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No one can do color quite like Michelle Williams. I can still see that mustard yellow dress from when she was nominated for Brokeback Mountain. She knows what works, and how to stand out. Read more

I am that seatmate who will steal your complimentary snacks while you are passed out. Read more

We went to New Orleans when my son was three, a few weeks before Mardi Gras. He loved going to the daytime parades on his Daddy's shoulders, and the krewes always made a point of handing him throws. He came home with his little bag stuffed with presents for his older siblings. Between the museums, the ferry rides, and… Read more

I am hoping that in this world of cell phone photography, someone will read this story and realize that they have inadvertantly captured a photo of this man. Being drunk and in a crowd does not render someone so anonymous that he gets to abandon all human decency. Read more

I never realized how flexible their little fingers were. My cats (even the polydactyl) are so furry that you can't really see how their paws operate. Read more

Google "adoption tax credit" to see if your household income and adoption plan will qualify for this IRS credit. Also, the Dave Thomas Foundation (the Wendy's founder) gives grants for adoption. Googling "adoption grants" will keep you busy for the rest of the day. And some employers have adoption grants—it never… Read more

Holy shit. You had a second child after this??? Were you trying for the firestarter? Read more

I used to sleepwalk, but never in my own house. Only on sleepovers. Parents would wake up to find me staring at them, apparently looking for my own parents. I am amazed I was ever invited back for sleepovers. Read more

I am sitting in my daughters room right now, playing on the Internet while she sleeps. It is the best part of the day when everyone is tucked in and sleeping and I can sit in the rocking chair and pretend the house will clean itself. Read more

I am sitting in my daughters room right now, playing on the Internet while she sleeps. It is the best part of the day when everyone is tucked in and sleeping and I can sit in the rocking chair and pretend the house will clean itself. Read more

After the Kinderhook plates hoax, Mormons aren't too fond of Native American burial grounds. Who says you can't con a conman? Read more

Does it get two thumbs up from Arthur Fonzirelli? Then yes, I am all for Aay. Read more

Pituitary in the fourth grade? I had to check your post twice to spell it. That's just crazy hard to spell. Read more

Target keeps sending me coupon packets for baby stuff, and my kids are 4 and 6. I guess every time I leave the coupons on the community table at work and someone uses them, they assume I had another kid. Read more

Well, I think that all failed Presidential contenders should be jailed. It would them think twice about just jumping in there with a nasty little history of, say, harassing employees or divorcing sick wives. Or simply being an unelectable asshat. Read more

Getting married this summer after nine years together, mainly because my partner is adopting my children and we want all the pension/social security protection we can get. It won't change how we live our lives, except to push us into a different tax bracket. Read more

I find this heartbreaking for the children. The moms don't want to rely upon the loser, but they are setting the children up for years of heartbreak and broken promises from a father that they know will not be emotionally able to be a decent parent. Read more

I would not be pissing off the Roloffs. They have a trebuchet and a whole farm full of overripe pumpkins. Read more

Chlidren run around the beach to have fun, and are oblivious to the people around them. The pageant kids are all tarted up and are taught to engage the judges and make lots of flirtatious eye contact and movements. It is the knowing display of children's flesh with the suggestive "adult" mannerisms that makes these… Read more

So, you work in a John Waters movie? Read more