It wasn't a joke.

This is probably going to get me raked over the coals, but I don't necessarily think it's colonialist to say that honor culture is poisonous and that it needs to be fought against in every instance. I understand the desire not to have the conversation fall into a string of racist screeds or over-generalizations about…

The difference is of course that the Steubenville rapists were brought to justice and prosecuted, and found guilty (albeit sentenced inadequately), largely as a result of a public outcry. No such outcry will occur in Egypt; no one will be brought to justice; no one will be prosecuted. So while sexual assault and…

Do NOT try to insist on being sent home from the hospital the day you've been a terror victim. $8k for the outpatient, $125k for 1 night in the hospital. Lesson learned.

I agree with you the early writers were great. I loved that show. It was one of those "perfect" shows. It felt genuine, nothing really came across as outrageous, while being outrageously funny. Most lower middle class families could relate to the characters because they were them. It really started going downhill when…

I live next door(in a duplex- so next door) to a wonderful family with an asshole child. He hits my hydrangea blossoms with sticks until they explode, and throws pine cones at my BF while he mows the lawn and is generally a little shit. I have suspicions that he hides my mail. I've started turning the hose on him when…

Not to nitpick but from what you typed, it seems that he is NOT a great dad and is not even a good dad.
He is not an A+ dad. Hell he is probably a F+ Dad.

Well, if pointing out the misogyny in the "Wanderin' Womb" argument doesn't work, we can always point out the fact that at the age of 69, Hillary Clinton is almost certainly not menstruating anymore.

Hey. I'm a female member in AA. The meetings I go to are mostly atheists and agnostics. And the higher power is essentially what you described as surrendering and admitting that we are not in control, that our lives are unmanageable and a power greater than self must be the one to give guidance. This could be Jesus,…

I go to AA. It is the only thing that worked for me, and I don't feel that the program is so cookie cutter. Women work with female sponsors, and to be honest, most textbook alcoholics do have a very strong will—-not "ego" but "strong will." And a directionless, dysfunctional strong will is no bueno. AA has helped me…

Got married.

Dark clouds hover over Cubs and Astros: not exactly breaking news.

At a really good friend's wedding last year, my friends and I pooled together our monies, bought a cheap suitcase from ebay, and filled it with one dollar bills and plastic wrapped flour to resemble cocaine. It was magical to see their confused and then delighted reactions. And then to hear about the awkward story of…

Ha! People vastly underestimate the ravenous hunger that overtakes the bride(s) and groom(s) as the reception starts to dwindle. You realize you've barely touched your meal because everyone's coming up to say congrats, or you're going to tables to thank everyone for being there. The only cake you've actually consumed…

BeyonceIsTheLastUnicorn
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Weddings are to make money for your future

I'm picturing a hotel bar in NYC where dozens of Jezzies are gathered, finishing their ninth tequila shot and sharing awful-dad stories.

I'm a nonbeliever, but was raised/am culturally a Baltimore Catholic (of a hardcore liberal social justice-y strain). So I feel it's my duty to point out that the first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton (Mother Seton) was also a Marylander and lived in Bmore. Baltimore Catholic women: getting shit done. The kickass…

I know the answer is "because they're terrible people," but I still don't get how they thought it was funny. Like... because he had to carry them all? Or because they thought he'd instinctively know the backwards insult was aimed at him or...

So maybe fraternities really are just the shit factories every 80's movie has shown me.