Hahahaha! That happened to me more than once! Weirdly, after you wash the hell-slime off, your skin will be very soft - I assume that's due to enzymes in the saliva. :D

To this day I actually get kinda irritated when I smell Bag Balm...ugh. It works wonders, but the smell stays with you.

I think that's pretty legit if you know what you're getting into. It does seem like waaaay too many people don't actually know what farming of any kind is like, though. I think you and I both have pretty reasonable, informed responses, even though they're super-different (I hate farm life - see above). Too many people…

I kinda feel we should have the "weird crushes" post from a few days back be a regular thing on here. Like, you think you remembered all of them, and then a couple days later you remember which Thundercat you loved or something.

I'm pretty sure dairy cows are the devil's emissaries. They deprive you of sleep, injure you a lot, and like to blow snot on you as you walk past them.

Speaking from experience, I hate farm life. A lot.

Yeah, it's kinda the new thing in feminist communities...and we're not perfect, of course. People screw up, people get smug about what they think they know...all that can happen, of course, because humans are pretty fallible no matter what. I think, though, that we're working pretty hard on being better, and I think…

For what it's worth, a LOT of feminists recently, myself included, are deliberately specifying ourselves as "intersectional" feminists. It's a bit vague in its definitions, but it represents a very clear mission by feminists to listen to, engage with, and be a good ally to people that frankly got badly ignored with a…

Anna Breslaw also referred to Roman Polanski as having a "patchy sexual history" - you know, Polanski, the fucking convicted rapist of a child.

Please enjoy this photo of a young, shirtless Teddy Roosevelt.

Behold an awesome blog about historical hotties!

That seems likely. My husband's mother was a Southern Baptist zealot, and she sounds like she was pretty dreadful.

Yeah, I grew up nonreligious, and my husband grew up religious - he is a LOT more invested in Atheism than I am (I'm like Lindy up there...I just don't much care about religion until it starts trying to branch into secular power spheres). In some ways, he still very much has religious structures in his head (just…

Yeah, he might be physically attractive, but the Chicago school situation is heartbreaking. I lived in Chi for three years, and I had several friends who were teachers. They were some of the strongest, best people I ever knew.

Amusingly enough, he was a dancer with the Joffrey! I honestly think his dance training has given him an excellent sense of his own body, and that adds to anyone's hotness.

Speak for yourself...I WILL NOT GIVE UP MY "BANANA" RUNTS.

Yeah, to me it really seemed like a recognition of her intelligence and potential, and helping open an avenue for her (if she wants it) that might well be very difficult to get down herself. College is hard to pay for, and I really think he did something great for her.

It kinda looks like they didn't actually have a photo of her leg, and so they Frankensteined an arm or something. Like, the more I look at it, the less visual sense it makes.

I can definitely believe that. Actually, aren't almost all of the famous acts that feature close harmony at least partly filled with siblings? Weirdly enough, I never really thought about it before.

My sister and I (we have different mothers, so it's not surprising we are very different in appearance) have THE EXACT SAME VOICE AND LAUGH. Like, I thought people were exaggerating about it until I watched a video she took of me trying to convince my cat to walk on a leash (the video is hilarious and adorable), and…