Can I just say as an older person, I have a huge amount of sympathy for the young people just getting out of college/into the job market right now. Seriously, if I could give you a job & a hug, I would.

Considering their in community college, five years sounds about right ["I kid!", said the former community college student.]

Denise Huxtable? I assume you were wearing cinched baggy jeans, a tucked-in oversized sweater and had a men's tie as a headband.

Ruby, here's an NPR story about these two women.

I think the women in this photo did actually meet and go on some sort of speaking tour together. Hold on, I'm going to the Googles to find out.

That's funny, because the overwhelming majority of my lady friends (and many colleagues) are 35-45 and without kids. Maybe you should come hang out with us. We have wine.

"If you look at women aged 40-44, only 18% are childless." Considering that few women aged 40-44 will later go on to have a child, you're left with a statistic of 18% of women will live their entire lives and never have chidlren. That's a pretty large group. If I said (with proper scientific-type evidence) that 18% of…

In other news, Los Angeles County Museum of Art plans for record ticket sales next week.

Maurice Sendak designed the sets for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker. If you're ever in Seattle around Christmas (and like ballet, or Sendak) you should see it. I hope the PNB never, ever changes this production.

If you want your mind blown, listen to the RadioLab podcast episode called "Sperm." Gist of the story: sperm are crazy.

Well said. And Sex in the City did the same f'ing show for 6? 7? years, and the same complaints were levied against it. And no one learned a damn thing. At least Charmed had the excuse that the three main characters were sisters, so likely of the same race (I believe 1/2 white/human, 1/2 white/witch.)

[spit take]

And con men/women! And caper flicks!

Also, can we have a federal law that says the middle seat passenger in a three-seat row gets first dibs on both armrests?

But what if your wide shoulders or folded-like-pretzel legs encroach on my space? I've never heard of anyone being told that they are too tall to fly and being bumped from a flight or made to buy a second seat.

This! In my state, mandatory reporters are told not to question a child because you can taint their later testimony in a criminal prosecution or dependency case. Leave the questioning to CPS/the police, because they are taught how to question children without risking this.

Is your last name 'Myfartsin'?

All the f'in time.

I am an old, so clearly out of the core demographic of this show, but I really like it so far. No apologies.

One of the things that gets me about these stories (specifically about the Catholic church taking adverse actions against an employee or parishoner based on so-called church doctrine) is that the church's edicts on all sorts of stuff will be interpreted differently by different priests. So, some priests will enforce…