I want to sooo badly, but I'm terrified of the pain. Also, when I'm off birth control or I'm taking very light birth control, I literally have my period like every other week. So I'm scared I'll be that person that gets their period all the time. I like the control I get with pills, but admittedly I forget…

Whatever happened to Phil Collins?

In California, they're ubiquitous.

He got that lovely bit of parenting from a book series called "All of a Kind Family". I remember it well. There was one short story where "Sarah" refused to eat her soup. It was offered to do for every meal, three days in a row, until she finally ate it. Of course, they had the excuse that they were poor and…

Oh, believe me, I know. And then, SOMEHOW, there's absolutely no money for kids who need extra help after school, there's no help for special needs kids, there's no programs for gifted kids, and the public schools actually solicit funds from the parents to get a teacher to watch the kids at RECESS because they can't…

They cancelled the program, but somehow, the funds are gone.

I can think of a time to spank:

I agree. Everyone keeps going on and on how terrifying The Shining is. I honestly don't see why.

Exactly. What could monsters and boogeymen do that couldn't be made worse by actual, living human beings? Reality can be much scarier than fiction, which is why horror movies never quite scare me. Movies about people dying from a horrible unstoppable epidemic or from nuclear war are much more terrifying.

For me, it's not that I'm "scared" per se, but extremely disturbed from various books that haunt me long after I put them down. Most are apocalyptic thrillers, like "One Second After" and "the road", and even "Bastard Out of Carolina."

Okay. Explain to me something:

No. The real danger would be smallpox. That would effectively wipe out a good percentage of the population, and is incredibly infectious. In previous epidemics, it's been known to travel down floors of a hospital by an open door or window to infect others - you don't even need direct contact.

I just watched that official music video, and loved it. It was cute and charming, and she poked fun at herself. Compare that to all these other pop stars who take themselves far too seriously and have duck face and sexy face while they gyrate to choreography.

I was also really pleasantly surprised. I mean, it was no Pink and Cirque du Soleil, but it was fun, her entire band was made of women, and the men looked classy and it was entertaining.

Why must we always judge women on their value based on their sex appeal? I happen to think she's incredibly sexy. But who really cares? Can she sing? Is the song appealing? Mission accomplished.

I loved it.

So true. What incensed me was when I learned that Arnold Schwartzenegger passed a law that said that maternity benefits weren't considered essential, so that individual policies didn't have to cover it. For that, you needed a special policy, which:

According to my Blue Shield policy, reissued after some of the mandates of Obamacare are enforced, they're re-evaluating anesthesia procedures on a case by case basis.

Please, please dismiss the horrible gif below.

If you're a Californian, remember when maternity wasn't considered an essential health benefit in CA?