An open letter to new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

It's a bad thing. New moms should get to take maternity leave.

• Success is measured differently by a person's wants. I have zero desire to be a CEO. I find my life to be (mostly) successes. You can say she's more successful than you are all you want, but don't lump the rest of us in there.

• CEOs of large firms pretty much work around the clock, especially when they're being brought in to pull the company out of the IT ICU. She won't have the flexible hours you speak in that she'll be able to be out of contact for hours and hours all the time.

• I got my children as toddlers and have never dealt with pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding, diapers, midnight feedings etc., and even *I* know that what she said is insane. She can't detach herself from the physical no matter how solid her mental drive is.

Time's breast-feeding toddler cover spurs shock, talk

Eh, I don't really want to see that.

'Mad Men' star sings praises of eating placenta

No way.

• This article almost made me vomit on my desk and I dont consider myself to have a weak stomach. Your body expels this. You shouldn't be "ingesting" it.

What NOT to say to a pregnant woman

Shoot back a witty comeback

Can moms with different parenting styles be friends?

No; it's just too hard.

Itty bitty cocktail police: Kids, don't be a buzzkill

Yes, and I don't hide it.

• Our 3 middle schoolers have hounded us. The had a health class and then that night they started. We had to sit down and have a long conversation about responsibility, tolerance, maturity, etc. Having a glass of wine with dinner once a week doesn't make you an alcoholic but in their class, it did.

Valentine's survey: What, and who, we want to do this V-Day

Yes, I love the romantic holiday.

• Jeremy Renner is in Thor and The Avengers just in case you wanna go drool.

Olympics' baby-seat policy prompts wails of protest

No. That's what big-screen TVs are for.