If you ever remember which book/story this was, I would love to know. I've read a lot of Wrede and McKinley but don't remember that one, and it sounds like something right up my alley.

I'd vote for her. She's awesome.

This is my favorite because I had to read it twice:

You should watch this comedy skit:

I'm going to watch SNL for the first time in a long time. I LOVE Daniel Craig (his blue eyes are similar to my husbands blue eyes...dreamy!)

So about 5-6 years ago I was reading about ill fitting bras and how most places in the mall don't size you correctly. I read the article out loud to my boyfriend (now husband) and he got all excited about getting my properly fitted. So he looked up a place that was supposed to be very good and we drove over there. …

Just listen to teacher!

I think it's FICA. I'm in grad school and get paid via stipend so my taxes are different.

According to these calculations from the linked thread:

That's how it was with my husband and myself. We had talked endlessly about buying a house together, what our future plans were, where we saw ourselves, what kind of family we wanted. We talked about everything related to marriage, we just didn't use the word marriage to describe it. I also wanted a proposal and my…

I'm a loyal reader with a college education and getting my PhD, and I have NO problems with "hella"

My husband helped pick out the location, the caterer, the invitations, the DJ, the photographer, the guest list, the colors, even gave me advice about the bridesmaids dresses. I wasn't aware he wasn't supposed to do that.

What my husband and I did was pick three things that were important to us and focused on getting the best we could afford for those things, and then going cheap for everything else. For us it was 1) location of reception 2) good food (and getting to eat it! people will tell you that the bride never eats on her…

It's about balance. Having some responsibility and chores as well as having the chance to be a kid, and have fun and sometimes do absolutely nothing is important. I took violin in middle school and hated to practice and my mom did have to force/coerce me. On the other hand I really hated sports. Aside from a…

I'm really glad Facebook wasn't around when I was still dating. I just know I would have been one of those people who facestalked my ex's.

as the icelight and bicolor said, this isn't actually super new. I first heard about this about a year ago, I think? A paper or two came out last year showing that the presence of the XMRV was caused by contamination of the samples, thus why only samples from that first lab was found to have the virus and all other…

Well if you are going to be typecast, I think this is the best possible scenario. I love Agent Casper/Coulson

Most of my friends don't even know I'm an atheist, most of my family doesn't either. I certainly don't post about it. Neither does my husband, who is also an atheist, or his sister...ditto. I know a number of atheists, and none of them announce it. On the other hand I know a lot of Christians who frequently post…

Yeah the obese kid also bothered me. I don't think Levithan handled that right, and the wording was problematic.

When I was a baby my mom got me this awesome one shoulder leopard print bathing suit. I've never been able to find another bathing suit that awesome since.