If you take a look at Mr. Ironwood's comments, he's willfully trolling.

My Mother's best friend had this issue with her daughter who was very into swimming (she was on her school's swim team all through junior high and high school). The daughter hit puberty fairly young, and was a natural red head. She didn't want to introduce her daughter to waxing yet, but she didn't want her wielding…

Well, sure, that's absolutely reasonable and all. I was just having fun with my version while I sit at my desk counting down the minutes until I can leave for the holiday. At quiting time, I'll make a toast to Sally Field's memory to be fair.

Well, Mel Gibson's bigotry and abuse towards others had been kept under wraps until he was filmed drunkenly berating two cops for pulling him over. And Scientology isn't what people find cringe worthy about Cruise or else John Travolta and a boat load of other people in Hollywood would receive the same sort of…

If my co worker was Sally Field, um, yes. That is unless the booze and drugs I enjoyed 40 years ago haven't messed with my memory.

State issued ID. Works as ID just like a D.L. does.

Blackmaled is an obnoxious troll who has been making racist/sexist comments. Ignore him.

White people don't go by "White Girl Dangerous." They go by "Country Girl Dangerous."

Ok, so what's your solution then? Why should black people play nice because they've been tossed a few societal progress bones? Maybe they're tired of false promises of tolerance, or the idea that their mere presence needs to be tolerated.

Yeah, I heard those rumors as well. Scarlett Johansson was another one rumored to take a pass at the Mrs. Cruise audition.

"Obama lies; freedom dies."

Look, you didn't articulate your point well. That fault lies with you. My point has been and remains that a lot of times people of limited means must make choices that can put themselves at some sort of risk because they lack other options. That is the point of the comparison. Just because you have options in your…

Wait, you just judged a mother working a snow cone stand whose daughter was shot in the chest in front of her, and you tell me not to be patronizing? Quite frankly, a lot of what you're saying isn't making sense. You're typing angry. You need to step back and reflect a bit. You're judging people on circumstances…

Why put yourself at risk, you ask. Well, because not everyone has the ability to lock themselves up in secure little cocoons at the deemed appropriate hour as you do. Some people, especially those with limited means, must make choices that may put them at some sort of risk. Choices like do I make money to eat, pay…

Awesome, instead of blaming the person who shot a 7 yr old in the chest and a society that makes it easier to get your hands on guns than birth control, you blame the parent working a snow cone/candy stand. Sounds completely reasonable.

I'm not sure what suburb you're in, but if you bought a 1927 bungalow, I'm picturing one of the older suburbs with an actual town feel to it than the newer exurb model. For me, a lot of the older suburbs with a neighborhood/town environment tap into the sense of community that seems to be missing from the newer…

I am now imagining Jane Polly sitting at the news desk saying "Good point."

I'm not a big Ann Curry fan, but NBC's handling of this has been embarrassingly unprofessional. They had speculation of her departure on MSN's site like it was celebrity gossip for crying out loud.

I think a lot of relationships start off probably on more equal footing in the beginning then slide into one sided traditional gender roles as the years go by. I don't think it's intentional, I think life often just gets in the way, and socialization just takes over. When we first moved in together, my partner and I…

While growing up in Indiana, one of my high school teachers told me the running faculty joke was "thank God for Mississippi" as the state made our otherwise deplorable statistics look good. That was 20 some years ago. I hate to be cynical but I don't see any of this changing.