Yeah, I'm guessing that he went with that age range reasoning that (a) she'd be less likely to drop him for a younger, more attractive man than a girl in her 20s, and (b) people would be less likely to judge him for the age disparity if he went for an "older model" who was just 10-15 years his junior.

I think it's the best thing that Lindy has written, based primarily on the fact that it may be the first article of hers that didn't feel like it was being screamed directly into my inner ear.

Absolutely true. My wife and I have completely different porn tastes. She favors the choke-and-slap-y BDSM stuff, and I don't tend to watch porn with anything more aggressive or "degrading" than hair-pulling. The whole cock-slapping, ass-to-mouth thing just doesn't do it for me, though I know women who actually…

I'm usually the first one to say, "Let people spend their own money however they damned well please," but this level of ostentation always makes my insides curdle.

You're right. In a crowded room, it is absolutely impossible to eliminate all distractions. You're never going to get to practice in an utter vacuum.

I think that you need to learn to appreciate the fundamental difference between someone having a different viewpoint than you and someone being "out of line."

Thankfully, that's something you'll never have a chance to confirm.

"Farting freely" in a closed, hot room is kind of a dick move as well. Are you sure you shouldn't be practicing solo in your own Dutch oven?

That's the goal, yes, but bear in mind that any given class has a few first-timers for whom that level of focus isn't going to come as easily, so it's really better to just minimize distractions altogether.

There's a reason why most activities that involve meditation take place in settings designed to minimize distraction. "Concentrate on your own damn self," may be a fun, snarky thing to say when you're the distraction, but it's really not fair to everyone else who pays to be there and pretty self-absorbed when you…

One of the ways in which it's possible to ignore the crowd is the fact that everyone's doing the exact same thing (or being perfectly still) at the exact same time. The proximity and the presence of huge floor-to-ceiling mirrors makes it very easy to observe the motion of others. If you can see someone fixing their…

To be fair, the sweat is probably attributable to the fact that it's 110-115 degrees in that room.

It's not easy, and it's not for everyone. You are allowed to drink water, but they generally ask that you wait until the first couple of postures are out of the way before you start doing it and that you do it between postures, as opposed to right in the middle of them. Also, you can always take a knee (and have…

For anyone who's interested in reading the actual complaint:

Under our Constitution, it's when they buy a gun and can eat a 6 pound burger in one sitting.

Take that, Canadian politeness stereotype!

Does anybody know if they call them "African Canadians" up there or if that's just our own uniquely American brand of political correctness?

I obviously can't speak to the sincerity of any given woman's reaction to seeing your uncircumcised penis, but I would imagine that most women confronted with a penile situation they weren't thrilled with are able to muster enough grace not to be visibly upset. Assuming women actually are less enthusiastic about…

"This morning, Olga Gure-Kovalenk0 (the woman whose car Brown hit), announced that she doesn't want to press charges and she doesn't want any settlement money, because the accident was actually NBD. So, that's whatever that is. "

Oh, she told you our safeword, did she?