I went because that was the next step laid out in front of me after high school. It never occurred to me that there were other options. I probably would have still gone, but I wouldn't have wasted two years undeclared and I probably would have studied winemaking instead of boring ol' political science. So as a parent,…

Absolutely. So many of my friends went to a two or four year school, hated it, maybe finished, maybe didn't, and eventually found themselves much happier with trade work. They like the hours, they like the people, they like the work. They are smart, they make decent money, they pay their taxes, and they vote. This is…

His Infinite Stabbiness! He is the Smoter Most High, the Great Retributor, His All-Avenging Wrathiness.

You'd think that we, as a species, hadn't survived plagues and wars and packs of rabid wolves the way some people treat their kids. I'm going to be careful with my baby's immune system those first few weeks. And after that, it's time to let him/her be introduced to the cocktail of microbes that the world has to offer.…

College isn't for everyone, either! And that's okay! Some parents act like the Ivy League is their kid's only chance to be successful, and that's so unfair. It's unfair to the kids, and it unfairly inflates the importance of college degrees in general, which, let's face it: don't mean a ton at this point entering the…

Most etiquette guides advise not to show up with gifts but to mail them before or after so the couple or their family members aren't stuck hauling a bunch of stuff from the site.

I think the police acted completely appropriately, given what I've heard so far and what I've seen. She could have had a bomb rigged in her trunk - as an officer making a split-second decision, you have to assume the worst about someone who has done the things she did in that amount of time. I'd rather have this…

This is exactly what my husband and I did. I bought the rings, he took on two extra mortgage payments.

Yeah, let 'em have it, White House! Really get the public lathered up.

Yeah, let 'em have it, White House! Really get the public lathered up.

Or not let Apple store your CC information.

I've always said that soda can was too fat to be aspirational.

Here's the thing: There is a healthy, consensual way to have a dynamic where one or both partners is/are sexually domineering. But the key is consent! Not tacit consent, not implicit consent, actual, we-sat-down-and-talked-through-the-parameters-of-this consent. They don't seem to understand that, just because this…

I'm loath to throw around the term "douchebag" when talking about babies, but if I saw a baby playing with a stuffed stretch limo, I'd have no choice.

When this absolute treasure of a human doesn't find his dream girl , whose fault will that be? Say it with me ladies: TEH FEMINISTS.

That episode was the first CBB I listened to and i didn't yet understand that I shouldn't listen to it while at the gym. When Leykis asks her if she's "beefin'" anybody, I laughed so loud the entire gym looked at me.

So that's just a thing people say to each other now? I'd just like to have an appropriate retort like, "And you're still horrible!"

I'm now having a much harder time with Jesse Pinkman's story line on Breaking Bad (no spoilers) now that Aaron Paul is repeatedly showing himself to be totally deserving of all the success he has. He's so good-natured, funny, and clearly thrilled to be doing the work he's done for the past few years. I've never wanted…

Especially since it's a response to Watch the Throne, which I enjoy for its sheer bombast, but find the message rather deplorable.

I remember so well how much pain I felt that Leonardo DiCaprio (circa Romeo and Juliet) and I couldn't be together. What that pain really was from was my parents' divorce, but I channeled it all into LEO, WHY, LEOOOO to the point where I didn't want to live anymore. (Never attempted suicide, thank goodness, just…