in the mid-80s.

I didn't downplay the dance 'cuz I agree she's a good dancer but I don't think she's a definitive dancer. I don't think that what she can do is so unique that someone else couldn't do it. I think Madonna is certainly a cultural icon but that doesn't mean I think what she's doing now is very impressive. In fact I think…

Yup, we had a math teacher in high school who used to leer down girls' blouses and we all just knew this about him and would roll our eyes like it was something we had to get used to as soon-to-be-women, you know? The other thing I remember is that there were a couple of girls (two? three?) who were having affairs…

LaineyGossip says it best: "Madonna’s not interested in keeping her old fans. The same way she desperately doesn’t want to be 54. I’m too old to be her fan. The younger her fans, the younger she can keep pretending she is." laineygossip.com/Articles/Details/22576/Madonna-Super-Bowl-weekend-and-video

Actually I think that should make it easier. Two birds, one stone and all that.

I loved the look of the movie but the singing hurt my ears. A lot. She's a great actress and goodness knows Sondheim welcomes not-singers in his characters (Glynis Johns, anyone?) but she has no voice whatsoever. And Depp was even worse. Argh. His rendition of "My Friends" is still paining me. Argh again.

Mortgage and credit card debt forgiveness but no student loans? So close, Roseanne, so close!

Helena Bonham Carter isn't going to sing again, is she? Because I still haven't recovered from Sweeney Todd. Stunt casting for the fail!

When my sister was expecting her second she used to say that if it was another boy she was going to name him Agador Spartacus (from The Birdcage) and make him wear all the fancy girl clothes anyway. As it turns out, she got her way because she got a girl and she didn't get her way because her girl is totally…

I did at Portland State University and I think most of the escorts were women but my partner was a guy. I have no idea what his screening was. I think we walked someone home ONCE and the rest of the time we sat in the office and debated the merits of Pat Benatar (he was a fan, I was not).

I have never liked getting flowers because it seems like such a waste of money. Unless you can cut them from the garden leave 'em at the flower shop, thank you and buy me something useful like a book. Or chocolate. And do it because you want to give me something, not 'cuz you're working a quid pro quo thing. Also I…

When I was in college I worked for the rape crisis line, volunteered for the safety escort service after hours on campus, took the self-defense classes and all because I thought that it was inevitable that I would be raped so I wanted to be sure there were things in place for the inevitable aftermath. So far I have…