There are 2 simple tricks I can offer you to have your body go to its 'setpoint' weight that might help you.

I agree to that, lol. I look like an ME photography of a fatal car accident on most days and my SO looks like a catalog model and she is the one that is self-conscious when we go out places...

Since organized protests do very well at what they are designed to do, that is raise awareness of issues, I think they are a great idea.

Your assertion that ANF is 'doing fine' is at best mistaken and at worst a boldfaced lie. They are losing money, stock value and market share like a gambler with a drinking problem and are slated to close hundreds of stores in the the coming year.

Exactly. In the 90's I would spend $2-500 a year on my wife or girlfriend there, for high quality goods that fit, were comfortable, lasted for as many as 8 years and looked great.

I want to say first of all, that despite having a 'Y' chromosome, I have a great deal of respect for and deeply love, the distaff half of my species. You all are the reason I get out of bed in the morning and always have. That being said, women in this country are being played for chumps and why women allow that…

You are the one that doesnt know a damned thing about child abuse. If you consider one foray into unsuccessful disciplinary action using a cold shower as 'child abuse' and using that as an excuse for the 'distance' you perceive between you and your parents, not only are you an unforgiving prick who didnt deserve…

My significant other, who spent 20 years as a preschool director serving poor and disadvantaged children, made a similar point to me once. She said that given her choice of working with preschool aged children of poor black parents who gave a fuck and upper middle/upper class parents who cared, she would take the…

'No battle plan survives contact with the enemy intact' -Helmuth von Moltke

Be it a cultural thing with daughters/fathers or something else, little girls learn some weird form of 'passive-aggressive emotional judo' that allows them to toss their fathers around with little visible effort. Little boys tend to be destructive events that require good insurance (both health and property), but can…

Not to argue with you, but to be honest, if you dont know what the hell you are doing on a standardized test, having more time wont do much for you, except maybe time to reread. The answer doesnt magically appear with more time and your supposition of a 200 point increase isnt realistic in any case.

When did raising kids become a competitive, contact sport? It is disgusting seeing those fat, crewcutted 'baseball dads' or their any sport equivalent perverting and poisoning the childhoods of their cumsprouts. A game should be fun, not a professional obligation for 7 year olds whose parents dream of a Heisman…

Starting at 10, I used to take a bus to Tyson's Corner, connect to the one to Ballston, take the subway to the National Mall and spend the whole day rubbing myself looking at airplanes at 'Air and Space' or in the Museum of Natural History. Delivering the Washington Post and mowing lawns gave me the money and parents…

If a parent is going to be a 'playground superhero' they should have to wear a cape and a mask.

I believe in the 'Free Range' kids movement. We chouldnt treat our young as veal, to be cages helpless and immobile, while being force fed whatever their farmer/parents think will make their meat more pink and valuable.

I really believe that 'attachment' or 'helicopter' parenting is damn close to child abuse. I have seen parent come my classes (college level) arguing how their little snowflake deserved a higher grade than I gave them, despite an incomplete project, not on time, obviously done at the last minute etc. Heaven forbid…

While I support your right to your own opinion and share your concern for the education of the most vulnerable children (poor, minority, single parent households), do you think you could be less of a pompous asshole when expressing yourself?

Again, I believe that outside of the people who will have to bail the little snowflake out of jail or bury them, no one gets a say in how someone else's kids get raised, unless they demonstrate criminal negligence or worse.

Anyone who lacks the basic human empathy to commiserate with a parent forced to deal with an infant or toddler on a plane, should have 'ASSHOLE' tattooed on their foreheads in big block letters.

As long as there is recognition between people who use the term 'mommy' and 'daddy' as a joke when referring to their pets and those who have birthday parties with invites, I am on board with you.