Agreed. And, to build on the other comments in this thread regarding seeking out someone who seems weaker and vulnerable, I look no further than my 6' tall, model gorgeous friend who comments that "guys only really creep on me when I'm in my gym clothes, or depressed and heading to the grocery store in sweats, with no…

A) Alan Cumming is middle aged? Sweet! This means I'm not, yet.

"It's not rape. It's the implication."

Thanks for posting this. I've known a number of Mormons and while the church has its problems, so do all churches. I became friends with one Mormon family in particular 8 years ago, and through them I learned about their faith, which led me to my own research (I'm a research lawyer, and generally interested in other…

Oh, yuck. I didn't know about that :(

I am 38 and have had my period for every. fucking. major. event. for the past year and a half. It obligingly comes early or waits an extra week, just to make sure it hits at Christmas, or that destination wedding, or the big move, or my inlaws visiting, or whatever.

Actual conversation I had with my son 2 years ago, when he was 9:

So glad you said this. I sometimes have to remind myself to give positive feedback because I'm all just lying there, blissed out, and then I remember that to the outside observer I appear non-responsive.

My patronus is an otter!

Have you seen his audition tape for House? It's ... intense.

I imagine Hugh Laurie would tell one about his suffering in minute detail.

Does nobody remember Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan? Cameron can't out-goofy that.

Ugh ugh ugh.

Beef tongue is AMAZING. Lengua tacos, tongue kushiyaki, Korean stewed tongue ...

"Nothing can make me hate Firefly."

He was a sexist pig (does anyone still say that?) gun nut conservative jackass on Firefly, so it wasn't too much of a disappointment when I learned that he was kinda like that in real life, too.

Yeah, but so many Canadians use American spelling. My kids' spelling lists from school - Canadian school! - used to be a mishmash of the two varieties. And don't even get me started on Canadians finishing the alphabet with a zee.

Thank you!!!

I started law school at 31, with 2 young kids. Most of the students were 22 - 26 when they started, and a sizable minority were around my age. There were also 5 or so in my year who were in their 40s and beyond.

Yes, please write it! (I'm 38, and mostly looking forward to my 40s and beyond)