I might have once drunkenly told my bf that if he asked my mother's permission before asking me to marry him, the answer would be an immediate "no" because clearly he does not understand me.

Agreed! My favorite movie proposal was definitely the one from About Time.

Ugh. No way.

Not going to lie...this is what happens when "people" become "cases" or "subjects" and "feedback" becomes "variables" or "data." Some analyst who works for him probably thought this would be a good idea, because of the mantra that availability of data is always good, and no one bothered to translate those emails back…

Cool story, bro. Does that mean I can start using the n-word from a queer perspective?

I agree completely - I'm all for gender neutral bathrooms in public.

I'm gonna go ahead and label this in my head as "lead up to a Supernatural episode."

When I see a man drinking beer,
I expect him to be the kind who could build me a bookshelf.
But not in the way that one builds
a ready-made bookshelf.
He will already know where the lumberyard is.
He'll get the right amount of wood without having to do math.
He'll let me use the saw,
and not find it cute that I don't know…

True. There are also a lot of "religious" folk who don't really get into it, but keep their faith because it's easy (my family were Christmas & Easter Catholics). And they say that most converts are the most zealous religious folk (and tbf, you have to be invested to actually want to believe.

Neurologically, there's a part of our brain that's structured for faith (not particularly religion), and I wonder if that's less intense in the brains of atheists, or if faith is put in other things (such as an ethical construct).

There's been talk in social psychology for years trying to empirically prove if certain personalities are drawn to specific political groups, or if specific political groups encourage certain personality traits to flourish. (Most people have heard that republicans tend to have more authoritarian personalities and…

I do nothing in halves. I'm torn between magnificent heels that make my friends wonder how I'm surviving the day, or a pair of high top cons. Most likely, one for the ceremony & the other for the reception.

At least Ghengy there is honest about their reasoning...no hypocritical moralizing or public health concerns when they're only interested in keeping their names clean so they can keep profitable.

Skater formal wear. I want this again.

Wow. I'm an institutional research professional at a university. It's literally my job to use student data to report to federal agencies, do studies on student programs, etc., and keep everything ethical. Ethics is SO important to data management.

That's lovely!

Thanks! Good advice - I'll definitely be sure to consider my bff who just got married. Maybe she'll know how to keep everyone else in line. :)

so PhD: Piled High & Deep?

I'm actually quite in love with this one right now: http://www.snowybridal.com/p/Royal-Blue-B…

that's actually awesome! Hooray for finding the one!