Austin has a few of these... first it was just the local free weekly paper that sponsored them, now a couple of bars are hosting their own. It's good for those of us who can't compete in trivia nights and don't know how to play poker. Only next time I have to remember to let my Guinness sit there until I'm through…

Studies on 18-year-olds' sexual history has nothing to do with the rest of us. How about reporting on something we can relate to?

I'd say bubble wrap, but the little dickens would pop it all!

Thank Jeebus they no longer use actual lead!

Thank you. For my high school crowd, 'parties' meant 'cast parties,' and we were always really happy to hang out together after a show was done, but honest to God, we did not have so much as beer at those parties. Why? Because our parents were ALWAYS HOME.

My son just hit seven. I will borrow your wisdom to stretch my patience out a little further.

I wanted nothing to do with P in V for months, and if DH had so much as accidentally grazed my poor overworked breasts, I would have shrieked. But we had different ways of gettin' busy. I do know my uterus felt much better and more like itself after each O.

In your place, I'd move to China. That will go a long way in clarifying your feelings. And if they're still strong, invite her to come and see you (not right away - give yourself long enough to learn your way around and have a routine of some kind). Then you'll find out how she feels.

Yes. This is what I still believe, even after the mindblowingly intervention-heavy birth I gave. At the end, we were both alive, so it was a smashing success.

And what do you do when your seven-year-old son says he doesn't want to be fat, and points to his little rounded belly after a meal like it's a bad thing? I mean, besides what I am doing, which is telling him that he's perfect, he's growing, he eats nutritious food and stays active, and the girls at school whom he…

Hell, I wish we did ride horses everywhere! But yes, agree with your point. I moved to Austin from San Francisco 15 years ago so I admit I live in a gay-friendly bubble, but this is not a 'Texas problem.' Until details are out about whether or not the shooter knew these women, the soapbox should stay in the corner.

Hearted for the gif as well as the word 'chucklefuck,' which I can't believe I was doing without.

Yes, this is a wee bit simplistic. If only it were so, Miranda!

My husband (rightly) felt cheated because after the second trimester I was no longer able to do cowgirl and nothing else was comfortable. So yes, I had a little honeymoon with myself before my life was given over completely to someone else. I will say I should have got back on the horse (as it were) a bit sooner than…

Um, your title's a bit off again. Did you think no one would click if it wasn't about the USA?

Looks like Woody Allen's memory is failing.

I truly believe this is an algebra vs. geometry thing. Some people are good at remembering names, others faces. I never forget anyone's face, ever, even if I've only seen it in passing - but names? No. To try to remedy this, I do something annoying: I repeat someone's name immediately when they tell it to me, ask how…

Billions and billions of hearts.

Well, I'm feeling better now about my son eating popcorn off the airport floor when he was a toddler. You should have seen the looks on the faces of the women who alerted me to it. Like they were watching a car accident or something. And yes, he used to sleep with the cat and eat the dog's treats.

I hope she's taking her Vitamin Dita.