I like, value and respect what you wrote, but I feel the need to point out the distinction in Mark's essay - that the stories published were worth publishing, but shouldn't have needed the "hook" of Philip Seymour Hoffman, or the projection of what he must have been thinking or feeling based on what the authors'…

Thank you! Congrats on your awesomely successful drive and accompanying bravery!

This is pretty random and maybe not helpful, but three things that have helped me repeatedly when I've been depressed are yoga (especially the kind that is more restorative-oriented), meditation (I tried zen meditation but it's too hard without a mantra) and reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (I did say…

On the off chance that you do not get the reunion you desire, keep my story in mind: I was convinced that someone I knew was the love of my life, and had that instinct telling me so when I was 19 (and it was many years before we saw each other again, and then it happened again, stopped us both dead in our tracks), and…

I said yes to an apartment slightly over my budget - this is scary to me for two reasons. The first is that life is crazy expensive and I worry about money, and the second is that I moved back home 5 years ago because of the economy and graduating law school, and the last few years have been so hard that it's hard to…

Got recommendations for which card is best for this?

What rewards card do you use? I'm shopping around to see what the best deal is, but from experience that actual people have had and not just basic data via google...

I just heard a guy call into a radio station this morning and openly admit to doing this, for exactly the reason you said, and hearing that was a shitty start to the day. I haven't dated much, but too many of the dates I've had included manipulative, "negging" tactics to make me feel like there was something wrong…

I guess I better watch myself every time I want my hair off my face at work and a dude is nearby. Obviously I don't want to send out those whorish, lustful signals to married men in a classy, professional environment. Best to save it for trashy dive bars where I can really get the full I'm-an-object-not-a-human…

You lost me at "I didn't read this advice." Don't comment on whether it works or how it works if you didn't read it.

Jurassic Pork = a competition BBQ team; also a BBQ food truck in Baltimore. I'm embarrassed that I know this.

Ahh, I follow now. I also agree with you. It annoys me to no end that there's still such love for Charlie Sheen, and no hope for Chris Brown to change his life. I'm actually surprised anyone still talks about Chris Brown and domestic violence, since no one seems to care about Terrence Howard, Charlie Sheen, Michael…

I think you're onto something, generally, but I don't think anyone's judgment of him is because he's black - it's because of his abuse of Rihanna. Personally I am saddened by all of his history (both as a victim and perpetrator). Raped as a child + growing up with domestic violence = more damaged than Lindsay Lohan.…

No, she didn't - she said she was let go before the wedding and had set aside cash to get her a gift afterwards. Most etiquette guides say you have up to a year to give a gift, and not to bring a package to a wedding anyway.

That is exactly what I scrolled to the comments to say.

How does that work if there are minors attending, i.e., students under 18? Is it not problematic that they would be naked, even if it's in a non-sexual way? Curious from a legal perspective.

I can't help but wonder whether that's true, or whether that's her response to the backlash which she apparently didn't anticipate. A challenge is one thing, but he seems controlling and it's like it's something he wants her to do - not a challenge she read about on the internet, took upon herself (a la Julie &…

YES. I was writing a comment that made the same point, which you stated better. Plus, it's not as if he actually used any of those resumes to place women in influential positions in his cabinet, which might have helped the joke go away a little quicker.

Thanks so much, and congrats to you on all your hard work and keeping it off etc.!!

How did you do that? I need to do that. No babies here, just extra weight.