Fascinating. I had actually tried to find more info on it, but couldn’t. According to Dr. Miller’s super scientific explanation, that was a product of his immune system. That’s what I get for getting my medical data from a head-injury addled skier. So, never mind on the fibers thing! And thank YOU for wording that…

I totally get that. My point is that it is a disservice to most people to say that their physiological symptoms are psychological in origin. In my experience, it is more often that patients are told their symptoms are psychological when the cause is not totally understood. It is especially easy to say that about…

Or maybe this is not an either or scenario. After all, psychiatric illnesses are physiological in origin. Ever since I read an NIH article that described symptoms of somaticized illness as physiologically real but “wasting” billions of dollars, I feel like people who characterized undiagnosed illnesses this way can go…

Hang in there. Don't be a perfectionist. Be nice to yourself. It helps.

OMG, I just noticed that you are Harvey Birdman. I consider myself Bird Girl, on the inside.

see, he is an overpaid athlete. He disagrees with all that nine to five and not being rich.

If it hurts too much, just make fun of his turtleneck and vest. Being a fashion victim is a universal consequence of the passage of time and doesn't change the content of our characters. ;)

I think part of the problem is that once in a while a spanking is necessary and ok can be interpreted in wildly different ways by parents who may be justifying their own abuse and abuse of their children to parents who think every wrong move will fuck their children up but good. The problem of what constitutes a…

Oh, ok. I am sorry? I was more agreeing with you and making a joke about how people respond with indignation to the idea that they might have to limit some of their behavior in the interest of other people's comfort, i.e. "When they came for my wolf whistle, I said nothing. When they came for my mushroom stamp, I…

"Mushroom stamp"? Why does he want to touch his friends with his dick so badly? Why is this the one thing someone clings to as they wrap their heads around no meaning no and stop meaning stop? And yes, that is totally non-consensual sexual touching and not ok. She is young, I guess. Not a joke, I have totally told…

Did you read the words when you clicked the link? They are all horrible. Flower beard illustrated a piece of fiction (maybe advertising) that was mocking hating hipsters? It was filled with brand names and made me want to kill a hipster. All the copy reads like and overly earnest journal entry. The article about the…

So very Lifehacker: for the techie who can't figure out how to get dressed and will analyze the process to death. Male dancers sew their shirts to their underpants, so that is an option.

Aaah! I can't respond to the comments explaining to minorities how they should avoid arrest and police violence. But, this makes me crazy. It puts way to much responsibility on individuals and none on unjust systems. You can't hack bad policy, you have to fight it. In response to a successful black man who wanted to…

Having spent a lot of time in Baltimore during prime crappy beer drinking days (college), I can say that Natty Bo tastes like poor choices.

Except for those people who are deeply in the shit and whatever is going on in their personal lives is essentially work. There is no work-life balance, and sometimes they get tired of telling people why they are so busy. But, then when they lay it all out on the line, people are all "DAYUM!" But, then they get…

I am a woman, and I am also whatever you would call the opposite of anally retentive is. Some have even accused me of being scatologically-fixated. As someone who grew up with chronic diarrhea and about 400 (roughly) sisters, I have no qualms about public pooping and direct an extraordinary number of conversations…

Will the improved Facetime make my double chin more apparent? My favorite thing about owning an iPhone is looking down and seeing that goitre-like bulge staring back at me. Really a thrill.