My mom's told me that she wants her sister to go through my parents' house before anyone else, so she can get rid of anything embarrassing, but she worried what would happen if her sister goes before them.

I so agree with this. No one's life looks good under the microscope.

Okay, I've read this three times, and it's still making me LOL at the office.

Whoops. So much for that Texas history class...

Not to quibble, but wasn't Ann Richards Republican?

Ew. I didn't think "rapey" when I first read it, and now I wonder how I didn't immediately make that connection.

I came to the comments just to say that. So totally agree. There's hope for a Governor Davis!

Oh, damn. You're right. I was so excited to find them, I didn't even think to click through to the store itself to see if they were available or not. Maybe the designer will have more down the line?

Meant to add that you could probably change out the bead on these pretty easy. Or, since it's Etsy, maybe the designer would be willing to change out the bead? (I've never actually ordered anything on Etsy, so I don't know.)

These aren't them, but maybe:

"The people can't come and create so much of a ruckus that we can't do our job."

I am confused. They photoshop the hell out of these pictures. Why can't they just take a photo in a nice, warm studio and then photoshop her into an Antartica scene instead of trying to killing her? I actually assumed that's what they did because these photos never seem to look real anyway.

Is it "white people" or "white males" considering women's vote is listed as a different category.

I've had an even number of psycho male bosses versus psycho female bosses. My two favorite former bosses were both women. I think the difference is being seen as a threat (ie women who tend to fall into the patriarchal concept of "another woman = threat!") versus being seen as someone to mentor (ie teach you…

You can also cold-brew your coffee by tossing grounds into water, letting it sit for 1-2 days, shaking it up occassionally, and then straining it through a cheesecloth (or a paper towel for folks like me who don't know where to actually buy a cheesecloth). I use about 3.5 oz of coffee per gallon of water, and I keep…

Ugh. I keep reminding myself that these groups have likely been around for a long time, and thus I must be patient with latent asshattery as they're dragged by their heels into some semblance of modern society, but then I remember that the fact that they even exist in said "modern society" without an iota of ironic…

I think this book came about as a fan fiction version of Twilight, so the editor probably didn't want to change too much from the original incarnation.

I doubt it's specific to only America, but we as a society seem to have taken it and run off screaming with its scissors. Mostly I've read various articles that use the good ol' US-of-A as an example of an extrovert society and Japan as an example of an introvert society, so I've come to the assumption that we're…

Personally, I think it has something to do with the overemphasis on extroversion in American society. It's a general overall fear of being alone, despite the fact that half of us [aka introverts] prefer a good bout of me-time. If you think about it, most of what American society deems "good" is geared more for the…

I tried gel because regular nail polish never stays on. It started peeling at the edges after a couple days and catching on everything. I peeled the layer off my thumbnail, which was stupid since it took half my nail with it. I removed the rest less than a week after getting them by soaking my nails in acetone as…