Oh, ugh. I think you made a really nice compromise! And I think it´s a really important consideration nowadays for professional woman.

In Iceland, where I live, names are usually patrilineal, where Þórsson is the Son of Þór. However, you can choose to give your child the mother´s name if you want to (If the mother´s name is Lilja and the father´s name is Birkir, you can name your daughter Liljudóttir or Birkirsdóttir). It´s no big thing. The parents…

Yeesh. A constipated one, at that.

Yeah, I mean. It´s not good. It´s really not good that Braff punched a kid — or beat him up? I refuse to watch Punk´d — but I think that criticism seems more rooted in jealousy or class warfare. People seem to find it intolerable that Zach Braff owns a Porsche. But honestly, if you spent $100,000 on a car, wouldn´t…

Wow, I´d never seen that. I can´t believe this stuff happens on the regular. I admire Faith for calling out the lady - I´d be mad, too, if some woman grabbed my husband´s crotch. Mad is not the word.

Yeah, I remember watching this show as a young kid with my older brother, and I really enjoyed it. But I tried to rewatch it with my husband a few months ago. I think we made it through season 1 and a few episodes into season 2.

Wow. I´m really surprised to see this here, especially how Supernatural´s gone off the rails in the last Season with all the repetitive drama and self-referential crap.

I think that words have value, so yeah, I think that what you or I say does matter. If you were just joking and I missed it, my bad.

What I find interesting is that the disadvantages to having children (as told by parents here) are much more concrete: loss of sleep/money/time, no personal space, no boundaries, dealing with emotional problems/tantrums, deterioration of other relationships/interests because you can´t find a baby sitter, etc. Some…

Well, ok then. That´s much clearer. It just seemed to me that you were really insistent on the fact that you have the hardest job ever and no one could tell you differently and everyone who happens to be childless doesn´t have any clue as to what you are speaking of. (Despite the fact that some people who choose not…

I didn´t say I know exactly what having kids is like. I don´t. I resent the implication that it´s not possible to know how hard parenthood is without experiencing it directly, which you made when you said, '... which means you don´t have kids,' to someone who thought you might be stating things too strongly.

I absolutely loathe this assumption that children will be your rock and support when you are in your dotage.

I think this is self-serving to say that it is the world´s toughest job. People in this day and age generally take jobs out of necessity. You asked for yours (at least I hope you had that luxury, but I don´t know) and got exactly what you wanted. It´s not my fault that your job, as you describe it, sounds like it…

That´s great! There are so many kids who need someone in the world, and someone with your unique experiences could be a great help to them.

I totally understand that. There is a poster below who talks about his/her love for teaching and how that influenced his/her desire to be a parent, as well.

THANK YOU! I was all, 'Well, WHAT IS IT?'

A slightly younger friend of mine dragged me to see this at the theater, even though I´ve never really seen the other 2 (I think I watched part of the original film once, in the background of a family gathering). I just sort of missed this pocket of pop culture (although I love most of the other Pixar films).

I really…

I cry every time she´s a-flying that damn plane, talking to the control tower with every abort command she knows, and finally says, 'There are children aboard!' Because the missiles are still coming.

This one has been floating around on Facebook for a few days now. I thought it was very straightforward and easy to digest (I´m new to this conflict and lost, too. The US media slants everything so egregiously toward Israel that I have no idea what´s going on.)

I found this to be helpful (although obviously it´s…

This is what makes me incredibly sad. I think Israel´s history in terms of its international relations and political decisions is a debacle and a scandal, and I´m glad that at least the internet seems willing to present another side to the story.