When I clerked, I loved hearing the excuses some parents gave for not paying child support. Most were along the lines of "mom just spends it all on herself" as an excuse for not paying $300-$600 a month. My judge would ask "Do you have cable TV? Then you can afford to pay to keep the heat on for your kids."

Obviously, as a non-Mormon I don't know what the church's true stance is, but the existence and active participation of single parents in the church doesn't mean that the church doesn't have a preference for adoption over single parenthood. Also, Erin didn't write that the church does or doesn't excommunicate for not…

My mom read that a few years ago, and suddenly figured out where her roommate really went when she 'went to live with an aunt.' It made my mom so sad to realize that her friend had to keep that a secret (it was the 50s, conservative Catholic town, etc.)

My dad had a round of radiation on a tumor in his throat right around Thanksgiving, and hacked up a chunk of it right before Christmas. Gross, but I was all "take that, cancer!" and high-fived him.

If I were Tracy Reese, or any other designer favored by the First Lady, I would hold back a ton of stock of any item sold to her, and only release it when she appears in public wearing that item. Then, profit.

Exactly! There are a million people I would rather see host than any sports figure. Even musicians tend to do better, because they're performers. Sports people are strong/fast/agile/good at sports, but not performers.

That is about ten levels of creepy/sad.

Wonder what their creditors think of their destruction of inventory.

I live in Seattle and have two sets of Hetero couple friendss who are poly and both seem seriously happy. One theory why you have only seen the negative, is that most poly people are somewhat in the closet b/c of judginess. But, when couples flame out, the dirty laundry comes out — so we only hear the negative. Check…

Exactly.

Oh, Simon love, I would like to introduce you to the world of Bears.

"It's a circle of not peeing all over the place." I want to stitch this on a pillow.

But if I close the lid before I flush, how is the cat going to get her daily fix of "OMG where is all that stuff going?!?!!!"

Plus many of them make their own popcorn and it's hot and fresh with real butter. Not that stale, powdered-butter crap in the hefty-size bags like at the chain theaters.

I got married on Flag Day! We're totally twins.

"Photo Burrito Supreme"? Great, now there's coffee all over my keyboard.

One aspect was not minor - he sent explicit photos to a stranger, someone who had signed up for his Twitter feed to get political news, not dick pics. If he'd walked up to her on the street and dropped his pants, that would be indecent exposure, possibly charged as a sex crime.

See you at Buzzfeed, Whitney!

In the Netherlands, it's if-everyone-was-jumping-off-a-dyke, which can be very confusing in some circles.

I could see creating a policy where teachers are each given student-only FB accounts, with full access available to the school. So, the teacher is only interacting with students, knowing that the administration could be watching at any time. But mostly I think it's best to keep that boundary clear. Personally, I do…