I can't speak for the rest of the world, but the word "thug" does not carry a racial connotation for me. I do consider it an insult, but as a descriptive label for a certain type of person. Example: My niece , who is White, was dating thug types for a while there, of different races. When her Dad protested at first…

Yutes. Urban Yutes.

Miley Cyrus: making Madonna look subtle

would you go on Muslim Mingle? doesn't that seem kind of disrespectful? they're trying to seek people in their religion. joining to mock them so you can feel superior is just....lame.

There's an old saying that covers this situation: "A perfume should wait to be discovered, not announce itself."

It's not "journalism" at all. It's an opinion piece, based on her own personal experience.

Innocent until proven guilty only applies (sometimes, depending on the defendant) to criminal courts. In civil courts (and often in the court of public opinion), the standard is more commonly a preponderance (or more likely) outcome.

Jez and Jez commenters generally have a very poor grasp of logic. People are highly logically and philosophically inconsistent, and often unintentionally hypocritical in the standards they apply. As someone with training in philosophy and an interest in science and scientific methods, I obviously find this irritating,…

A Cyrus-Hemsworth union would yield children with lively, expressive brows. That being said, I mentally refer to Liam as "The Lesser Hemsworth" because, in my mind, he's got nothing on Thor.

Let me try slightly more helpful advice.

As you can see, "deal" refers to "prime."

My older kid, 10, walks home from school every day and calls to let us know he is home. He also communicates with friends and family through text and email on the phone. In the car he can entertain himself with his own phone, not mine. He can be instructed to READ books on his phone at my command! mwahaha! He…

Never go to Costco when you are hungry.

well...I work a long distance from my child's school, and there have been several times where having phone contact outside of school or home (where there are land lines) would have been very very reassuring or would have simplified otherwise complicated arrangements. Not necessary, but a child that age with a simple…

A lot of people use email as an archival tool. I don't know how many times I've refered back to a super short email response of somebody fucking somebody up and blaming me, only to find out they instructed something else. There are IM programs of course that track and record, such as Office Communicator from…

Nor will it be the last time someone use's an apostrophe incorrectly.

Honestly, if this happened to me at 13/14, I don't think I would have been able to tell anyone, let alone share my story in the media where millions of people would be listening. I applaud these girls so much, and I can only hope Burnett goes to jail for what he did. Judging by what Paige said, those boys had every…

I often switch between older and newer television shows on Netflix. I'll get about 5 minutes in to a 4:3 show, realize the TV is in widescreen and decide it doesn't bother me enough to find the TV remote. What I can't believe is that my TV can stream from a half dozen services, adjust the brightness based on ambient…

It would be great if you guys could do something like this with services as well as products. Surely there are best times of the year for hiring landscapers, upholsterers, etc?