On cross-country cart-pushing walks of self-discovery, everyone pushes their own cart.

Happy premise #1: There are no aliens.

(Powell) said they were in love, adding, "Susan was very sexual with me. We interacted in a lot of sexual ways because Susan enjoys doing that."

Oh, snap.

Over at the HuffPo article on this, they quote Santorum as finishing his plea for intolerance with the words, "... we would move forward in conformity with what was happening in the past. Which was- sex is not an issue. It should not be an issue. Leave it alone. Keep it to yourself whether you are heterosexual or…

I think you draw a critical point between peoples' attitudes in general and how this can translate into "innocent cruelty" when applied to others. Especially hard if you are dealing with a mother who is inadvertently bullying her own child with her intolerance.

Yeah, fair enough point. So, short of remaking society into a wonderland of tolerance, what are some practical steps that can be taken?

This is exactly what I mean. Parents will usually pay lip service about ensuring repercussions at home to administrators when their child has been accused of bullying - that's why the parents would need to be more fully integrated into the anti-bullying movement in a way that indicated their behavior is not considered…

Re: Gaga's latest mission.

And screw the lid back on properly, too, young lady!

Yeah, I know...

Remind me to buy another Tony Bennett album.

I still have the long linen tunic/shirt and winter coat I wore during the last couple months I was pregnant. They come in handy as three-person tents.

All I can say is, we have a couple of Maine Coons, and they are very, very long. Also, I've had a lot of cats in my life, almost all of them wonderful, but these surfer dude cats are the.best.ever.

Does 'Europe' not include the UK these days, because damn, I have rarely seen so many groups of massively drunk young women stumbling around city bar districts (in all fairness, loads of young men, too).

"Are there cultural differences that I'm unaware of that would make his explanation seem rational in France?"

DSK: "What happened was more than an inappropriate relationship; it was an error. I regret it infinitely."

Also a great cover-up. "I wasn't picking my nose, I was flirting!"

Doesn't a woman eating a banana ALWAYS mean that?! I mean, it does in the movies, right?

Agreed. Ahem.