Your recipes sounds fantastic! I've only recently gotten into spaghetti squash. I think I felt kind of intimidated by it, but it's so easy to make myriad ways.

Tomorrow's my birthday and I have a lunch planned with friends/acquaintances, and dinner plans with my family, and about a thousand errands to run in between. And I feel like this is a not-important birthday (it's not a milestone and it's making me feel old). And my period just started. We're 3 weeks away from the end…

Pecan pie all the way. If my guests would be okay with it, I would just have all pie.

I did an 80s themed fun run today and have to show off my homemade Rainbow Brite Costume:

This week and weekend have been full of crappy news stories. I want everyone to know that somewhere a man has fallen madly in love with a dog. Not in a creepy way! My fiancé moved in two months ago and he is now my - our - dog's #1 fan.

I used to dress like this when I was a kid — a towel around my middle and one over my shoulders. Especially after swimming.

Patricia Arquette is my new hero. Best takedown of a pap ever. And she's right. I need to add that to the list of things to teach my daughter. Tell men who are following and harassing you to fuck off. Loudly.

There should be a job or a service (maybe it already exists?) that takes care of this kind of bullshit after a loved one dies. There are SO many horrible, tedious, irritating things that have to get taken care of when a person passes away, especially if it's sudden, that shouldn't have to fall on the people in the…

Gael Garcia Bernal is a smart, sophisticated, gentle soul and I have worshiped him since he was a child actor in ridiculous soap operas. Seriously, I had the craziest little girl crush on him, and it has not changed one bit, especially now that he is a talented, serious actor. And I also, really, really, really dig…

But seriously, I remember reading your story and I am happy for you.

So. I am here to give an update about what happened last week when I fled from my emotionally abusive boyfriend. I've been posting about trying to get out of this relationship for a while but had been very very stuck do to being very very poor and very alone in a new city and not being able to afford a place of my own…

Before any MRA troll types show up, I'd like to say I find this excerpt really upsetting. The violence is horrible. And yes, if it was a man writing about hitting a woman that way, we would all be outraged. But some of us aren't impressed by this story either.

As amazing as she is, I do have a problem with the violence, particularly with the fact that she allowed herself to beat him a second time after calming down. Let's not dismiss the fact that she physically hurt just because she's a film icon.

Counterpoint.

Just want to shout from the rooftops that I had a baby today! My fourth, first girl, 'twas a water birth and I caught her myself. This may be the hormones talking, but it really was the best birth probably in the history of the world. Really, though, it was so empowering to do so much of it on my own, and I hope this…

The Decemberists have shared the first song from their new Tucker Martine-produced album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, which was teased a few weeks ago when lead singer and songwriter Colin Meloy busked on a corner in Williamsburg.

I'm a lady that got pregnant and gave birth.

Have at it, boys. I have zero objections to sharing the burden of replicating the species. But fair is fair. You also have to copiously bleed from you penis every 28 days with the side effect of extremely painful cramps and you have to keep this secret because of social stigma. Have fun!

So, I had posted recently a few times about how I was seeing a guy I wasn't sure if I had chemistry with, then after finally getting somewhat physical I determined that there is chemistry (holy hell, is there ever chemistry) and I shared that and now... I have a boyfriend. I am someone's girlfriend. I haven't been…

Smoking weed with Kathy Bates, Susan Sarandon, and Melissa McCarthy sounds like a goddamn dream come true.