My mother gave birth to herself.

Aah! That's horrible and terrifying. In your shoes I would be equally freaked out and, in all seriousness, contemplating staying with a friend or something for a little while. It's likely that he's harmless and simply doesn't realize/care that he's scaring you, but it's also possible that his boundary issues are of…

I would have just about flipped the table and screamed, "WHEN I AM HAVING EMOTIONS YOU WILL FUCKING KNOW IT."

This really needs to be seen by more people. (Both your comment and your Phyllis-Schlafy-trapped-in-the-unisex-bathroom scene.)

I don't know! If it ever happens, I want 10% of the royalties and/or a seat next to Idris at the premiere.

He's Q's mentor. The one who taught him everything he knows. Except Hawking never really cared about Q. He taught his apprentice just enough to ensure that he'd be recruited by MI6. Now he's framed Q for an "inside job" and the 00's have been ordered to capture Q, dead or alive. Only Bond believes he's innocent. But…

"I fail to find sympathy for a 'party girl' who gets in a bit of heat while flirting with somebody. Especially if that involves sneaking up behind a few frat boys and 'dancing' like somebody strung out on some type of drugs. Even more so in light of recent events. What did she think was gonna happen?"

Speaking of Bond-related nerdgasms, Stephen Hawking has said that he wants to play a Bond villain...

This was a great question, so kudos to you as well! Nice to get a fun SNS thread instead of the usual sad/real life stuff.

Can you elaborate on why the "buy 'em food approach" is problematic? I've always felt it was a little off but never able to define why.

If you have time, CJA over at io9 wrote an awesome short story about this exact dilemma:

This one hurt so much. All three books had a shocking, painful scene now that I think about it - I didn't for one second think Roger (or any of the kids!) was going to be sacrificed; then I was sure the parental figures would be okay; then I was sure at least the two heroes would triumph over everything. Pullman was…

I guess my non-specific answer to your non-specific problem would be along these lines:

That's what irked me (among many other things) about the "I built this!" fiasco during the last election. People who belong to groups that have struggled tend to recognize the collective effort of the struggle; people who belong to groups that sit at the top tend to think that every member of their top-sitting group…

Schools do teach religion and politics. Global history, economics, current events, social studies. No one ever told me what to think, they just gave me a factual understanding of each religion's core beliefs, each party's core platform. Sex Ed is about teaching the facts about sexual health, reproduction, and sexual…

The crazy thing is this might be the best possible time for the report to land, but not for the reason she thinks. If other nations (esp. the ones who loathe us) saw this report while we were at the height of Tea Party/patriotic pride, I would expect more serious backlash. But anyone looking over here now is going to…

"Benghazi! Death panels! Emperor Obama! We have the worst president in history, worse than Hitler!"

I work in tech, which means when I go out to lunch with coworkers there's a good chance I'm the lone woman at a table of six. If a tiny helicopter started circling my head daring one of my coworkers to kiss me, I would consider it an act of war and retaliate appropriately.

Thanks for your comment (and Young East African girl as well). I had to look up Imazighen and then do some reading to figure out why you said you objected to Berber. Now I know slightly more than I did before. :)

OOF. How awkward! The more I think about that, the crazier it seems. Is your partner an ethnicity/religion/something she has a prejudice against? Does the mutual friend have an unrequited crush on you that she was trying to facilitate? Did your partner say/do something that offended her? I can't think of any situation…