It's so jarring and disconcerting to see what's happened in such a short amount of time to Iraq and Afghanistan. Only 1 generation away from this (Baghdad, 1970s)

This might make you headdesk: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/14/267…

I actually think it shows an ignorance of YA fiction to call it unchallenging. The reason so many adults are reading YA lately is because many of them are being written with an adult reading level in mind. It benefits both the author and the publisher if a book is written with crossover appeal — IE: if the book is at…

Yes, agreed. There's certainly a great deal of sexism at play here in that most novels critics like these consider worthy of adults are written by men (with some exceptions, of course, but the fact remains). And the genre they're calling embarrassing is dominated by female writers and readers. Romance gets the same…

I liked Lolita. My feelings toward it still don't negate the fact that when it was released, critics called it trash.

I don't understand where people get this idea that YA readers and readers of classic literature are somehow mutually exclusive. I read a great deal of YA, and guess what? I read a great deal of the classics and literary novels, too! I even read Ulysses and was bored to tears. It's pretty damn insulting to see comments…

It's been a very long dry spell. Years. :(

I really hope I feel the desire to again. I used to masturbate in college and I really enjoyed it! Just not the last few years, so the OPs post just struck me and made me sad.

You're welcome! :) And I don't blame you! It seems like a lot of news sources just took the rumour and ran with it!

WOW, the comments in this thread actually made me feel bad about myself...

The Emilia Clarke no-nudity clause rumour is unconfirmed; it was rumoured that one of the actresses in GOT had one, and people just suspected Clarke. But after the rumours started, she appeared nude both on GOT and in a Broadway performance. It's more likely that the actress with the clause was the one who played Ros,…

"The spawn of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis"

This is targeted to bring Reading Rainbow into schools, more than children at home. It's so schools with money get Reading Rainbow for their kids, and low-income schools get it for their kids for free. They're not going to "willy nilly" web surf at the RR website unsupervised.

Oh, Isha, COME ON. At least give credit where credit is due. A blogger named Kaye (@gildedspine) on Twitter started the hashtag:

Let's please stop giving this asshole any attention.

Knotts is excellent. Better rides, better atmosphere, and in my opinion, better shops.

!!!!!! Tell me there's going to be a live thread for this. I'm irrationally excited.

Two words: ASSLESS CHAPS.

When I was living in a dorm, some asshole caused the fire alarm to go off at around 3AM on CHRISTMAS MORNING one year. I've never been so happy to move as I was from that place. It was awful.

Anytime you start (or restart, in your case) a new exercise regiment, your body retains water. It'll cause the scale to go up before it goes down. But I would also recommend you make sure you're correctly tracking calories by weighing your food. I know when I first started tracking my calorie intake back when I was…