I don't like that characterization of rape, either. Why couldn't her revenge be just that: revenge for a shitty, cowardly act? Why does the rape (and therefore the rapist) get to change her whole identity?

True story: as a wedding present for my husband, I sent all the living cast members of TOS and TNG letters with SASE "Congratulations" cards enclosed, requesting that they send my fiancé their good wishes on his wedding.

I finally figured out that the disgusting cigarette/cigar/dirty ashtray smell I couldn't escape was the result of an antibiotic I was taking! It was awful- a horrible smell that only I could smell, constant showering that did no good- ugh.

Except that it is also routinely done to Christian girls in the same countries, but you don't care about that, do you? You just want to lob your ignorant accusations at anything and everything Islamic.

Hear, hear! Lindy wrote an article not too long ago criticizing the critics ("recriticizing?") of plastic surgery for judging what people do to their own bodies, and that's the first thing I thought of when I read this article!

Idina and Taye, nooooo! I'm still not over Amy and Will!

I think it's safe to say that if you have won competitions in which you are judged for your appearance in a bathing suit, your body is far more conventionally attractive than "normal" meaning average.

For me, it's the fact that everything on their menu could be fried in the same bucket o' grease.

We just got Sunday alcohol sales in most Georgia cities- woohoo!

I moved from Nola to Austin TX in my twenties, and I was furious when I couldn't cross the street with the (criminally overpriced) beer I just bought during a St. Patrick's Day party for which the street was closed. I know what it means to miss New Orleans.

So are y'all saying there are places in the world where you don't walk your dog while you're drinking beer out of a solo cup? Okay. Now I have an answer for "why would anybody live in the South?".

Ah, but does anyone know where the photographer was when the fire started? Mighty suspicious, I'm just sayin'.

I am really glad you said this. I want there to be better sex ed at schools, and sadly, eighth grade is not too early to talk about sex. Apparently, the parents had to give permission for their kids to be in the class, so I would hope there was a larger context for this discussion than "how far would you go?", and…

Here's something from the silver linings category: you can get your student loans forgiven 100% if you become permanently disabled. It's called a "disability discharge," and I would never have known about it from the Feds or Nelnet or whomever- I just kept Googling until I found it.

Yeah, they could become insufferable like Bieber or something. CC always seemed funny and down-to-earth, though, so she'll have them building Habitat for Humanity houses during summer break.

That is great. I am envisioning a dark, dystopian future as a result of too many beautiful people who can only turn right. We need both directions, people!

Maybe they were playing in mom's closet? The fashions of the '80's lacked a certain subtlety.

Somebody please remind me what the downsides are of winning the genetic lottery so my ostensibly-adult self doesn't have to spend the rest of the day envying a couple of kids.

Oh, you and your white male privilege!*

A chicken can be male but not a man just like a man can be male but not a rooster.