It is ironic. I really think that old motto "Live by the sword, die by the sword." holds true. So many girls and boys who love to tan because of how they perceive it gives them an advantage over their paler peers, find that at the 2o or 30 year class reunion that it is their paler peers who now look better and…

I am tall and have had the seat battles as well. It's little things like this that can really add up for people until they go fucking ballistic. The Airlines are really the responsible party in all this. As much as we might like to congratulate people on their patience and civility with each other and excorciate those…

I think she is over rated too. I don't get her music. She is a good dancer and I she is nice. Her singing sounds like she is talking or reciting her diary entries to a rhythm track. I found that whole performance at the end of the VMAs to be oddly cult like. The audience looked like they were in church mesmerized by…

I haven't studied the lyrics and whatever "empowerment" they may be selling but all I know is the video is showing sexy girls being sexy in high heels and short skirts and lots of makeup and I, as a male, love that. Is that what the new feminism is? Well I want more then.

I had to laugh out loud at that..."stage presence of sugar-free Jello".

Exactly. I think the censors did quite a good job of bleeping banned language and there was no overt sex acts performed. Other than that it is really a matter of taste for adults. I am not sure that Nicki Minaj is sending out the message that she thinks she is sending out with her performance but that is a debate for…

Exactly Damon. I don't know how old you are but some of us have been saying and thinking stuff like this since that Patriot Act gave law enforcement carte Blanche to create these systems. Of course I am not a cop or an IT professional but I will be damned if I don't have some common sense. A system has to be set up…

Exactly. You don't let rank and file officers and workers have access to databases like these unless there is a lot of over the shoulder watching and protections in place. People are people and who isn't curious about others, especially in the dating realm. It is just plain stupid and short sighted to give cops or NSA…

I agree. She is just a spectator more than a participant. Song is alright album filler but it this is the first single off her impending album, then I am disappointed too.

I spent some time looking around my building yesterday at all the miserable looking people sitting in their cubes. I understand the need to self-actualize and do something for yourself. I shouldn't have compared your addiction to something like Heroin. That was extreme. But your need to do this crossfit seems…

Your reaction to not to be able to exercise is telling. Like a heroin junkie not able to get her fix. I think that is what is so extraordinary and maybe cultish. Not being able to be worked hard for an hour makes you made instead of glad. How did we get this way? People used to love to have an hour off to not work…

She is hilarious and unfiltered on Twitter. She was one of the first people I had on my timeline.

Brilliant. Loved it.

You sound grounded. Most of the others here sound obsessed and seem to have completely missed the point of the article. Of course exercise is part of a well balanced life but there is a segment truly represented here in the comments that are using exercise in a sense like religion or as a way to numb the existential…

I have no doubt that it is a great deal about being part of a community. Again I think exercise has become the new religion. Whether crossfit or biking or running or body building, there is a behavior that is being rewarded by those who are also doing the same thing. You and the others are part of the righteous who…

I like this. There has to be an explanation for why some people exercise way above and beyond the amount recommended for good health. Simple vanity can be satisfied at a much lower level of effort. People seem to need to belong to social groups that punish or reward them for perceived behavior. A few decades ago,…

Country went from being very good in the early to mid-90's where Garth and Alan Jackson and Faith Hill and Martina McBride ruled the airwaves to something that has just become Hair metal for Hicks. I am from the country and I can't stand the simple minded schtick about parties and dirt roads and babes and trucks. …

I like that. Funny and to the point. Thanks for showing us that.

You know I think there is an under reported amount of people who are basically underworked at work. It is not a real problem so there is nothing anyone is going to do about it. We also live in a world that loves to create the illusion of always being busy and productive so if your job is not that busy or productive,…

It IS very good advice and I wish someone had given it to me about 25 years ago. It took a long time to realize that everything my Mom and Dad thought wasn't necessarily so and it effected my life direction to some extent.