As soon as my husband and I returned from our honeymoon in May, the questions started. "So when are you going to have a baby?" "Is it baby time yet?" "How 'bout them Red Sox ... and are you pregnant yet or what?"

'Tis the season to be tipping, Fa la la la, la la la la!  But how much should a recessionista tip and whom should she tip in these tough economic times?

The Etiquette Guru, Peter Post, of the Emily Post Institute and other authorities indicate that tipping can depend on a multitude of factors:

Way to go, Barney Frank. In his defense of the current FDIC Chairman, Sheila Blair, he calls out the incoming leadership's bailout team's decidedly "boyz club" behavior: As Politico writes:

What's the value of a woman's life in the Iraqi city of Basra? About $100.00, according to an article in the Guardian.

I deleted half the emails in my OKCupid inbox this week because they were from men over 40. Hello, my name is Liz, and I'm a Peer Dater.

To that end, I've recently accepted (at least, so I tell myself) the fact that someone who is currently 40 was likely a senior when I was a freshman in high school. And that, therefore, they are within my peer group. My high school peer group. I'm thinking of it as the "High School Window." If I could have spotted you across a high school hallway, you're golden. Even if - gulp - your age starts with a 4.

I just happened to come across some great dieting and weight loss tools at the Prevention website.

I've already talked about the importance of keeping a journal of the foods you eat each day - You Are What You Eat. Here is a tool specifically for keeping track of your meals and calorie intake...

What's happening this week in the world of fashion?  We have sneak peeks at Spring 2009, green fashion from Phillip Lim, and a how-to guide to get extra mileage out of your Little Black Dress during the day.  Plus, Dos and Don'ts for the office holiday party!

This month, for our Inspired by Song! group
contest, the theme is "Inspired by Heroes".  It is appropriate
in light of the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks tomorrow.  For

“Only work which is the product of
inner compulsion can have
spiritual meaning.”
- Walter Groupius

I need to sleep but I can’t. Sometimes, the end of a day is a sad thing, like the end of a book that is so good you just don’t want it to end, what will the end of life be? Like when I finished the Harry Potter’s? Or now that I’m waiting feverishly for Breaking Dawn and coming to the realization that Bella is got to become a vampire in one of these books for sure. But anyway, seriously, will it be like that just like when a story ends and there is a slightly stilling moment and then nothing?