But by saying “Hey dudes! Think of how much money you’ll save if she has an abortion!” is encouraging other conversations:

I promised I wouldn’t read the news this weekend, yet here I am. I was so upset when I heard the news about Kennedy.

I think that’s why teaching why it’s unacceptable is at least as important as telling boys that it is unacceptable.

When teens rebel, which is a natural impulse and something I’m OK with, they should pick something that doesn’t involve taking away someone else’s agency. Skipping class or sneaking some booze is a better…

Hippocratic Oaf.

People who think their feelings are more important that providing healthcare to a person should not work in healthcare in any capacity.

So let’s make sure all women are the same height, the same weight, have the same waist-to-hip ratio. It’s ridiculous. In math competitions, are they going to measure IQs so all are on a level playing field? So some women are biologically “gifted” with something that gives them an advantage. That’s how it works. We all…

I don’t think that’s an issue at all. These ownership groups buy up multiple horses with potential - they are lucky to get a Classic, let alone a Triple Crown winner out of less than 1% of them. Hell, we probably even wouldn’t have seen Justify run in these races had an assistant (or maybe one of the owners?) not…

Exactly. The connections to Eddington and Rock Hard Ten weren’t happy with the way they were ridden in that Belmont, they cooked Smarty but also gave themselves no shot. This happens both ways in horse racing and always has. Dr. Fager was a top 10 all-time horse and still holds the record for fastest mile, the only…

So, unwritten etiquette or actual rules? Never mind. This is just another opportunity to share Secretariat’s Belmont ride, still, for my money, the most impressive athletic achievement in mammalian history.

A Triple Crown winning horse is only valuable insofar that it produces offspring that win races. If the owners start gaming the system to produce Triple Crown winners, those winners will be sub-par horses who don’t actually command high stud fees.

is your implication here that horse owners and trainers didn’t know that winning the Triple Crown was incredibly lucrative until 2011?

How I met you and your husband numerous times but don’t remember.

Not the first time, definitely won’t be the last.

I have seen a couple of sites trying to make a fuss out of this and say that homophobia was some sort of skeleton in Fred Rogers’ closet. But that is really judging people of half a century ago by the morality of today. It is amazing that Clemmons wasn’t fired. Gay people (especially men) around children was regarded…

While I’ve always considered Snape a creep, your comment is this bit of fridge horror that I hadn’t yet considered. Thanks for that...

The creepiness of Snape is really hammered home when you imagine what would have happened if Harry had been a girl who looked like Lily.

I’m still amazed that fans are so obsessed with Rickman’s Snape. He was a creepy stalker who never let go of an unrequited love for 20+ years, and tormented the kid of the woman he was obsessed with. How is this romantic? It’s right up there with the rape scene in “Revenge of the Nerds” in a list of Hollywood movies…

True story- I rescued a pregnant dog. I kept mom and one puppy. I adopted out the other seven puppies.

Humane Society International helped Gus and Robin bring the Sochi Dogs home from Russia. HSI is working to help dog farmers in Korea retool their farms if they decide to give up their dogs. They reached out to Gus and asked him to tour the dog farm where he and Matt fell for Beemo. With the help of HSI that particular…

Gus and his then-boyfriend Robin brought a mom dog and her three puppies home from Sochi. One pup died in quarantine, Gus’ mom has the mom dog, and Robin kept the pups when he and Gus broke up. The split was amicable and Gus still has contact with the dogs. They have their own Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thesoc…