I am joining this party, and I'm bringing wine.

Did you sew a sit-upon?

I never said she had no hand in the damage done to the children depicted in the images she collected and traded. But, trading in child porn that has already been created is not the same as raping children and creating child porn. I think 40 years is a hell of a long time to serve in prison and is reasonable for her…

Well said. With most teens, though, we worry about young marriage because it often leads to early babies and lost education and career opportunities (not always, but those are high on the list of legitimate worries, I think.) And we worry that, if the marriage doesn't last, both will suffer financial hardship due to…

Perhaps a pedantic point, but she didn't peddle babies, she peddled pictures of babies, and there's no suggestion that she participated in the creation of those pictures. So, bad yes, but 40 years seems sufficient to me.

"How to be an Adult"? I'd wrap cooking, cleaning & laundry with shop class (everyone should know how to fry an egg, sew on a button and change a tire), then stir in some budgeting, how to read the fine print on your phone contract, and then sex ed. A whole year in 9th grade.

I have a similar question - I have pale ginger lashes. I've heard there are lighter lash extensions (brown, not brown/black) but wonder how these would look with my pale ginger lashes peeking out between them. I would love to try these, because my eyes look like mole-people eyes without mascara and it wears…

I worked for someone like this, and I would ignore his emails until the morning and then respond with something like "sorry, I didn't get your email until this morning." He eventually learned not to expect me to work while I was asleep.

I'm in a small specialized firm after doing big law, medium law and solo, and I think about someday making the jump to in house. I have a lot of friends/colleagues who've done it, and most of them work less in house than they did in firms. Of course, there are a few companies in our region that are known for working…

"I wanna surf Jez, hit the gym, go on hot dates, sleep through the night, go out to restaurants, fish, go camping, ride on horseback, stroll by the river..."

Isn't it great having a partner who works from home? Mine cooks and does errands and is around when the UPS guy delivers. It really makes my (somewhat workaholic) life so much easier.

I'm Native and I don't care if people say "Indian." A lot of younger Native people use NDN as shorthand, so, cool by me.

A million Internets to you. Well put.

Agreed. I think it should also be pointed out that film actors can easily spend 14 hours a day (or more) on set. So, Maggie G's dilemma here is a real one - leaving the kids in childcare for their entire waking day while both parents are on set. It's not the same dilemma that most working parents face, and it's not…

Hey, who had "why isn't there a White history month?" on their cards? I think we have a bingo!

It is a very constructive way to explain white privilege, male privilege and straight privilege to people who enjoy the fruits of that privilege but never have to (or have) recognized that they have that privilege. Thanks for playing!

I live in Seattle and until reading about this case, I didn't know that you had to sign a ticket (and I don't know whether the not-an-admission-of-guilt language was printed on the ticket - the law has been changed and ticketed drivers are no longer required to sign.) I don't understand the assumptions here that a…

To neutralize bathroom stink immediately, mix orange oil with denatured alcohol (or cheap vodka) in a small spray bottle and spray immediately after stink is created. Works amazing at de-stinking after the cat poops in the tub, and since she hates citrus smell, keeps her out of it.

Yes, this. I knew three priests who left the priesthood to marry. One first had an affair with a young woman in his parish, took some time off for self-reflection, and returned to the priesthood for several years before giving it up.

Or, if freeways were so terrible that you worried about leaving your child in a day care for 40 hours a week for a few weeks while you find a new daycare, wouldn't you worry 100x more for the kids who live 24/7 their whole childhoods near a freeway?