Today I'm reading...

Mel's slowly recovering from her close encounter with a tick (on her person!).

I completely admit that I overreacted, but HELLO! There was a LIVE BUG STUCK TO MY HEAD and in no world where I live will I ever be fine with that. Ever!

I wonder if they make some sort of Frontline for human beings because that might just come in handy here in the country. If all else fails, my neighbors are going to be seeing me sporting this bad boy while gardening and I won't even care.

Casey, my friend and expert outdoorsy person, tells you everything you need to know about modern outhouses and what to do if you simply must shit in the woods.

Yes, nothing like opening the lid of the toity and seeing big cobwebs strung around. Clenches me right up.

So, to recap:
1) Toilet lid closed
2) Door closed

Finally, based on my professional experience, just walk up the trail a tick and potty in the woods. Don't dookie--that's not savory for anyone, but piddles are totally okay. Frankly, I'd walk a long way into the woods to piddle, rather than hoisting my lady bits over some open hole. Outhouses...brrr. But if you gotta, you gotta.

Pat Griffin (whom I don't know) has the best response I've read so far to the WNBA's inclusion of fashion and makeup tips in rookie orientation.

It feels so defensive...so desperate. Renee Brown, WNBA VP of player personnel said (with my interpretations in parentheses), "The league aims to show its players as mothers, daughters, sisters, nieces and entrepreneurs (but not lesbians!) and their womanhood (heterosexual femininity) is important to promote the league (so fans don't notice the lesbian players or the ones who are not so feminine). Later, she says, "You're a (heterosexual) woman first. You just happen to play sports. They enjoy dressing up and trying on outfits, when back in the day (when all women athletes were lesbians), everyone just wore sweats. Call it what you want, we are just celebrating their womanhood (heterosexual femininity)." Does that help everyone to understand what this is about?