You say that as though cats and kids can't open doors. I have two cats, both of whom can turn doorknobs.

I know what you mean. Some books are like old friends. Harry Potter, Howl's Moving Castle, Summon the Keeper, The Dresden Files... there are some books I just keep coming back to because they're so comfortable.

You know what they didn't do when I got my BC? A blood test. My problem isn't that it's recommend that you get a pap smear, my problem is that at it's required at most offices if you want birth control. No one should ever be coerced into a medical procedure they don't want. Period. I do not want the pelvic exam…

I don't like strangers touching me. I've been vaccinated for HPV, I've had one sexual partner in the past five years (and I'm his only partner), and I have no family history of cancer. Well, okay, in my entire extended family there have been two people with cancer, a chain smoker with lung cancer and a sailor in th…

None of which I have and I'm not a smoker. That could be established in one visit. Besides, if they were really worried about that, they'd check my heart, not my lady bits.

Actually the requirement that we get checked up to get the pill really pisses me off. It's why I go to PP. They just give me my prescription and leave me alone about it. I don't want anyone routing around in my business and making that a requirement for something as basic as BC is fucked up.

Ug, I just bought four pairs of shoes I can't wear. My feet are very long and very narrow and my skin is extremely fragile and I don't form calluses easily (or usually at all). I really want some nice summer shoes I can wear that will fit and not take the skin off my feet (and ideally have closed toes, my toes are…

You know that sound that a new pair of boots fitted leather boots makes when you flex your foot?

Um, no, I will continue to refer to my dog and two cats as "Awwww, puppy!" "Her royal Highness," and "That damned furry asshole!"

Yes, of course, people involved in the movement know less about the movement than you do, somehow. Are you really that egotistical?

Hah, well, most people walking around ren fests dressed as belly dancers aren't actually dancers, they're just wearing belly dance costumes for some reason that hasn't been made entirely clear to me. Also, it's generally considered pretty rude by dancers to wear your costume outside or in public. It's for…

Well, that's funny, because the comments are full of feminists who think it's awful. Obvious troll is obvious.

At first glance I thought this was a BDSM thing. Now I'm just kind of disappointed.

Have you read any Tanya Huff? It seems like you might like her work.

Yeah, I'm in DC and this has been my experience. All the groupons/living social deal I've gotten have been awesome, and without them I would never have discovered this amazing ropes course which is now one of my favorite things ever. There have been a few that were kind of sketchy, like for a sports supply store:…

Yeah, ditto. I just has star wars posters and stacks and stacks of D&D source books all over the floor that wouldn't fit on my bookshelf.

Yeaaah, my boyfriend's sister is in a long term relationship with a black man and when she told her parents, her father threatened to disown her.

But... then you've also seen men gradually strike up a friendship that turned into more and also women sleep with random men they met at a conference... I mean, unless we're talking about gays and lesbians, they have to be sleeping with someone.

Dear Christian Jackass,

He was harassing my tuxedo kitty, who is half his size and elderly. She's a tiny little Siamese/Persian cross (she weighs 8 pounds), and he's a Norwegian Forest Cat, so the bastard is huge.