I was at the dot com wing of an old school paper — the best of both the new economy AND the old economy.

Wow.

Alas, that sort of behavior has gotten me bad reviews ("too abrasive") and, in one case, after a few aggressive meetings, my boss literally stopped speaking to me. I don't know if it was on purpose, but he would go around the table at check-in meetings and literally just skip over me. When, as he was breaking up the…

In fact, I had it once happen where it wasn't even "slightly different words." I said X and everyone dismissed me. Dude next to me said X in the PRECISE LANGUAGE I USED and everyone was like "OMG you are so smart!" I left as soon as I could.

I misread/misunderstood your comment at first and thought, "There's a plus-size line called Grand Canyon?! I thought I knew them all!" and raced off to Google, eagerly. Just an example of how starved we all are for clothes.

I DIE OF HAPPINESS! I DIE!

Jolie, honey. Buy the man handkerchiefs. You can buy them for about $1/ea on Amazon. Or make them from torn up old t shirts. That way you never run out, you just need to do laundry.

You're my HERO!

Thank you! I was coming her to point that out.

Well sh*t. My dad turned 70 last week. I've been thinking I need to have this conversation but my folks and I have a strained relationship and my folks are in good health. But if 70 is an important mental milestone.... Sh*t. Thanks.

Honest to pete, I hope this guy gets the GOP nod. He's so virulent and evil that he's got no chance in a general election. He's pandering to the whacadoos so hard that he's frittering away all the chances. He's pissed off the backbone of the DNC (the teachers' unions) and now he's pissing off the tiny demographic…

House maintenance. I have owned my own house for 9 years and had no idea how to do the regular care stuff that the house requires. My dad was super competent and can answer all my questions on the phone, but he internalized it all so much that he never explained it to me. My husband was raised by a mom who didn't…

Wool is good. Wool is great. For hard-core cold, though, you need alpaca or angora. Much warmer for the same weight. You can usually find an angora t-shirt on Sierra Trading this time of year. It's not sexy, but it's warm. (T-shirts only though. They are more fragile and not up to the wear and tear of socks, alas. But…

I've had some pairs that seemed to self-destruct in weeks and some that last for years. I haven't manage to determine a pattern but I keep buying them.

I can help, I think. There's a pattern called the Wurm Hat on Ravelry. None of the people I knit for have afros but several have insanely curly orange hair and they like this because it can fit over their curls. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libra…

OMG! You may have just solved a great mystery of mine! I was SO HOT through my whole pregnancy, even in the depths of winter, that I wore the thinnest clothes I could get away with. But my nipples were... I called it "ice weasles gnawing at my boobs." After a while I managed to figure out a system — I wore a thing…

I know this is entirely beside the point, but you can NOT get a good cauldron at Crate and Barrel. It's very hard to get a good cauldron anywhere, in fact, but the things they sell at C&B are purely plastic decorations. Not worth the gas to get to the mall.

Actually, the science about these issues is conclusive. I spent a some time researching school bullying studies and pretty much every one of them is very clear: Ignoring harassers and bullies makes them up their game until they DO get a reaction.

This is the sort of article that makes me feel old when reading Jez. because I am on the other end of this. I called my folks last night to make sure they are going to be OK. They live in the 'burbs of Connecticut and lose power every other week. Dad is the competent one, but he had back surgery recently, so I'm…

I know some folks have complained that you're picking on sororities, but I have to say that I find these posts fascinating.