For some reasons the kids in rich neighborhoods — despite getting the same funding, ostensibly — don't seem to have the problems we do.

It depends on the school. If you go to a wealthier area, you'll see some amazing schools because the school can afford the innovative stuff, the extra teachers to keep class size small, and the renovations to the building. In poorer areas, there is a huge class size to teacher ratio, there are old/outdated books and…

Same here. When you assume the "No." The only thing that can happen, in your mind, is being hurt or being hurt and embarrassed, so why bother with either? At least if you don't actually ask them out, there is a sliver of hope that maybe they will initiate something.

Being treated like an adult at work is amazing! My previous job was for an outsource company. We were hourly, but didn't have shift work. We were consistently told to "own" the business, know what needed to be done and get it done. But they also felt they needed "metrics" to provide the contracting company, so we were…

I guess it depends on the reason for seeing said art. I wasn't expecting Shakespeare, so it met my expectations. And we like to travel and it gave us a desire to see a whole new region of the world that we hadn't really considered much before. I think that's an incredibly good result from seeing art.

I actually liked Monuments Men. Was it Oscar-worthy amazingness? No. Was it a fun, little-seen aspect of WWII? Yes. And it totally got me and my wife interested in going to see the Ghent altarpiece if we get a chance.

I'm sure if you asked someone if they'd rather spend time in jail or be dead, they'd choose jail every time.

Basically, it comes down to the reason for the penal system. The pro-death penalty crowd seem to think it is about retribution, or some such. Those of us against the death penalty see the penal system as a way of removing dangerous individuals from society, and in a perfect world, helping them get better and re-enter…

Yeah, but any other conviction could be overturned when new evidence shows up. For someone who is executed, all the new evidence in the world won't bring them back.

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not. I'm going to assume you are. But are you really going to try and prove your point by using the term a college student came up with to describe acquaintances on the program he created in order for everyone at his college to be able to know who everyone was and plan parties?

Exactly. Memorials, funerals, etc ARE for the living. The people who have to deal with the loss of someone who had an impact on their lives.

Good for you. I'm the exact opposite. My FRIENDS are people I don't need to use Facebook to contact. I call them on the phone, or hang out in person with. I use Facebook as a way to keep in touch with acquaintances or old friends that I don't really do anything with and have no other way to contact.

Very true. My "real" friends are people I almost never talk to on Facebook, you know, on account of them being my friends and having cell phones and face-to-face time with. Facebook, at least in my case, are for the people you know, the people you want to maintain a modicum of contact with, either for specific…