Just a suggestion: do not volunteer at soup kitchens/homeless shelters etc. on major holidays. They're full of well-meaning vols. And by "full," I mean they practically outnumber the clients.

The Dept of Ed claims that 14% of Americans can't read (http://www.statisticbrain.com/number-of-amer…)

Yes. A lot of people have trouble with reading, and if you assume that Sarah Palin is one of them, it would explain a lot.

Why do these dads want to own their daughters' vaginas so much?

Thanks for the info.

Is this it?

I know squat about performing comedy or producing professional entertainment of any sort.

Delighting in the misfortune and pain of the poor is as American as fucking an apple pie.

We do date like animals.

For the most part, gay kids don't get a sexual education.

. . . requires congregants to sign a covenant vowing to abstain from "homosexuality, pornography, and fornication."

Speaking of that show with Dr. Shepherd (and apologies for being massively off-t0pic): Am I the only one who thinks the virgin paramedic guy isn't going to live to see his wedding day?

Yes, if it were true, we totally should.*

I support myself as an editorial freelancer, mostly for firms in Japan and Hong Kong. My work comes to me through a small buzzing box on a table in my bedroom from the other side of this planet.

It occurs to me that, just as pedophiles tend to seek out positions that put them in contact with kids, so this lowlife might have aimed for a position that facilitated imposing himself on women while making prosecution more difficult.

Rosemary sounds brilliant. Totally trying it next time.

The other thing about using a ricer is that you can omit peeling the potatoes—just cut them in half, put them in the ricer cut-side-first, rice, and then remove the skin.

In the alternative medicine discussion, you might want to start with just how freaking lucrative all that "natural" medicine is . . . especially since they don't have to spend any money on real clinical trials for safety or efficacy, real oversight—from the FDA or anyone else—or manufacturing real products.

And note that even on its face, abstinence "education" makes no sense.

The thing is, we're all unreliable. Especially at first. You too.