$50K for trying to break into an occupied home with weapons? My brother's bail is $80K and all he did was stand outside a hamburger stand. No, no - the criminal justice system isn't racist at all.

@vikkitikkitavi: I had a friend who was chastised by a very pregnant diner (he was the waiter and simply assumed that she wouldn't be drinking) for not offering her a wine list. I'm not sure how I would have handled that situation.

I just had a little fit about by DVR being broken until I realized that I can't fast forward through the commercials because I'm watching live TV. What a snob.

@peoplevsgnomes: I've been in LA for 9 years now. There are earthquakes, small and bigger, all the time. It's not a big deal - really. It's scarier in a highrise because they're built on rollers to take the motion but that really means it's doing exactly what it's supposed to. If there's a quake strong enough to…

@L Veg: The brand I use is basically 30 days non-stop and then trash. I use eye drops in the morning but that's it.

@mandabear: I'm ready to take that risk. Even though I did just have moment-of-regret for the raincoat I purged three years ago.

Clothing purge! Everything that doesn't fit is gone! Ok, maybe not everything - but a lot of things. If I need new sizes later I will buy damn new clothes. I do not need to hold on to dress pants that I bought in 1998.

My godson's baby mama is dumb as fuck. Like, for real. It's so frustrating to try to deal with her.

@prettybluegun: My brother is ten years younger than me (30 and 20) but he's one of my most favorite people in the world. I don't like his friends though...

I have two teenage brothers but they're just the wrong color in the wrong neighborhood and now they're both in jail.

@Understater: It's happened to me as well in the past year. I upped the fat/protein content of my food while still trying to eat healthfully (full-fat milk and yogurt, cream instead of milk in my coffee, higher fat meat, more nuts and beans) and it seems to have leveled off. I agree that finding ways to relax and…

@MojiMoji: I'm guessing you mean in an American cultural context? Two very well known authors come to mind right away - Zadie Smith, On Beauty or White Teeth; Alice Walker, The Color Purple.

This is an argument had with many an adolescent. "It's only $5! Why won't you buy it for me?" "If it's only $5, why can't you pay for it?" It's easy to call money talk vulgar when it's not your money.

@honorabright: Consider Radiesse - I did a bit earlier this summer and now when I look in the mirror, it's the face that I identify with again.

@crazylazy: The joke here is the bizarre reporting and not the underlying horror of the actual incident. The irreverence seems to me to be directed at the strange focus of the police and reporting agency which, considering the gravity of the case, is deserving of ridicule.

@KillMeNow no longer has a future in journalism: Now, now - don't overstate the facts. They were only past their sell-by date. She's not a monster.

@ink: It chills the very soul to know the depths to which a French woman will sink.

@dellbot: Cutest booger ever.

@coconanas: I do but it's really for the purpose of scaring away les dudes when I travel. I think that it's a physical indicator of the fact that I am not sexually available and on balance, it saves me more trouble than it causes.

Every time I travel far and alone, I wear my mom's old wedding ring. I find it keeps both the locals and the other encountered travelers at arm's length and usually I appreciate that. But I do always wonder if I'm scaring away some awesome dude...