I’M NOT DONE YET! These are the same people who will imply that you are not doing it right if you used canned garbanzo beans. “Just soak them overnight, or use a pressure cooker!” NO!

I did that kind of shit years ago during my Granola Mom Phase. I’m over it.

You should definitely listen to Cohen sing his own song – no one can truly surpass the deep, raw quality of his voice. There are a million different recordings of it from over the years, and each one is a little bit different.

Welcome to the profession :)

The book Spillover dedicates a large section to the spread of HIV and talks this, plus the myth of Patient 0. I’m glad they’re finally officially debunking it. It gives a good background of the possible route of the early infections (plural) with bushmeat hunters, and how it got going, facilitated by a plasma trade…

I always felt so bad for Duchess Kate, had she not been hospitalized she could have flown under the radar a while longer. I’m a tall with a long-torso, much sympathy to my short pregnant sisters. I’m already realizing bending over is a luxury.

Yeah, and as a short woman I would not at all be bothered by this.

there were a lot of awkward, academically underperforming girls who found that book comforting.

I named my second son Caleb and he is ray of sunshine and joy. Seriously, he is wonderful.

Can we talk about the word insufferable? Never in my life have I met someone use it who wasn’t insufferable

Wow, I thought I was the only one who did this, particularly for horror movies. I usually hit The Movie Spoiler, too—the plot summaries can be a little rough but are sometimes more detailed.

Remember Desiree Jennings? She was a Washington Racial Slur cheerleader back in 2009. She received the seasonal flu vaccine and then claimed that she got dystonia from it. (Source: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Desiree_Jennings)

Thanks, Beth. You saved me the effort of writing my yearly blog post on this. Every. Single. Year. When I was doing flu surveillance, I always got one email or letter from the public about what a sham the vaccine was supposed to be. Tell that to the Japanese. They took away the school requirement for the flu vaccine…

Dude, that’s where I saw it! The show was called Exposure. It was my favorite show at the time.

Iron Giant saying “Superman,” Stitch crying out “Lost!” in Lilo and Stitch, Fry’s dog in Jurassic Bark, Leila’s parents secretly watching her as she grows up in that other episode.

My biggest movie cry was probably “The Warrior” and also I cry at everything.

Fry’s dog in Futurama, Donna losing her memories in Doctor Who, and despite how manipulative it was I cryed like a baby during Dancer in the Dark.

I forgot it was on and read online what the spoiler is. I did say OMG out loud but I don’t know that it would have made me cry.

He just got married, and Richard and Chetna made the cakes! Except for the centerpiece, which Ian made. It was ... baked Alaska. Good on ya, mate!