‘Life begins at conception.’ We have heard this time and time again from people who are anti-abortion. They think terminating a pregnancy essentially means you are m*rdering a child. Even though experts in their field have proof that the beginning of life is not the moment you get pregnant but actually quite a while later.

Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. Mercedes lets the boys get their awkwar

If you would like to nominate Incidental Comics as a "Best Webcomic of 2011," you can go here to voice your support. No pressure! Thanks to all my high school English teachers for providing the deeply ingrained knowledge behind this comic. And a very special thanks to my proofreaders at the Kansas City Star, who put up with my three consecutive misspellings of "Onomatopoeia." And finally: English teachers and students, past and current - you can get a poster of this comic for your classroom or reading nook here.

Orwell warned us about a dystopia that we wouldn't be able to stop, Huxley warned us about a dystopia that we would beg not to stop. The US isn't becoming Orwellian, it's becoming Huxleyan.

Hooray! I stitched my last stitches at 9:30pm Christmas Eve. I have put probably over 50 hours into this baby designing, sketching, sewing, stuffing, beading and embroidering! I'm so happy it's such a hit with my sweet little girl who loves to sing her ABC's :) Penelope finding it under the tree Excitedly flipping through it and pulling her favorite little turtle guy out of his pocket shouting "A TOORRRDLE!" (She rolls her r's and d's) :) Back Cover Detail on back cover. For closer pictures of the little figures look at these posts here and here HOPE YOU HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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Great reading list of fairytale retellings. Mostly Young Adult books but great for grown ups too!