Great pics! Great story!
Welcome back, Hon.

Great Miami story today.

I have never EVER seen such big boobs on a mannequin. I am looking at the picture now and LMAO. (Well, really, have you ever?)

Thanks, Laurie. Inappropriate hugs to you, cutie!

Wow! Talk about HOT off the presses!!!

I'm so happy for you! I watched hours and hours of BookTV (CPAN-2) this weekend just hoping for a glimpse of you!

And Wesley Clark? I think he's very hot!

Congratulations and great job!!!!

I mean C-SPAN. OOPS!!

CSpan totally dissed me, they said and I quote, "We don't do humor books. We're CSPAN." Gah.

Yes, mannequins with giant boobs don't actually have to move around and worry about the teensy bit of fabric slipping and exposing a nip

How freakie is this..........

I really missed you and this blog.

Am I pathetic or what?

How's the cats? Have they accepted you back yet?

Where do they get mannequins that look like Pamela Anderson at her largest? Eeek

Glad to see you home

Cindi

You are right - those boobs are just ludicrous.

Those aside, though, you just made me think that Florida might be worth visiting, which I have to confess I had never thought before...

Glad you had a fabulous trip.

I know I don't "know" you in real life, but I'm so darn proud of you Laurie. You are truly an inspiration to me.

I just love that black dress with the keyhole top you're wearing with MJ Rose and you ARE NOT SHINY with Dr. Adamse - you are glowing with vitality and good health. You look absolutely gorgeous.

I did, however, have to stifle a whoop at the "not wearing spanx" comment. I'll have to buy his book because he's now proven he's human :)

I'm so happy you had this wonderful adventure. What's the second book going to be about and when can we look for it????

Totally missed you! (in a non-stalkery way!) I would have bawled my brains out too watching a book I wrote come off the presses. I don't blame you one bit!

Those manniquens. Dear Lord. Ain't nobody even *noticing* she has a waist!

Glad you are home. Has the zucchini died? Are the cats OK? Have you told them you are never leaving again? Jeep still in the driveway? Cast on any new projects?

We need to know about the important things!

Only in South Beach are the boobs that big!

Oh my God! Those ARE huge boobs on those mannequins!
I'm especially disturbed by mannequins that have high beams, but no heads!

Glad you had a wonderful time!

those mannequins are in dire danger of tipping over forwards!

Those aren't boobs, they're udders! Ye gads! I'm glad you're back. Did I tell you that when your book arrived at my house, I forsake all other activities and read the book from cover to cover, non-stop. I loved it! I love your style and sense of humor. You go, girl!
Blogless Mary Lou
(but I do have four dogs and two cats if that counts for anything!)

I guess that they had to 'represent' all those women w/ the fake boobies with their own 'plastic model' to model the plastic stuff? GET IT?
Equal opportunity and all that? Maybe there are large numbers of 'enhanced' women walking around in FL and it doesn't look unusual to them anymore? :D

I've only visited northern FL- but, I love it..

Yeah for you!!

I. Have. Never. Seen. A. Mannequin. With. Boobs. That. Big. That. Was. Not. Inflatable.

I'm glad you had such a good time in my crazy city and I'm thrilled you got to see some celebrities. I was going to tell you to eat at Tap Tap too, so I am hugely relieved that you didn't have to eat tourist trap food.

oh my god. those manniquins are porn stars!

Holy cow, those mannies have big boobs! I have a few mannequins I use to sell stuff on eBay and I have to use a padded bra sometimes to make the clothes look better since the mannequins are so flat-chested. Maybe I should get one of those! (JUST KIDDING)

I wanted to tell you I greatly enjoyed meeting you at the Mall of America, but everytime I've stopped by your blog the comments have been closed. :( Anyway, here was my tribute to you on my blog, you blogging phenom, you:

http://thatrudegirl.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-met-blogging-phenom-crazy-aunt-purl.html

If you're wondering, I'm the girl who was showing you pictures of her cat in a pink and green sweater!

YAY!!!

Back home with felines!!

I can only imagine the cat-static cling you're getting. I was an extra hour at work yesterday and the minute I sat down, I had 3 of the 4 on me. Think of all the time they've missed you! And you them!!

Yay!!

Holy cow, those mannies have big boobs! I have a few mannequins I use to sell stuff on eBay and I have to use a padded bra sometimes to make the clothes look better since the mannequins are so flat-chested. Maybe I should get one of those! (JUST KIDDING)

I wanted to tell you I greatly enjoyed meeting you at the Mall of America, but everytime I've stopped by your blog the comments have been closed. :( Anyway, here was my tribute to you on my blog, you blogging phenom, you:

http://thatrudegirl.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-met-blogging-phenom-crazy-aunt-purl.html

If you're wondering, I'm the girl who was showing you pictures of her cat in a pink and green sweater!

Laurie, you are everybody's best girl! All the people look so happy to be in your photos, it's very impressive.

I (along with all your readers I'm sure) am just so proud of you and what you've accomplished. And it truly looks like just the beginning.

Congratulations kiddo!

Congratulations, what a ride! It was great to meet you in Mpls!

I am offended by those boobs. Wow. I am surprised they even have heads, what with the blatant objectification!

I think those mannequins may have scared me for life.

I am so scared of those mannequins. Whoa.

Seeing your book come off the press! That is so cool! I can't even imagine how fantastic it must feel to have written a book and to be able to meet so many people through this process. You are a superstar! Seriously.

that beach looks divine.

welcome back!

Okay, so I really wanted to comment about the whole Fresh Prince/ Will Smith thing because a)I'm even older than you are (!) and b)something similar but worse happened to me.

I was interviewing for a job at a new fancy-dancy restaurant in downtown San Diego and my last name is Dillon and my father-in-law's name is really Matt. But the guy who was interviewing me thought it would be cute to ask me if I knew Matt Dillon and I totally go off on this whole Gunsmoke thing because I watched it all the time when I was a little kid. He got the weirdest look on his face and all of a sudden I realized he was thinking about Matt Dillon the actor and then I saw him really looking at me and the crow's feet around my eyes and I knew there was no way I was going to get that job. A few months later I went in the place with some friends and every girl who worked there looked like a frickin' barely legal model and I was glad I didn't get the job. But I felt SOOOO old. I'll never forget it.

I'm glad you had fun in Miami. I think going there would totally ruin any self-esteem I have left, unless of course my book was printing at HCI. Congrats!

Having an early-morning beach all to yourself is definitely a little present. Thank you for filming it, because I haven't been to the beach in WAY too long and I miss the rolling waves and the squawking seagulls and the smell of the sand, and I might watch your video eleventeen thousand more times just to console myself. :)

Glad you had such a great trip, and glad you're back!

What a wonderful trip! Loved that Dr. Adamse had read your blog. Awesome! Welcome home.

Laurie, thanks so much for taking us all along on this adventure of yours. It's been fantastic.

They have to manufacture manequins that have fake boobs? Bizarre.

You think it was embarrassing that you cried when you saw your book? How goofy am I that I got all weepy FOR you when the books were being manufactured? That was really sweet of HCI.

Wow! What a great experience, with the publishers and the book on the press and the whole thing!

Now about those mannequins....if your boobs were that humongo and stood up by themselves without an armoured brasierre, your waist would look tiny no matter what---trust.

I have NEVER ever cried while reading your blog - even through all the sadness, and the overcoming the sadness, and all that. But the video of you watching your book come off the press got me tearing up. Oh god, it's happening again just writing this... Congratulations!

OMG!!!!!! I'm Bawling too!!!! What a freaking awesome experience to see your book being printed!!! They sound like the best company too.....( I'm sure your soon to be BF Mr Gore would SO approve!!!!)YOU, my dear are the shiny(
!) example of the New Millennium Woman!!
ROCK ON LAURIE!!! I'm just so damn proud of you...

Welcome home Laurie! In a non-stalker-ish way, I missed having you home, because when you are not home, the blog does not update, and what am I supposed to do while I drink my morning coffee? But SO exciting to see your very own book literally being printed in front of you. It was so exciting to watch - having followed you - again, in that non-stalker-ish way - over your blog for so long, it is so wonderful to know that you are a real live human being who have gone from the non-blog life to the first day of blogging to a bona fide author, and all through it all sharing your growthy self through the site, and now we all got to watch the product of your hard work!! Well done, and welcome home!

I so need a day on the couch with a poodle who thinks she's half feline and many many adult beverages. Oh. Wait. This isn't about me....

I am SOOOOOO glad you got a day on the couch with the felines!!!! and the adult beverages!!!!!

You so deserve it!!!!!!

Laurie, I have so enjoyed tagging along on this audacious part of your adventure!!! thanks for bringing us with you through the miracle of the innernets and all. (thank you, Al.)

Laurie! Your book on the presses is sooooo cool!!!! And by the way, you look awesome in your favorite picture, your waist looks teeny!

Welcome back! I'm not watching the video until I'm home, alone. Nope.

I'm so afraid of those boobs!

But I am so happy for you - it must be amazing to see your very own book in print!

I got all teary watching your book twirl around the press, that's a lot of souls uplifted and inspired. Bravo and great great job! Speaking of uplifted...Yikes,those boobs are freaky, it hurts to imagine such appendages. That shot of palm trees and cruise ships with the city behind it is fabulous - it looks so inviting. I'm glad the weather was spanx-favorable and God's Shrink's quote made me laugh big right here in cubeland...LOLOL. What a fun man to work with for you! Glad you are back.

Seriously. Those mannequin boobs are gross. Boobies that big need to have a little weight to them... to hang down a bit.

And congrats on everything else! I love the video of your book coming off the presses. That is beyond wonderful! Personally, I would have been crying so hard that I couldn't have gotten any words out at all.

Those dummies (oops mannequins) are scary.

Did you get to have any Cuban food while in Miami?

If I remember correctly, I've read some MJ Rose. Good stuff!

You know what would have been hilarious?! If Adamse would have said he WAS wearring spanx!!!! But still, I almost peed my pants reading that! I'm glad your home and your house and cats are safe!!!!!

those boobs are NASTY!

how can i persuade walmart and our public library to get your book here in SE OK?

What? You mean not everyone keeps their toothbrushes in the medicine cabinet? OK. Maybe other folks don't have cats who would abscond with the toothbrushes, given the oppotunity, because they look like wonderful toys.

And I can't say I've ever seen mannequins that look quite like those...

So did you play nice with God's shrink?
Sounds like a fab-u-less time was had in Miami, which I did not know was the birthplace of large mammaried mannequins. Wowza.

Whoa! Those are some very giant-boobed mannequins!

{thunk!} My jaw is on the floor. Now I normally think mannequins could use a little more in the boob and hip area, but, um, those are truly, um, terrifying!

I'm so happy for you. Cool to see your book coming off the press. Thanks for sharing that with us. Awesome !

And the mannequins ?!? You made me snort ! I wonder what the MALE mannequins looked like...

Tee hee !

Holy gazongas on those mannequins...those are some very serious chesticles.

Glad you got to the beach - ocean really does it for me, too. It's been so great to read your posts and see your pictures :)

PS: Ugly-ass swimsuit on the left.

wow, even the mannequins have implants.

oh my god! the male mannequins! or- MAN-equins, hehe. I wonder if they are...uh...packin cucumbers.....

You had me at the smell of the pressroom. Before I moved here to the Middle of Nowhere I worked in a Big City for a magazine and then a newspaper. Part of my job was to do press checks. Loved it! Also, when I was in college, I remember that feeling of watching something of mine (a poster, I think) spitting out of an old AB Dick 360 offset press. It was like having babies. Hundreds of them! Well, maybe not so much, but I know you know what I mean.

This was the most fun post and you made us feel like we were right there with you enjoying every moment! You have the most amazing smile and you go girl, with being so proud seeing your book coming off the presses.

Big boob mannequins... OMgosh... too funny!

Great way to end with laughter!

What a wonderful post. Thanks for sharing Miami with us - not so much for the getting that song in my head for the last 2 weeks though.

Not sure what IT will think about me having soda all over the keyboard on that last picture there. Oh My Gosh - those are freaky manequins!

Sounds like you had a great time. Now you can relax! Those manikins are are scary!

If you're up early in Miami it means you haven't gone to bed.

Being on the beach alone with all the craziness of a book tour must have been the perfect thing.

That mannequin is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Are there really that many women with giant boob jobs in Miami?

Cracked me up to read that God's Shrink reads your blog! How funny was that? ahahahaha

I *heart* Wes Clark. He was my guy in '04...erm, till he dropped out of the primaries. I did get to meet him a couple times. Doesn't that piercing 4-star general stare unnerve you just a bit? It did me.

Laurie, just let me say that everyoen gets up that early in Miami when it isn't cold and well they probably think it is cold b/c it isn't 95 degrees. Having just moved from there I can tell you the mannequins don't have a thing on the real plastic boobs on the beach! Seriously bandaids have more fabric required than Miami beach wear!

OMG the mannequins have implants. Bizarro!

Welcome home. We missed you! Congrats on everything.

I'm excited for you, Laurie - sounds like you had a marvelous time.

And about the mannequins, can I just say eeeuuww?!

I'm embarking on Phase II of my life - perhaps a mid-life thing - and your blog continues to be an inspiration for me to keep on truckin', despite limited means and personal doubts (although I'm blessed with a husband and teenaged son). Every time I read you blog, I take another step closer to my next career and life. You rock. And, unfortunately I have those boobs in real life and, well, that's another goal in my next life - a breast reduction. Grass is always greener - or more artificial, I guess. Wishing you allllll the best. Really and truly.

I was just reading along, minding my own business...book thing, book thing, book thing, YARN!....book thing, book thing, book thing, BOOBS!

A. If that mannequin were real, she'd be face down in the gutter trying to balance those boobs on that body. I know this because I have those boobs on MY body and even with my stout frame it's a struggle.

B. How mortifying and at the same time heartening to know that God's Shrink read your blog and has a sense of humor.

I can't read your blog often anymore cuz i dont' have internet at home and they block blogs at work, something aobut it not being work related. so i read the miami thing on sunday night. then i got in the car on monday and the first thing i heard on the radio was will smith, welcome to miami, bienvenidos a miami. i nearly died laughing. and i sang at the top of my lungs. i'd be surprized if you didn't hear me.

Well dang, I have that EXACT swimsuit on the left, but where can I wear it now that your website has gone and made it so popular? Snort.

Loved your book coming hot off the press - how cool was that?

I wanted to say for the record that I know lots of people born in the 80s (okay maybe not the very late 80s, by which I mean 88 or 89 as this does apply to my little brother who was born in 87, end tangent) so those people that I know, born in the 80s, many of them know Will Smith's early days and LOVE them. Fresh Prince is a staple, I tell you, and most people born in the 80s can sing the theme song. In the UK, last spring, they remixed it at a college party I happened to attend, despite being the oldest person there. And all those kids were singing along! So you, my dear, must not feel old when college kids sing along with the fresh prince theme at a club in the UK!

What lovely pictures and a lovely trip! I'm so glad it was so gushingly wonderful. I am jealous, though. I wish you'd come here!

Dude, you so totally rule. I am so proud of you and especially how well you handled everything and your sense of gratitude and wonder at it all. You just brighten the world for us, Laurie--that's your real gift.

Welcome home.

Barb

Laurie - I was doing an 'arm-out' picture with a friend of mine and I told her the trick I learned from your web site to hold the camera high to smooth out the neck. She taught me another trick that the picture-taking lady at the DMV taught her in Colorado...when you're directly facing the camera, stick your head out a little bit (not too much, otherwise you'll be able to tell in the picture). I tried it and it works! It smooths the neck!

I'm so sorry I missed your visit to Seattle. I can't wait to read your book.

I just finished your book - thanks so much for all you shared - it was a wonderful read. I laughed and cried right along with you - and it was difficult to put down.
I hope it brings you continued success and joy.
and yes, I totally understand being gaa-gaa over seeing your book printed. It's amazing. Just think, you're a star now!

Oh my gosh those manequins are freaky!!!

just in case you missed it while you were gone, there is a great article and picture of your boyfriend, Al Gore in the latest issue of Rolling Stone

Congratulations on another successful book outing! The video of your book coming off the line is amazing - that was such a wonderful thing for them to do. I am so glad you hooked up with just the right publisher...sounds like they really understand what a jewel of a writer they have in you!

And the story of the God's Shrink guy joking about the Spanx is a hoot - he looks way more fun than I thought he'd be given the title of his book.

Take care and rest up. Or maybe, rest on your laurels a bit. Laurie on her laurels. OK, maybe it's time to go to bed, I am beginning to babble...good night!

first of all, i'm totally bonding with you over the press bell ringing. that's why i got into journalism (like pavlov's dogs!).

and can i say how beautiful you look in al those pics. and i say that in a nonstalker kind of way.

Laurie,
that dinner at tap tap was amazing and so are you and your blog... meeting you and having dinner with you and kim was the highlight of my trip.
xxxxx

That must have been such a wonderful surprise to see your book literally hot off the presses. I almost teared up just seeing the photo, much less watching the video. I'm so happy for you and think it's great that your publisher is so supportive (like your Spanx!).

You said several times that your dream was to write a book and I'm so glad to see that dream came true for you.

What a treat to see your very own book coming off the presses. When I watched the video I got a case of the happy boo-hoos for you. Your folks must be so proud, homegirl!

I love to watch the sun rise on the beach. It's just divine. Surf, seagulls, no people. Ahhhhhh...

When they give mannequins boob jobs, I wonder if they use silicone or fiberglass? I'm just sayin.'

:-)

sounds like it was a great trip - and all that beach time, just great
That is some super great publisher you got, even arranging to have you book hot off the press while you are there, what a total thrill!!!

So very happy for you - glad we got to share it with you in your blog

HOLY CRAP, those mannequins are stacked! How awesome to see your book being printed! I wonder if all authors get that privelege. And what a pretty scene on South Beach! Glad your jaunt to Miami was fun.

It was so great to meet you!!!! If I am ever out your way, or if you make it back here, again, you must let me take you to lunch!!!

Love,

Wendy, RN.

Laurie was absolutely wonderful at the book fair. She is funny, and sweet, and she writes exactly like she speaks.

It was so hard for me not to ask her about a zillion questions, and seeing her was like seeing an old friend.

Her purse really is as huge as she has blogged about, and she literally has everything in it.

Come back to Miami, soon!!

rebecca, too funny - 'publisher as supportive as spanx'!! Hahahahahahahaha!

Also very funny that God's Shrink reads your blog. You and he could have a little chat and he could call his next book 'God's Shrink. Crazy Aunty. You decide.'

(or some such. going now, ill health and lack of sleep have attacked funny part of brain)

your dad worked at a newpaper, too? my mom and her dad are both newspaper people. and the high school girl who babysat me when i was little was the daughter of the press foreman at the newspaper. he let me start the presses once when i was about 9. it was the craziest thing i had ever seen. presses as far as i could see, all started by one tiny, little button.

Welcome back and bad news - you've got a porn stalker leaving messages. The good news is I won a $100 gift card from the Meow Mix Challenge that was on your sidebar a while back. Steak and lobster was totally enjoyed.

You know, I had so much to say in response to your amazing travels, the people you met, seeing your books being born!!! and all that -

but all I can think now is, You know we're in trouble when the mannequins in stores have boob jobs!

What the hell was THAT?!?!?

Awesome pics and post! A few bizarre comments, but... all in all - yea!

I love M. J. Rose. She is the bomb when it comes to book marketing and promoting. I'm looking forward to your interview with her.

Yeah, sorry about that, I cleaned them up.

Maybe now you all understand why I close comments when I'm offline. I forgot to close one entry while I was gone and got 3200 spam comments. I think people who post spam comments should be oiled up and lit on fire. But just a little oil, so they burn more slowly.

Did you see that Matt Damon is People Magazines' sexiest man alive? http://www.people.com/people

Wow, you look great on these pictures! But why all the black shirts? Why not a happy red or something like that? You could totally rock that.

Oh, wow, I am SO excited for you! Again! Each time you come back after your adventures! hee hee

Aw, what a thrill that must have been to see your book coming off the presses like that, way too cool. And that HCI plant a tree thingy is cool, too! I definitely like that!

Miami looks so beautiful and gorgeous. I've never been to Florida but hope to visit someday.

I would have melted with embarassment too. I don't write lots of exciting things in my blog (explaining low readership numbers through boredom and lack of photography), but I would be kind of shocked if something I wrote made it back to me.

As for the boob thing? Inflatable. Giant life preservers. Or something!

Ah, vicarious living.

Because I know you care:

http://blogs.discovery.com/deadliest_catch/

- also comment spam sucks...why do people do that?

Thanks CursingMama for the Deadliest Catch update. I was just worrying about this the other day...and you saved me a whole lot of digging trying to find out when it starts. But April, 2008? Dear Lord...how to hang on till then! (teases, all of them!)

What an adventure -- like Homer! And we were like the dutiful Penelope, waiting for your return home to the Hills of the Valleyerous, fighting off other bloggers by saying we would only read their blog instead of yours when our two-needle mittens were fully knitted, and we knitted for day and night, for three years... (Not funny if you don't know Homer, but you're a writer! You should!)

Welcome home.

I sold Joan Rivers a line way back when....something about boobs so big they were wearing hats and jewelry...

Welcome Home!!
So glad you had the surprise morning on the beach. That's so nice.

Thanks for the posts through your adventure so we can experience it all with you. Yay!

wow that trip looks awesome and I can't believe the mannaquins heh..no wonder its like the top 3rd spot in the world with plastic surgery high. its awesome you had fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm. I just thought it was so weird when they started putting nipples on mannequins... but now boobjobs too?

sheesh. I give up.

I so wish I could have you while you were here :( Hope you get to come back soon. next time, I'll play hooky;)

I am practically on the edge of my seat waiting for the answer to this question: do you knit "continental" or "American?" I am a recent convert from American to continental - still going through the bad word stage with every row. Your knitting looks so beautiful, and with your freakish tight knitting, I am thinking you may be continental. THANKS for your response!

ok now...i used to dress mannequins in store windows as a job, and went to a trade show in the same theme...and my. i NEVER saw mannequins made to look like strippers with boob implants in my life! WTF?

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Holy *bleep*! Even the plastic had plastic surgery in Miami?!?!?

I'm so cracking up becuz we went to Miami for the first time last month & those cheesy mannequins were total photo ops for us too.

My DH was there on biz & we'd gone walking along SB & ran into coworkers so we went to News Cafe to have a drink and the first thing I said to them was about the "stacked" mannequins. DH cracked up, but they just thought I was a freak...till later when they saw them & realized they too had to have a pix with them.

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Congratulations! What a wonderful experience for you :-)

Those mannequins are HILARIOUS! I've never seen anything like that! Thanks for sharing all the pictures & details about your trip - I just love following your journey. And its not my book - but I was thrilled for you watching it come off the press! I know you must have been ready to burst! CONGRATULATIONS!

Laurie Laurie Laurie! You are the greatest. I'm so happy you wrote the book and are having an incredible life sharing it. Hat's off to you my dear. I sure wanted to come see you in Miami. I am just up the coast. Next time for sure.
So I watched the book fair on tv hoping to get a glimpse of you. When I tuned in some stuffy political writer was on and people were standing in line to ask him questions. After he finished a comment a funny sound came over the microphone. Then he said I am so sorry for that. That's what happens when you're on a book tour. Oh my God I was LMAOROTF. No one would have noticed if he had not brought it to everyone's attention. See, they would have been better having you on!
Love ya girl.
cc

Those mannequins were scary. I could not live in a town where those things are on display.
Funny thing you mentioned about your toothbrush. I started putting mine in the cabinet after I watched an episode of mythbusters.

Wow you were up early to have South Beach all to yourself!! Makes me miss those Miami beach days. Central Florida beaches just arent the same. Of what's left of them.

And most girls are enhanced that much so having mannequins like that is no surprise.....

Now make sure the next trip you take included Orlando!!

I just finished your book and wanted to congratulate you again on a job well done. I was the crazy lady on the bus yesterday laughing out loud all by myself as I read.

Those mannequins are scary. And hilarious.

OMG! Those mannequins are just WRONG! LOL!

Rest up! Enjoy home for a bit! And wow... yeah, I can't imagine watching my own book come off the presses. Enjoy!

Wow - those mannequins have front porches that anyone could shelter under!
Oh the beach. I will live near the beach soon. You should see the beaches in Queensland. Pretty nice. But I do like the beaches from "near" my home
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I'm glad you're back and had a lovely time, and miffed that I'm following Sir Spamalot!

I wanted to assure you that, in fact, plumbing fixtures are much more interesting than you seem to think, and can often lead to Great Adventures and Getting To Know Your Water Department, which thinks that it's perfectly normal for one person living alone without dishwasher or clotheswasher, who showers mostly at the gym, should have water bills of over $200 a month. Just saying, that's all.

Oh, and also? I would be much more impressed if those mannequins had hips. They just look like ordinary, fairly linear figures with big ol' turnips glued onto them. That's not a "sexy figure," that is the Letter P, brought to you today by the word Porn. I've seen sexy figures, and those aren't. Show me a mannequin with boobs that actually goes >in< at the waist, and (out)at the hips, and I'll be cheering.