We call it 'regalia' rather than 'costumes'; as my brother says, costumes are for dressing up as somebody else, regalia is for dressing up as yourself. In my tribe, people mainly wear regalia at powwow and ceremonies, and it's always voluntary.

I like to imagine that there is no misspelling on the grafitti: The defacer simply is declaring his or her love for the country of Niger over the US. And truly, don't you wish you lived anywhere else for the next two days until this whole mess is over?

Me too! Now I'm not going to be able to watch Hercule Poirot without seeing a uterus on his face.

I wonder if this research could lead to a pill that would make people more susceptible to placebos; I would totally take that pill.

I am very glad to know that the people who make psych exams are way smarter than me. I only fear that psychopaths are also way smarter than me.

I could see them watching it straight up without distractions and still falling for it. When I saw Jurassic Park for the first time in theaters, I thought that it was unassailable and perfect. Now it looks laughably fake. Until you've seen something better, it's often hard to see the problems with special effects.

I can't really conceive of a psych exam that would screen for anything more than people who are too stupid to look up how to pass a psych exam.

I don't have music playing when I have sex because I doubt that anyone I have sex with would appreciate my taste, but I have my masturbation playlist on my iPod (to drown out my vibrator): Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing (Chris Isaak), Bring It On (Seal), Crash Into Me (DMB), Darling Nikki (Prince), Heaven Knows (Robert…

That is on my sexy time playlist on my iPod.

Well, my nine-year-old can hack quite a lot of things (he wanted to jailbreak his iPod when he was 7), so I think the A is warranted. I only let him play games that are non-violent, like Portal 2, Minecraft, Colorbind, things like that. If he eventually wants to play something else, I'm able to read reviews and such.…

Is it weird that I suddenly want to have sex with Eric Stonestreet?

You're forgetting that we're talking about 17 and 18 year-olds who often know little to nothing about rape or the legal system, as well as people from other countries who are not familiar with US laws regarding rape and privacy. If it had never been an issue, more people who are raped would seek help immediately. Many…

One of my microbiologist friends was thrilled to include a picture of Sonic the Hedgehog in her thesis presentation. If people need to get serious, they can always give a location or number.

I think there's a difference between saying police shouldn't be involved and police don't have to be involved. There are many people who don't want to be involved in a trial but who still desperately need treatment or counselling. They need to know that they can get help without being required to file charges or make…

If you ever play Fallout: New Vegas, Levi has a role as a doctor. If you play a male character and are really good and smart, you can have a romance with his character. I'm doing another playthrough as a man in hopes of winning his love.

My grandma was a yoga instructor and I enjoyed taking her classes when I was a kid. I was very flexible, but it was still a challenge to balance and stretch in new ways. She would also lead us in meditation and breathing exercises which I still find very useful. Many of the same techniques are recommended for my…

By that logic, no one should ever start gaming.

No, that sounds totally legit.

Are you suggesting that 8====D is not a word? According to Mirriam Webstairs:

I was born in a tropical climate and led to believe that people raised in tropical climates and equatorial regions (irrespective of race) in general experienced earlier puberty than people in temperate zones.