And while the Republicans blather about whose is longest and hardest and can best scare innocent bystanders, a Democratic POTUS sidesteps the pissing war and does something positive for international relations.

There used to be these things called “half sizes” that were made for slightly hefty short women. In the 1960s and 1970s, my mother, who (like me) was 5'2" on a good day — though slightly heavier —had to hunt them down where she could find them. And forget about short mature women of average build. I don’t think I saw…

That burns me too. For show business and sports professionals, constructing their bodies as needed is a big part of their jobs. They have a lot of money, they have access to every professional service possible, and they don’t have to punch a clock or sit in a cubicle all day. Just let an actress decide that she…

A profit motive isn’t a bad thing if you’re selling shoes or cars. But if it’s not also regulated to at least some degree, there are going to be problems — labor violations, product fraud, environmental damage, the works. And you don’t even need a sociopathic grifter to do those things; if it’s the best way to make…

Just smack him with a snowmobile.

OMG, Simon Helberg! I can’t miss this!

How about “australopithecine”?

They’d probably have to eventually remove the uterus after she was done with pregnancies, given that the unwanted effects of immunosuppressant drugs are no joke.

Here’s a question I’ve never seen asked. I’ve never bought a firearm, so I quickly hit Cabela’s website to see what they cost and most of their handguns seem to be in the $300-$1300 range. So how do all of these ammosexuals afford so many guns? Are they all independently wealthy? Do they actually spend money to feed…

When we call truly horrible people “monsters”, it’s a roundabout way of saying “S/he can’t really be human, and we’d recognize a person like that right away. So no one in our tribe can ever be like that, and it can’t happen here.” But only a human can be a criminal. Only a human can commit atrocities. A rattlesnake or…

“During the pregnancy, we never did an ultrasound, or saw a doctor, nor would it have made any difference if we had. We trusted that God..”

Since when has Trump ever worked hard for his nice things? He’s never met a business that he didn’t either run into the ground or abandon when he got bored. He inherited a shitload of money, and he’s been consuming it (along with other people’s money), crapping it out, and flushing it down various toilets for the past…

Glad to hear that. I love Lands’ End, because they’re one of the few clothing retailers that actually sells coats and swimsuits to fit short women. And Gloria Steinem is a national treasure in my book. May have to drop by the website and show her some love.

When I was younger and sillier I regularly swiped a deodorant stick along my “legpits” after taking a shower. Then when I was 40, I sprouted an ovarian tumor (fortunately benign) the size of a tangerine. It required major surgery to get rid of it.

There’s not a lot he can do about that, save for executive orders in some circumstances. The Senate is so fucked up right now that they’ll screw over the entire country before they’ll cooperate with the President, and there are some functions of government that just won’t proceed without some level of cooperation.

There’s a big difference between rejecting a nominee and refusing to even consider a nominee. The Senate can vote against (and even filibuster) a SCOTUS nomination, and both parties have in the past blocked nominations for ideological reasons. But the Republicans are now (a) refusing en masse to even discuss the…

Wow, that sounds like something out of Whiplash.

So maybe somebody was just celebrating Taylor Swift winning a Grammy and things got a little out of hand.

The Wikipedia article on BMI cites some of the earliest peer-reviewed publications, and here’s a note about it from a researcher in the 1970s: “BMI was explicitly cited by Keys as appropriate for population studies and inappropriate for individual evaluation.”

A relative of mine really hung in there with Nicholas Sparks until she got to the one where the dog died. Then she finally gave up on reading his novels in favor of something more cheerful.