As someone who was in the first year group to take the SAT when it became out of 2400, I am happy that subsequent generations won't have to deal with the bullshit writing portion, but slightly bitter that I did.

I agree with you and don't understand why this isn't treated as such. They aren't acting in any sort of public capacity when they pick their kids up from school, so following them and taking their pictures when they're doing that should be illegal under current harrassment and stalking laws. On the red carpet at the…

So, if you have children because you wanted children, you are likely just as satisfied with your life as a friend who does not have children because he or she did not want to have them.

To be fair to your cousins, I don't think Facebook is all that interesting or that handy for people who see all their friends every day. I think it's incredibly useful as an avenue for keeping the lines of communication open between me and people to whom I speak infrequently, but don't want to lose touch with (and…

"Sex is her resource," is where I stopped watching the video.

I agree with this, especially the "that crazy Kanye" narrative. He's not especially good at speaking off the cuff (but to be honest, neither are a lot of celebrities), but he's not stupid and he's not incomprehensible.

He's very passionate about it and has gone before the UK Parliament to try to get them to rethink the country's drug policy. I don't love everything he says and does, but I've yet to see him misfire (by which I mean disagree with me) when it comes to discussions of addiction and drug policy.

...er..."with" should be "wig", though apparently other people knew what I meant anyway.

It's amazing how much it alters her appearance to me. I think she's absolutely stunning as a brunette and much less so in the white-blond with she wears on the show.

I thought it sounded like something you'd hear at a karaoke bar, but it amounts to the same. If they weren't famous and/or grinding against each other in attention-getting outfits, no one would be paying attention—the singing isn't bad enough to swing back around into entertaining territory (for people who like that…

HBS has also put together a book highlighting notable women who have attended the school who were celebrated at the event.

Being cold makes me eat more, and I'm pretty sure my caloric intake is higher than what my body burns trying to keep warm. I used to work in an office where I'd bet any amount of money that they deliberately kept the temperature cold so we'd spend more money on snacks and food at lunch.

I agree with this. I'm no lover of children, but have zero problems with well-behaved kids in a fancy restaurant. I think rather than a blanket "no kids under X age" policy (which seems unenforceable to me anyway—are they going to check birth certificates?), have a policy that says that any party whose members aren't…

I really wish people would stop using the name, "Westboro Baptist Church" and start calling them what they overwhelmingly are—the brainwashed and attention-seeking relatives of Fred Phelps. "Westboro Baptist Church" makes it sound like the "parishoners" are people who have come into this "organization" through…

To be fair to Doug, the article he linked to also misses out the stuff that casts doubt on the woman's story. I wasn't familiar with the case either (though I'm now reading the stories other commenters are linking to), so if all he knew about it was from The Wire's article, I'd guess it was an honest mistake rather…

Thanks for posting this—after reading that, I agree fully with what you've said. My fault for taking the article Doug linked to at face value.

Fascinating. Thanks for posting this.

I have no idea what the Museum's insurance policy is (if they had one that applied to this painting), so I don't know whether or not they should return any insurance money.

I agree. It's an unfortunate situation, and I do have some sympathy for the museum's stance that it still belongs to them, but surely they could pay her something on par with what they pay other people who collect art for them.

I admit the logistics wouldn't be especially easy, but then again, they can get quite complicated in our actual society. I admit, I haven't thought it completely through (I don't plan on ever having kids), but I'd see it as something akin to adoptive families or gay couples, where the child isn't biologically related…