He can’t force her to leave, but at least she knows her brother is there for her if she decides not to be a doormat any longer.

That idea was the one that convinced me early in life that religion didn’t make a lot of sense. As an adult with a better understanding of the diversity of religious experience, I don’t have any issue with people who hold that belief, but along with belief in prophecy, I just can’t wrap my head around how people…

Though they generally discourage divorce, I don’t think most mainline Protestant denominations consider it a sin — just an unfortunate outcome that can’t always be prevented. Mr. Sububi and I were married in a Methodist church. The pastor — great guy — required some fairly low-stress premarital counseling before he…

Another rib-hater here. To me they have a nasty texture, like gristle-laced Jell-O. Plus they’re usually served with barbecue sauce, which is something I eat only when I have to do it to be polite.

I made the mistake of spiking some perfectly nice herb tea with Fireball. It changed the flavor profile from “pleasantly sweet spice” to “cheap sickly sweet candy laced with industrial-grade capsaicin”. Nope, never again.

Among all the horrible things he’s done to his neighbors, one truly bizarre action stands out: The guy is a cattle rustler. So clearly Sam isn’t the only Brownback setting the state of Kansas back more than a hundred years.

Yup, substitute singles bars and discos for Tinder, and you’ve got the 1970s.

For those of us who dragged ourselves out of bed with weapons-level cramps or Mittelschmerz every month for a few decades, popped Advil to keep going and antacids to keep the Advil from eroding our stomachs, did a full day’s work or study, came home to our families or friends or pets and were generally very nice to…

On what planet does anyone think that a “post-policy” candidate is a good idea?

I’m gonna be a goddess!

I can completely understand why they got rid of Chevy Chase, who by all accounts is a nightmare to work with. No one involved with the show, including Chase, seemed to want him to be a regular any more. But I was kind of pissed off that they killed off Pierce. It would have been fun if he turned up from time to time…

I adored Community — even their bad episodes were better than a lot of shows’ good ones. But they really did end the story in the Season 6 finale.

Not only that, but Jim Bob has a real estate license, and owns investment properties. They are neither poor nor unskilled; just whining because they’re no longer making the amount of money per episode than a lot of working people make in a year.

The Milestones story cracked me up! I used to really enjoy eating at our local Milestones when I lived in Ontario. They were also the first place where I ever encountered mini-desserts, which I consider one of the most brilliant ideas ever.

Every once in a while a news item turns up about some idiot getting arrested trying to smuggle snakes into Australia. Yes, INTO Australia. I mean, that’s the punch line, right?

I remember reading, a few months before that wedding, that a reporter managed to ask Charles if he was in love, and he said “Whatever that means.” And I immediately thought, “Hoo boy, he’s just not that into her.” Which, of course, turned out to be easily figured out, given that (a) he was in love with someone else,…

I get my tetanus boosters every 10 years as recommended (and the most recent one was Tdap, per the recommendation that adults get that one at least once). It’s always easy for me to remember when to get them, because a few days after I got back from my honeymoon in 1988, I cut my finger while cooking, badly enough to…

Baiting and killing a harmless, inedible, protected animal for trophies via a canned hunt is slightly less macho than stepping on ants. What a useless coward this guy is.

The one I don’t get is “Partner in poor mental and physical health” combined with “Partner open to new experiences while he isn’t”. I realize that these are composites, but how many people with both mental illness and other serious health problems are much more adventurous than their partners are?

When my husband and I visited the Twelve Apostles rock formation off the southern coast of Australia, our guide told us a (probably apocryphal) story of a couple who had decided to take a romantic stroll out on the rocks. When they were fairly far out, a big wave washed out the natural rock bridge that connected them…