I just reread that last month! I'll second that recommendation. But my recommendation should be taken with a grain of salt because I loved Geek Love and Pride and Prejudice. If you like fantasy or sci fi you might like A Wizard of Earthsea or Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. She is a masterful writer.

My son has it and it gets really bad, like crocodile skin with bloody cracks. The steroid creams don't help him much, probably because they all contain alcohol which dries the skin and burns like fire if it gets in the cracks.

I was basically going to say what lankypanky said: Feel however you feel.

Most adults change careers an average of FIVE times. That's average. It's not too late. A friend that I've known for a decade was doing graphic design. Then he went back to school and now he's a history teacher and working on a PhD. My mom was a newspaperwoman. In her late 50's she went back to school and is now a…

It should absolutely be an excuse for not passing laws like this. Disproportionate prosecution of minorities was a major factor in my vote to decriminalize marijuana sales in my state. We need to fix societal injustice first. Additionally, this law is ridiculous. Children gain the ability to connect consequences to…

Adding to what Ari said: Children of color and children who live in poverty are disproportionately punished for what could otherwise be minor infractions. How is a parent on welfare going to afford $100?

On the upside, missing the ball can give you a good Cinderella feeling. That is why scrubbing floors is my favorite chore. I only do it on hands and knees with a scrub brush for the best Cinderella feeling.

No. Vaginas are very stretchy and different people have different depths. Also the depth of the vagina changes through the cycle (read "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" for a description/explanation). I have had average penises strike my cervix and a larger one not. It just depends on the situation. Disclaimer: I am…

Do lies people tell themselves count? If so, this one was a doozy.

When my son was a baby I was chatting with some friends who also had a baby. I said, "Sometimes when he's been screaming for an hour or more and nothing makes him feel better, I just want to smother him and put him out of his misery." The dad was aghast, but the other mom was like, "Yup." (No babies were harmed in the…

What is wrong with consenting adults who love each other getting married? Or do you think that all marriage is bad?

I think pretty much all states are no-fault anymore. Thank goodness.

The parents of a high school friend lived in a situation like that. It seemed like a nightmare for him and his brother.

I suspect that in practice people mistake fake laughs in their favor as real at much higher rates. In this study the participants had no stake in whether the laughter was real or not so they were able to be objective. But when you're looking for a laugh, there is going to be some confirmation bias at work. And I think…

A friend of mine went through the same thing, though she had to go way more than 500 miles for her late-term abortion. I wish she had had a bunch of friends to go with her instead of just one of her sisters and her awful (now ex) husband. She was getting dirty looks from the other women who were there to get…

As an aside: There is such a thing as forced abortion. Women have been forced to have abortions particularly in China where the one-child policy is enforced, but not always accompanied with good information on pregnancy prevention.

I've heard it both ways.

I used to work at Victoria's Secret and I'm an artist: I've seen a lot of boobs. There are tiny ones that sag, big ones that seem to float (both real and artificial), round boobs, flat boobs, nipples that point at the ceiling and nipples that point at the floor. Although boobs generally trend down over time, it is not…

Additionally, I don't think that the computer meets the intellectual requirements for consent, even if it were of legal age.

I used to work at a Taco Bell and the Chili Cheese Burrito (aka Chilito) is the only thing that I would never recommend that anyone eat. When I worked there they were the least ordered item but also the item with the shortest line hold time. Translation: If you're buying one, it's probably expired even before they put…