Shales has definite women issues. Many of his reviews will have totally out of left field critiques of a woman's attractiveness or lack of it in his eyes. He especially seems to be hung up on weight issues. I usually find him to be an interesting and insightful critic but I know that he's got this real problem with…

@Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): Judd Nelson I believe.

@lollapulizer: it was Emilio—but yes to all else you said.

@nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Everyone who doesn't have his music already should buy that sh*te now, nothing compares to that big old sound and funkariciousness.

As a woman, I of course expect it to function as a makeup mirror.

@The Gays Have It: That's awful. I think the best thing for someone being bullied is a support system that gives kids some sort of perspective. I am so sorry that you had that awful experience.

Is it just me or is Tracy Morgan totally beaming because he just had a quick bit of Ms. White?

@Hooplehead: It is amazing and I second many of the other comments that talk about the second abuse of parental failure. Everyone just needs to just say no. Applecarts have to be upended—I really feel strongly about this.

In my family, the abuse seemed to be everywhere—{I'll give everything numbers by birth order} my two oldest sisters (1, 2) by my grandfather, my brother (3) by a teacher, next sister (4) down by a church leader and friend of my parents—and those were probably just the first of many abusers because each of them went on…

@Eleni Brand: I'm sorry, that is awful. Be strong.

@theysaidwhat: It is a choice. I come from a family of drunks/addicts. I am genetically predisposed to become an addict but I had to work hard to resist the urge to indulge the urge. After making it through adolescence and young adulthood—and a nice healthy period of therapy—I never became drug/alcohol dependent. …

Let this be a lesson. Always tip your hair stylist. They may be called to testify before a grand jury and your stiffing them will not likely result in the facts being presented in a positive fashion.

@Paradox me: I'd pay somebody to sit on hold with MS customer service for me, or DirecTV for that matter.

@BuffyBot: This whole sentiment is what has irked me about those who view any otherness as evil. I was born in 66 and the early messages I got from the media (yay Sesame Street and Free to Be You and Me) was that we had learned to cherish diversity and had moved beyond sex & racial stereotypes. Then I grew up and…

I think the mob in Beauty & the Beast sum it up best:

I came from a crazy drug using (and dealing), fornicating but ostensibly strict Catholic family. My parents had wildly different expectations of each child's behavior. It was ok for my brother to deal drugs and get random girls pregnant, for my sisters to get pregnant (but not have contraception, an abortion or give…

@Hippopotame asks you in a very dignified manner to please promote her comments.: I did a lot of walking—mostly due to being reliant on public transportation and having an active retail job. If your partner could come with you on the walks it is a perfect chance to talk about your future lives. Or when you feel like…

I am obese and for both of my pregnancies I was able to keep my weight gain under 15 lbs and with both I lost more than 25 after delivery.

@badmutha: And we have a pretty neat nerd hip hop/ poetry slamming vibe going on. And non-nerdy internationalista thing.

Washington is the NERDOPOLIS. Where else do you send class presidents, military types, soil scientists, economists, linguists, journalists, do-gooders and lawyers rest of the country? You never know who you are going to meet. And the locally born population is a combination of life-long civil servants, their kids…