I may have to give up blogging because I will never be as cool as Helen (and Margaret, of course):
Margaret and Helen
And a big thank you to Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Dish, who also brought you the Escaping Beagle.

Which stands for Be Right Back because I am slammed with work right now.
In the meantime, here’s your moment of Yin, courtesy of Andrew Sullivan.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/why-i-love-beag.html
Or you can just watch it here:

I like to think that dog is female. Escaping the bounds of patriarchal confinement.
Also, the whole thing just makes me happy.

First, let’s have a round of applause for Val Frankel who wrote an amazing book and then did a great post here, and then let’s follow it up for all the commenters who, in the great tradition of Argh People, took it and ran with it. I swear, putting an idea up here is [...]

First of all, it’s wonderful to read such supportive discussion about the multitude of issues around weight! We can thank Jenny for that. So many topics have come up, and I want to put in my two cents on the ones that resonated for me.
1. Re: the lasting negative residue of comments about fat [...]

First of all, thank you for standing by while I couldn’t get into the blog. It was much like locking my car keys in the car. With several hundred people standing behind me, waiting for me to get something out for them.
Second, Mollie had to disable all the plug-ins [...]