You can practically smell them, though that might be the rescue remedy drops and raspberry leaf tincture.

I know some women who have given birth naturally, but I never got it. My mother and one of my best friends informed me that science had come up with a way to numb the pain without harming the kid, so Use. It.

I enjoyed the choices you made when you personified ravenous agony--the big one being that, rather than sadistic and cackling, this demon is smug and businesslike. That, along with the futile cluelessness of the parents, makes for a really fun read.

His work on the Harvard admissions board kept him satiated, though.

And this made me laugh out loud.