@MoonfaerieWaterlilly: I've liked their products in the past but it's the kind of store I want to shop in. My friend was even massaged without her consent!

@MoonfaerieWaterlilly: I tried shopping there last week and those damn people would not leave me alone. I barely made it out before someone asked me what kind of underpants I had on.

@Rote Zora: I actually think in this context (from this author) it means not "lawyer hot." Which is to say, not hot at all.

I've gotten a lot of this same advice throughout my professional development in a few different fields (academia, non-profit, and private law firm). Usually from women. Is it shitty to be reminded that your way of being is not sufficient for success? Of course. But is there a deeper lesson that your way of being…

@brook: I think that you've captured the situation exactly. And I agree, it's really not that sad that men who are easily intimidated by my hard work or ambition or intelligence filter themselves out pretty quickly. Do I date less? Yup. But do I generally get the kinds of guys who I could be comfortable being…

It all made sense until it didn't any more. I seem like I have my shit together because I do. Of course I have faults and insecurities but I'm at peace with them. I'm a lawyer but the same goes for my friends are filmmakers and archivists and elementary school teachers. I've been called 'untouchable' before and I…

@Residentdrunkgirl: I've always been taught that the tip should be based on pre-tax so it's interesting to hear that people calculate it so differently.

@mrs.gideon: Those things are amazing. I always have to buy an extra bag and hide them from my brother. Apparently writing "NOT YOURS" across the front is not enough to keep him out.

@SweetLikeCandy: Alma and Elijah

@mrs.gideon: I think it was when I took responsibility for another person - I was maybe 28 when I took my foster son in. And then I felt like a woman.

I am going to visit my parents for 10 days. I am supposed to be cleaning and packing but I am watching the history channel and thinking about taking a nap.

@paperymoon: 'A's for everybody!

I had an incident in the garage and now I'm expecting a scab on my elbow tomorrow. It's like being a kid again.

I have an ex that I haven't spoken to in 2 years. We broke up in 2005. He unfriended me last week. But only me. No hurt feelings, it's just so bizarre.

@malted: I told my mom that she's not allowed to join. So far, she's cooperating.

@LaurieStrodeTheBoatAshore: That is wonderful. And thanks to the universe for giving your dad that precious day too.

@I Call LOGIC FAIL!: You can probably get a patent attorney to talk to you for free if your idea is legit. Moving forward will probably cost a lot of thousands of dollars but you'll actually end up with a patent.

@trustfundhipsters: Did you tell him that it's specifically a bundle of sticks once used to burn people at the stake (both suspected homosexuals and witches)? Not that it makes it any better but if he wants to think he's somehow outsmarting you then you can play that game too.

@cisum88note: There are probably things that she envies about your life too.

@merlinthewitch: I'm 30, conventionally attractive, living in a major city, and single. This never seems to happen to me. Or I never notice it.