It seems like a really awkward way for her son to learn that he has prosopagnosia.

I definitely see where she and you are coming from, but I feel like it's the second half of the problem. First we need to be comfortable with how we look, then we can stop making beauty a standard for personal worth. I don't think that we can skip the first step. The idea of beauty as something worthy is too ingrained…

Seconded. I bought my son the Fred album under duress, after he promised to only listen to it with his headphones on. But this is cute.

Because most of us suck and would like to think that our lives will turn out well despite that. Screw you, karma!

I was able to bounce back physically pretty quickly. But emotionally was a whole other thing. I wanted to go back to work, but I was depressed and exhausted. My midwife pointed out that there were enormous hormonal changes that the body undergoes to support a pregnancy, and a whole cocktail of other hormones are…

You kid, but a woman I worked with told me (while I was visibly pregnant) that it should be illegal for anyone to have a kid unless they drive an SUV, because according to her, anything else is unsafe to drive with a baby in the car. (I own a compact, which she also knew.)

Sorry, but Hemingway would never have an affair with Pharaoh: He was a cat person.

If you don't go home with him because he's a creepy jerk, then possibly.

It depends on the context in which you made the contact. When I post to Craisglist's Casual Encounters section, I often specifically ask that no one send me a picture of his penis. If I do not, that could be the first thing I receive. Sometimes from a dozen or more guys who think that their dicks have some magical…

"We never want to ... come off as insensitive." Yeah, you're fine with being insensitive, as long as you aren't perceived that way.

Yes there is. It is stretching from Italy, past my door here in Denver, and I can't see the end of the line.

I don't think there is any benefit in trying to "come to some kind of resolution that is both moral and realistic." That implies that there is a compromise to be made, that there is something for one side to give up that would appease the other side in some way. The bottom line is that while there are plenty of people…

Yikes. My grandmother was a yoga instructor from the 70's through the 90's, and her classes were always very soothing and meditative. She would actually end every long session with ten minutes or so of guided meditation, and frequently someone would fall asleep. I can't imagine her yelling at her students and…

I was raised in a religion that actively recruits people, and there were frequently meetings with "seekers" at my house when I was growing up. As a result, I can describe exactly the kind of person who "falls" for these things. They are usually people who have been through a loss or trauma, or who feel that their…

Cranberry flavor: Will it also help to prevent bladder infections?

I thought that was only in cases where there is a protein incompatibility or an allergy. At least that's what I think I heard on the Savage Lovecast.

I rent a two bedroom apartment in downtown Denver for less than that and it comes with a kitchen AND a bathroom. So far, no one has parked their car in my house either.

In the two plus years that I breastfed my son, the only person to ever say anything was a girl who was about 8 years old. She asked me why I didn't have a blanket covering my baby when I was feeding him. "Because he gets hot," I replied. She clearly had some other things on her mind, but she knew better than to…

Maybe with his steampunk costume.

I agree! I don't think it was a big deal posting about things my son did or said up to about seven or eight, but now he's old enough to care what people think and have his own opinions. (He's 10.) I still post things, but I ask him first. He usually says yes, and then wants to know how many 'likes' his comment or…