...the Female Once-Over - a process by which one woman creates a detailed profile of another woman based upon about a million subtle details of clothing, jewelry, makeup, and body type, and then decides how much of a social threat she might be. Men have a parallel process, but it's binary: Does he have beer? If yes, will he share with me?

Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous.

Somewhere out there was a village I'd deprived of it's idiot.

All power is the same. Magic. Physical strength. Economic strength. Political strength. It all serves a single purpose-it gives its possessor a broader spectrum of choices. It creates alternative courses of action.

Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal.

Men plan. Fate Laughs. Guis Alera, First Lord

Pretty please. With sugar.