The evidence for Patrick Swayze's divinity continues to grow.

I have to say, the first time I actually met a woman who conformed to that stereotype (black, unmarried, five children by three different fathers, four of whom had been placed in foster care, no job and no GED, obviously a drug user), I almost couldn't believe she was real. She had her infant son with her, which I…

It seems to me that a lot of those anti-abortion people who actually had the procedure themselves probably funnel their emotions in a way similar to gay-bashing closet cases: They are full of shame and guilt at themselves, but rather than face that and accept it, they force it outward, towards the people that…

Parthenogenesis is technically possible in humans, but it would occur as a result of a woman ovulating two eggs at once, then the eggs colliding and fertilizing each other in the uterus, with a coinciding surge of the correct hormones. The resulting child would be female. Unless the mother is XXY... Rare genetics plus…

Sounds like a reasonable extrapolation to me... [xkcd.com]

"medical issues aside"?

"There's no good time. Because babies come and make their own agenda, and they're just the best thing in the world. And we wouldn't want to put anybody off, would we?"

I called my boyfriend after a man in a van stopped me while he was masturbating (after I reported it to the cops). He *laughed*. I told him firmly that it wasn't funny, it was sexual fucking harassment, and I didn't appreciate his attitude. He apologized and offered to come out and meet me. I brought it up a few more…

Similar thing just happened to me two weeks ago, but I was walking on the street and the asshole was in a van. I called 911 as soon as he drove away, and the operator asked me if I wanted cops to come to where I was. I said no, I want them to arrest his ass. She said they'd see what they could do.

I started watching it one weekend when I was sick to pass the time. Then I started playing Pony games on the Hub website...I bought myself a Fluttershy... now I'm shopping for t-shirts. My boyfriend won't watch it with me (YET!), but he does call me "an adorable little nerd" whenever I bring up my pony-love.

How can everyone have forgotten Denise Richards' star turn in "Drop Dead Gorgeous" so quickly? Not to mention her show-stopping performance in "Wild Things". She also didn't get her brain sucked out by bugs in "Starship Troopers". The late 90s were good to her. How quickly they forget...

See, here I thought that was supposed to be Nefertiti.

Tennessee and Minnesota win my votes for best taste in movies. Army of Darkness, Best in Show, Young Frankenstein and Airplane? AWEsome!

Why is everything on fire? FLAMING HOUSE! FLAMING REPORTS! FLAMING MONEY! Maybe the fire is their way of showing how *serious* Alaskan politics are?

You left out inappropriate sexual references and/or terrible puns! Chairman Meow, anyone? My cat has an-uber nerdy mythological name, but we all just refer to her as "The Pussy." It's simpler and more hilarious that way.

The stigma in the US is largely linked to a media campaign in the 1970s and 80s. This culminated in a hysteria-tinged article in Time of 1982, "Herpes: The New Scarlet Letter" ([www.time.com] ) full of fear-mongering and little real info about the disease and what it does.

EVERYthing is better in space!

One of the most disturbing things about this whole debacle, at least for me: Imagine this guy, this established (if not respected...) "Evolutionary" "Psychologist" thinking to himself, probably several months ago, "Hmmm... I think I'll look for data about attractiveness. And then analyze it and publish my findings! It…

Ha! I'm obese according to my BMI and I haven't owned a car in five years! Take *that* medical research; Anecdotal rebuttals FTW!

I went thru and did the same for men and women under the categories of "white" "black" "asian" and "latina/o" Results: