The Interview she gave is amazing. The reporter keeps trying to get an emotional reaction of some kind out of her, but she is totally collected and calm - planning to go and speak to lawyers and financial advisors before claiming it, ensuring her kids are protected, planning to buy a home and save for their futures…

I used to work there. I was in charge of the ticket counter and cleaning the slide/tube system when someone peed, pooped, or puked in it, which was basically every day. The tubes were 105 degrees and the solution burned my eyes so bad. I would rather clean the tubes twice a day than work the ticket counter. There was…

The best comment on this was some lady saying how "it would be a lovely gesture" for her to pay back all the disability, welfare, and government assistance her family received. You know, despite paying taxes and generally being fucking legally entitled to that shit as a citizen of this country.

Totally. While $2M is great, it's not buy-all-of-your-family-members-houses-and-do-nothing-for-the-rest-of-your-life money. But I have some family members (only a few, thankfully) that would kind of think that. Nope, I would very quietly sneak off with that money and help my mom and sister, after they signed a…

Facebook is actually really helpful in this regard. It lets me know who, when I am visiting home, I should not bother with.

This. A pretty good friend of mine is an NFL player (after working his ass off from the practice squad) and he has "family" and "friends" coming out of the woodwork asking for everything from rent money to tuition. He's making the league minimum and they're vultures. Sad.

I won EIGHT DOLLARS in that Powerball drawing, which I invested in a very delicious beer. Try to contain your jealousy.

Nah. Get the lump sum, but then go to a reputable financial planner (like, big national company), and a good lawyer, and have them put it in trust for you. They can then pay you the income for life, and you can state where it goes when you die (ideally trust continues for your kids). PLUS if the trust is set up…

One of my cousins won the lottery in my state. Not as big, but two million or something like that. We were at a family party, just talking, and a friend of hers said, "Did you tell them?!? Dude, she won the lottery!" I could see she was embarrassed, so as soon as I congratulated her, I told her that I completely…

And now for all the family members who clearly didn't lend a helping hand when she needed to quit her two jobs to show up and remind her of that-thing-they-did-that-one-time.

A friend of mine passed away this summer in a freak accident. Very sad situation. A few of her friends post on her wall now and again with things like "hey, thought of you today" or, "you are so missed right now"... all find sentiments, but they seem like their more hoping people SEE them be sentimental. I mean,…

"I think she likes sex already."

Before even reading the article, this heading is everything. Erin, you're my inner goddess. *Bites lip*

I too got out after 7 years and it's been the best decision of my life. Not that I don't miss journalism as an art, but it's nice to be able to spend time with my daughter AND buy her food.

Dear Lord—I got out of the business before I could ever become a "mid-career journalist." Besides the gossip-mongering hacks that comprise most of journalism these days, I was constantly getting depressed by every mid-level career journalist with whom I forced to work. The were pre-eternally too wrinkled for their…

it's true. This man has no dick.

What's going on?!! I'll tell you what's going on! Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! 40 years of darkness! Earthquakes! Volcanoes! The dead rising from their graves! Human Sacrifice! Dogs and Cats, Living Together! Mass Hysteria!

You mean dihydrogen monoxide???! That stuff KILLS thousands of people every year in this country!

First world bullshit is EXACTLY what this is. It is people who think of themselves, but not others and people who think that today is the only day that matters or has ever mattered. None of these people are forward-thinking (how could my child not being vaccinated impact the future?) or rear-thinking (how did the lack…

im so upset right now