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I hate to be That Person, but it really needs to be said.

I used to wear them back when I had an office job, and I'd just unclasp the belt itself from my waist when hitting the loo. Quicker and easier than unclasping all of the straps and fiddling with the stockings themselves, and WAY more comfortable to have my undies under the belt rather than being weirdly bunched and…

That was me last month after my cat had a few teeth extracted. A few weeks after the procedure, she was licking a marshmallow in my hand and I was horrified at what I thought was her gum— every time she opened her mouth to lick all I saw was a large, soft/swollen black mass with a white abscessy-looking thing right…

Oh, Edward. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved him. Do you also hold an outdated resentment against Winona because her character just wasn't good enough for Edward and it should have been you in that sweetly awkward hug?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

So much rage on the lockout. I don't know what I miss more: the games themselves, or the tempting-death-at-every-turn thrill of wearing my Habs jersey out to a sports bar here in the heart of Flyers country. Of course, I always wear the home version so that in the event I finally get stabbed, the blood stain won't…

Yes. While other 'murrricans threaten to move to Canada because of politics (*snerk*), I always threaten to move up there because I'm pretty certain there are no rugged, scruffy, hard working, self reliant men in my urban/suburban area. Oh, how I dream of Alberta. In my mind, it's the land of honest flannel and…

You're too young to remember the 21 Jump Street-era Depp. If you came of age back then, you'd totally understand his lingering sex appeal. I think a lot of people in your generation are a bit baffled by the Cult of Depp since you grew up with the Pirates/hobo look, but us crones still see the Johnny we knew and…

As a mortician-in-training, I'm extremely comfortable and cozy with most of the disposition options available these days. However, the LifeGem thing is the one thing I really can't be okay with. You just know you're two generations away from ending up in a pawn shop. Every time I see a LifeGem pamphlet in the…

Huh. Less "the effect of wearing a monocle" and more "looking like the dog from Little Rascals."

This was so awesome I actually bothered to learn how to submit nominations for COTD.

Yup, definitely heard Ralph Wiggum's voice in my head while reading this comment.

Huh. It's like Alfred E. Neuman is finally a real boy. Because "Channing Tatum" totally sounds like the kind of alias a creepy mascot would adopt once he's acquired a living flesh suit.

I do, absolutely. I don't care one whit about premature aging, but since I've already had 3 melanomas removed and don't have a "get 5 removed and the 6th is free" punch card, I have to suck it up and not only slather myself with SPF every morning, but reapply throughout the day. And since two of my melanomas were on…

"If you own a smartphone—or are even thinking of owning one—there's just no reason to carry a dedicated music-playing device anymore."

Haha, sometimes it's fun to look at them through current cultural mores, though! There's one PM of a girl (maybe around age 10? I'm horrible at estimating ages) sitting behind her deceased younger brother, and she looks like a budding psychopath. She's propping her head up with her hand, probably to help keep…

GUH! That's one of my favorite jokes ever, and I think of it whenever I hear or see mention of Hemingway. And when I see chickens. And when it rains. It's such a multifaceted little gem. I'm unreasonably happy right now knowing someone else knows it.

I'm in love with PMs as well! I have a few published collections of them, and one of my mortuary school professors is a collector, so I've been able to get my grubby little mitts on a lot of wonderful cabinet cards and images. In fact, earlier this year our local art museum had a lovely little exhibit on the art of…

According to Stanley Burns (of The Burns Archive and Sleeping Beauty fame), stands honestly weren't used for PMs. I attended a PM lecture of his earlier this year and asked him specifically about the fireman picture (it's so creepy and wonderful and so controversial in the PM collecting community, I couldn't pass up…