Sluttonous is the word you want, I think.

Thanks. She was a great lady, a real pioneer, and hearing about her being treated like that got me pretty upset. Luckily for the "doctor", I lived too far away to truly make her life hell.

My grandmother, rest her soul, was a slender and fit 93 years old when she started gaining weight. After about 18 months it looked like she'd swallowed a soccer ball. Her HMO-assigned female doctor (whose name I am tempted to write here but in my grandmother's memory I will show a bit of restraint) told her to lose…

Man, I wish these babies had been around in the 80s.

I'm sorry, the middle-aged white guy trying to show street cred in a zippered hoodie and funky blazer at a Hollywood premiere is just so 80s. I bet he's wearing Converse kicks, too.

That bird has some serious hypnotic skills, what with all the talon waving in the kitten's face. And then the slow back massage and ear nibbles.

See? They know how to have fun!

1) Someone's taut rubber band clearly snapped under the strain.

"Wow, I am so exhausted from staying inside and doing all this charitable stuff.

Yeah, that's pretty much the thrust of thing. Hope we get to see the story rammed all the way home.

Same story as my grandmother's. I just ordered one of her second husband's research books from the 60s - for which he received medals, recognition and an honorary monument, for crying out loud - and realized when reading it that the writing was almost all hers.

Are you saying you want a penetrating, long-lasting and deep examination of the matter at hand?

I don't know - Clooney has been trying to draw attention to the Sudan problems for many, many years in a variety of ways. I think he knows he has to keep the message in a simple sound byte for quick consumption - and that's what he did.

Actually, I think in the case of voting machines, the main interest in the implementation from one company hasn't been financially driven, although that's a factor.

"how the hell did word get around in pre-cellphone days? i can't even remember"

I think I saw you there.

Yeah, actually, this was even pre-C64.

We accidentally did something like this way back when, through word of mouth. Does that still count?

An interesting aspect I hadn't thought of.

Does anyone else suspect that this rash of ultrasound bills/anti-abortion onslaught in an election year is meant to 1) further solidify the right-wing and more importantly 2) divert attention and energy away from other very important issues, like GOP financial/economic policies (or lack thereof), GOP employment…