They did describe her as "troubled," which is, I suppose, self-evident.

I have two small tattoos- one on my wrist and one on top of my foot. They are both religious symbols- one (on my wrist) is a yin and yang; the one on my foot is the Sanskrit "om". Some would say this is cultural appropriation, but it's my skin, after all.

I think you're missing the point of tattoos a bit.

The idea of someone evaluating people by their hair color or clothes or whatever just screams "my asshole is puckered so tightly I haven't pooped since 1950."

Oh, here's a funny story:

...female friends who get a tattoo before the age of 25 has privately expressed her regret at some point. Those hearts and roses and filagrees and emblems don't mean what they used to.

That makes more sense- thanks!

Nothing says "my hands do not work for a living" like these nails.

Wait. What is "Hokey Cokey"? Is it like "Hokey Pokey?" Because that would be funny in that situation.

I guess I should have said I'd rather hear a vuvuzela than this person.

That is the most awesome story in the history of ever.

"Psst! Did you notice RBG was wearing her Full Quaker Badass collar today?!?! We are fuuuuucked!" -Thomas to Scalia, in my imagination

This makes me want to bust out my keffiyeh in solidarity with Aladdin and Jasmine. And Bart & Lisa!

*sigh* You're right. I'm so ashamed.

I'm sticking with "ball gargle". It conveys the sense of incomprehensible speech without insulting people with naso-laryngeal deficiencies.

I am watching a couple of my relatives' kids closely to monitor the results of constant togetherness and supervision. I have some friends with younger kids (like 2 or 3) who are definitely going to have little psychos on their hands by age 15.

Yeah, you would think people could feel safer now that you're actually told where the known sexual predators are (as opposed to back then, when nobody said a peep), but the opposite is true. I blame the 24-hour news cycle and the saturation coverage of every salacious "missing kid/sex slave/etc."

Good on you! In sane moments, I remind myself that proximity is no guarantee of safety (see: the parents of "South Park" exiling their children to the wilderness to keep them "safe").

Meanwhile, Terri Nunn of Berlin wants her hair back.

We've been reading the "Ramona" books with my nine-year-old, and Beezus walks 4-year-old Ramona to the library at age 9. Ramona walks herself to kindergarten.