And if my grandmother sees this article it will be even harder to convince her to accept a wheelchair at the airport, no matter how much pain she's in. Wonderful.

I've seen vending machines in American airports and bus depots that sell stuff like (clean) underwear, socks, umbrellas, earbuds and toothpaste.

I suspect it's not about wanting to be thin as much as wanting to meet societal standards for attractiveness, whatever those are. So it's a 'negative body image' gene or 'desire to be attractive/fit in' gene, and the current culture decides whether it makes people feel insufficiently skinny or curvy or pale or tan or…

I'm just a total lightweight. A small glass of wine will get me to the dizzy-and-laughing-at-everything point. So I don't drink at all unless it's a situation where I'm okay with getting drunk- no drinking on dates or business lunches or dinner parties or in unfamiliar settings.

If you follow the link, it explains that the researchers interviewed newlyweds about their doubts and then followed up with them for several years to see if they divorced.

I would assume they were comparing people to the average for their gender, not directly comparing the weights, BMI's, or body fat percentages of the husbands and wives. So they are claiming that a relationship between a woman in the 30th percentile for female bmi/body fat/weight and a man in the 60th percentile is…

There's actually some decent support for darmo's argument. It's a gruesome way to look at it, but breast cancer research gets more 'dollars per death' than any other kind of cancer (ie, take the amount of money given to researching a cancer and divide it by the number of people who die of that cancer). Pancreatic…

I chopped off all my hair at age 19 and have been rocking a pixie cut ever since, which I absolutely love. But I'm starting to realize that as I age, it looks less like a fashion statement and more like the practical, wash-and-wear haircut of a busy mother. Or maybe the hairdo of a middle-aged female politician. Maybe…

I believe it's because the newspaper is making a profit, in part by printing your image. The waiver protects them from a photo subject demanding to be paid, not from a criminal charge. Since the redditors aren't profiting from these images, those rules don't apply.

The worst thing about having mainly guy friends in college was that they did not get the concept of a fake bar name. I was always "Lily" at bars, partly because my real name is uncommon enough that people couldn't tell what I was saying over the loud music and partly because, y'know, creepy dudes. But my guy friends…

That drives me nuts! Did people just only hang out with others in their income bracket when the etiquette books were written? Because my social circle (3-4 years out of college with a good variety of fields) has a very wide income range, and it definitely shows in our restaurant bills. It's not going to 'even out'-…

Oof, that brings back bad memories. My old roommate got all her bills paid by her parents, plus 1000$ a month in spending money, and she still talked shit about "spoiled" classmates whose parents gave them more than that. No appreciation for her own good fortune, just a smug sense that she was better than both the…

I don't think specifying a preferred caregiver necessarily means that the mother is playing favorites. Acknowledging that your children are different people with different skills doesn't mean you value one child more than another. And if the mothers are choosing the child that they believe would be the best caretaker,…

On the one hand, it's unlikely that anyone will see it, but on the other hand, anyone who puts that much effort into sn0oping is probably not someone you want seeing any questionable messages.

The cats will definitely not forget who you are. I've known a lot of stupid cats, but no cat is that stupid. They may sulk and ignore you and pretend that you're a stranger, but that will pass. Even if they don't show it, they're happy to see you. Give them time to adapt and try not to freak out if they hide in a…

I'd expect a guy to know how to feed himself, but knowing how to cook a couple fancy meals can earn someone major points.

Agreed. The phrasing may may sound a little odd to people who aren't from the same background, but all he's saying is that he wants a girlfriend with similar religious beliefs. A lot of Evangelical liturgy focuses on the idea of serving God, and I think Tebow has described himself as a "servant of Christ" in the past.

Well, it's still used by the people who come up with names for nail polish colors. But that's really about it.

The version I read said that King is still in the process of fully authenticating it, but released the story now because she thinks it would have leaked soon otherwise. She'll probably need to consult with dozens of experts, and it's unrealistic to expect that many people to keep a secret.

I have to disagree. I think it's important to look for any long-term effects of pacifiers, even if this particular study turns out to be rubbish. If I had kids I'd certainly want to know whether giving them a pacifier could affect their emotional development.