My freshman year of college, I made the mistake of dating a very serious born-again Christian. (I was raised both Catholic and Unitarian Universalist, I'm not sure what he was doing in the relationship either.)

One of my exes was into medieval reenactment and at one point bought me a throwing axe, which I got to be pretty good at. When I dumped him, he went to my room and grabbed it, then fell to his knees baring his throat and offering it to me while begging me to "end it now." I laughed so hard I staggered backwards and…

One way that parenting is worse and having children is definitely harder on marriages now, though, is that parents no longer seem to expect children to do things for the family. Instead, parents "serve" the children, tying shoelaces, making beds, preparing lunches, etc., long past the age where the child is capable of…

is Buddhism responsible for the crazed zealots murdering families in Burma? Is Hinduism responsible for the mobs attacking neighbors in India? Christianity has certainly inspired violence (see: the last 500 years). Religion doesn't act in an historical, social, cultural vacuum.

FWIW, I'll be telling my daughter:

*sigh*

I've never had foie gras before...what does it taste like?

I had to deal with some of these fuckers when they came to my campus on Wednesday, showing off pictures of dead fetuses. They screamed at me, and came uncomfortably close. They also told me my parent's interracial and interfaith marriage was going to go to hell. And that I dishonored them for being gay. So I made a…

In case anyone shows up again saying "I'm a white person who is tired of being told to feel guilty about Ferguson" or "I'm a white person who was the victim of racism" (yes, those comments were here), this is you, dumbasses:

I understand why Obama is indecisive. He's stuck between a rock and a hard place. Fighting ISIS effectively one needs to further arm the Kurds - who obviously have their own territorial ambitions and want to break away from Iraq altogether. This would undoubtedly distabalize neighboring Turkey with their own Kurdish…

It's probably the same scout that originally scouted Montero, and because of his poor judgement in talent, he's now scouting in Low-A.

Oh, I'm not saying she should be coerced into an abortion. But for example, what if this situation were to happen in the US? Let's say the surrogate and family had a prior agreement to terminate should the baby have a severe birth defect. The surrogate has every right to renege and not abort, since I think forced…

$1,575.50 in 2014 = 200 in 1962.

Thing is, the showers and destination bachelorette weekends and whatnot are most likely coming from another bridesmaid, not the bride. So instead of saying to your good friend from college, "Jen, you know I love you but I can't do Vegas on top of the wedding" it becomes a weird thing where her very best friend from…

Heck with that.

Yeah, when this video went live, my Facebook feed exploded. I was at PrideFest in Pittsburgh this year, but I wasn't anywhere near where this went down. A lot of my friends have been Tweeting Mayor Peduto and calling for this guy's job. (Rightfully so!)

Or, you know, Doctors/Nurses *could* be taking 5 minutes to ask the child: "Do you feel safe at home? Does anyone ever hurt you?" - potentially allowing that child to speak up about abuse they may be experiencing, but are afraid to tell their parents about (or can't).

HEY good idea, how about "Ma'am, it's going to be okay. Just try to breathe and calm down. I need you to try and give me all the information so I can help you. "

not "quit crying" and those are shitty answers so now you are fucked.

True fact: Simon Baron-Cohen really IS Sacha Baron-Cohen's brother. He is one of the world's leading Austism researchers. What a brilliant family!