Ugh. I know that Paul Ryan and Steve King don’t have any less right to reproduce than decent folks do, but when they come out and say things like these, it makes me wish infertility on both their houses.

Are you kidding? All children under the age of 12 are disgusting and should not be allowed in public.

Given that the majority of the world’s population doesn’t do confession, “need” is a strong word. I understand it’s an important part of the religion, but priest confidentiality should end at felonies. You can ask for God’s grace if you commit a felony, but the society you live in should be able to apply its laws and…

Hmm. “A little brains, a little talent—with an emphasis on the latter.” Still makes sense :-/

When I was 14, my favorite song had the phrase “what the hell” in it. I was a weird teen and inexplicably didn’t like saying swear words even as innocuous as “hell” (at least not until later in high school), but I would sing that song to myself a lot, and whenever I came to that line I’d sing, “what the heck.” I just…

I would like it to be one week AFTER New Year’s. I think some Orthodox Christians do it that way, anyway, or something close to that. When I go home for Christmas, the best part is the lead-up to Christmas. The anticipation, the baking of cookies, singing Christmas carols, seeing the lights. After Christmas is a let…

I don’t know who she is either, but I can’t figure out her belly button. If you posted a photo of that belly button alone, I don’t think I would have guessed that’s what it is. Maybe it’s so weird because there’s no substance around it.

Pork roast is perfectly yummy. Ham is bad. The world would be a better place if ham did not exist.

I know that reason and logic mean nothing to these stupid people, but how do they interpret the sun and different time zones? Do they not believe that it’s sunny in Beijing when it’s dark in New York? That if they call someone in a far away time zone and ask them what time of day it is, that they are lying? Or do they…

I’m making pumpkin custard-filled cream puffs with a maple glaze. Still using the not-pumpkin squash from a can, but it does address Megan’s issue with the texture, because it comes out “jiggly.” And a recipe that uses 9 egg yolks has to be good, right?

Honestly, people using “me and so-and-so” as a subject bothers me a lot less than people using “so-and-so and I” as an object. With the former, it mainly sounds like someone is trying to sound informal and conversational. With the latter, it sounds like someone is trying to sound proper and blowing it. And I hear the…

Since it works so well, maybe they should try it to help the starving children, too.

Picture that photo, but with them proudly holding up someone’s dead house cat. But because this animal is more majestic and its species more threatened, it’s somehow OK to them.

I can imagine his inner turmoil in deciding whether or not to eat the weird icky fishy soup, but ultimately, the vanity and evil associated with the dish was too tempting not to partake.

Yes, my parents had a special “Santa” wrapping paper (the shiny gold stuff), with special “Santa” writing (just our names in capital letters with dots at the letter edges, if that makes sense). And then regular paper with regular writing for the stuff from them. It would be weird to get presents from grandma and…

It is willful ignorance. They like the way they feel when they buy into the bullshit, so even though they could face reality, they keep listening to more bullshit.

She’s basically the next Zodiac killer.

Like, maybe Trump is “pruning” America’s greatness? Making it great by destroying pieces of it, but those pieces will grow back stronger and healthier than ever.

Holy crap. I just did a rough calculation using my tax info and tax tables from two years ago (my last full year as a PhD student), and an extra $30k would have meant about $6500 extra taxes (just the federal) out of a <$30,000 salary. That would have reduced my paycheck by about a third, maybe more. Universities…

Right, as long as the feet don’t stink, it’s not like it’s making the office environment less sanitary for everyone else. Whether your coworkers shoes are tracking around dirt or their feet are tracking around dirt, the result is the same to you. And most people’s feet start to stink when they’re in shoes or sandals,…