I think my brother-in-law captured it perfectly when he described her attitude as that of a woman who truly believes that she is so incredibly beautiful that she really doesn't care what anyone might say or think.

The bond/bail system is fascinating to me. I just recently bailed my brother out of jail (another story for another time). It's such a concrete example of the way that wealth influences the criminal justice system. I have money so I can make sure that my little brother is able to finish high school instead of…

@Nico Coer: It's about a lawsuit and they are not on our side. But this isn't just spin - this is fake facts.

@eruantaliel: Mine were good through London and Cairo - but I lost them in Dublin. The guy was very apologetic and let me put my fabric on a pencil before he took them.

@kittyclaws: Warm salt water swishes will help it to heal much faster.

Someone just sent out a press release about work I am doing that is actually, objectively wrong.

@carapatricia: "Puka" in Hawaiian means hole.

I missed all the discussion about the Columbia professor incest case but I had some thoughts that I was hoping maybe some people were still willing to engage with.

A friend's mom called it "your personality" when she was a child. I can't begin to imagine how confusing that made things later.

@SomeAuthorGirl: I totally get your perspective and I bet I would have done the same thing - especially if it seemed mean-spirited. But generally, I actually like when other people jump in.

@myvaginaishostile: There was some stuff going on just inland a few months ago but it seems that obvious tourists (especially Americans) are avoided since it would be bad for business to give the US State Department a reason to march in. You should probably be safer in tourist towns (Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Cancun)…

Today everything sucks, nothing matters, and everyone is an asshole. Just so you know.

From now on I'm just going to refer to these as 'illustrations' since they're certainly not photos.

Hey! My little brother has been looking for his slippers all week.

@CubemonkeyNYC: Really? Those sex-havers, they make noise with their sexing and that sometimes keeps me up. I'm sure they spread body fluids around and that grosses me out. I bet they even use their health insurance for things like birth control and that increases costs for innocent people like you and me. They…

@CubemonkeyNYC: OMG, and there's this guy I once knew in college and he and his girlfriend had sex ALL THE TIME. Not for babies, even! It's like they took pleasure in what should be purely functional. It doesn't matter if it's enjoyable, that's not what it's for, sluts!!! I was all, you're just a mammal, don't be…

@godotmo: I understood it as "prefer not to identify as one of these two traditional options." I agree that it's not perfect but I think that the inclusion of any alternatives is indicative of an emerging new attitude.

My mom has laid claim to the big bathroom in my parents' house. Mostly she takes baths.

@godotmo: I am pleased to report that when filling out HR demographics paperwork last week for my very corporate job in a traditional and conservative industry I was offered three options for gender identification: "male," "female," and "prefer not to identify."

@banana_grabber: A friend of mine did it while teaching first grade. She did it in her classroom (locked) during recess and put the milk in a small fridge in her classroom. During lunch she walked across the street to the babysitter (the mom of one of our students) to breastfeed.