I also wonder about the simple "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" signs I see up at various establishments in the shit kicker town where I work. On one hand, the owners seem like ok people. On the other hand, I NEVER see any people of color in these places. What do you think it is? I've been wanting to…

I saw a similar sign in down town New Orleans one time, only it added stuff like "No wallet chains" and "No sneakers." It was SO OBVIOUS who they were trying to keep out, I can't believe that shit is still allowed to happen.

That is so much better! /sarcasm

She reminds me of those "cool" and "edgy" evangelical preachers. You know, the ones who have multiple piercings and tattoos and weird facial hair and wild hair cuts and have rock bands do the church music and stuff. Sure, they seem great at first. So accepting! So youthful! But then you scratch away at the makeup a…

I kind of like Christina Hendricks's dress. I guess it's the old goth in me. I think the top part is pretty cool, and if it had been shorter without the sheer overlay on the skirt, I would have loved it.

"I let my wife get away with the stupidest stuff."

Yes! They are so bad ass! I love that they are standing up to those old assholes, it makes me so happy. I spent my high school years in Manila, and saw the damage entrenched conservative Catholic policies can cause. Hearing them tell the poor and uneducated masses that using birth control was a sin but having that…

And STILL, people will call Obama an "elite" as a put down. So. Fucking. Frustrating.

My half sister doesn't vaccinate her kids and it worries me to death. To death. It is so insane and irresponsible. And these are educated people with college degrees! Ugh, I can't even. I was terrified they were going to pick up some bug at my wedding from all the other kids there who are vaccinated and die or get…

I have never been so thin in my life as when I lived in Japan (and was still considered a giant Gaijin water buffalo by their standards, but whatever). I walked everywhere, used public transportation to get around large areas, and ate incredibly delicious fresh and healthy food at almost every meal. McDonald's and the…

This article was amazing. It is so rare to read stuff like this outside the disability community. I worked for a while with adults with intellectual disabilities and we had to combat intrenched attitudes every day - "Oh, they are just so sweet and good hearted." "Oh my son could never live anywhere without me!" "Oh…

I lived in Austin for years and I can't stand the man. When he broke up with his wife who nursed him through testicular cancer so that he could go out with Sheryl Crow, I lost all respect for him. Also, the Lance Armstrong hero-worship that happens all over town gets incredibly old.

Yeah, I didn't really need a condescending lecture about diet and exersize, but thanks for trying. This article was about the diet that the corporation General Mills promotes using its cereal. In the diet, you eat a bowl of cereal at breakfast and another one at lunch. Nothing else until dinner.

I have never understood how I am supposed to go all day until dinner time on two bowls of cereal. I would be so starving by dinner I would eat so much I'd probably gain more weight. I always thought this was just an advertising campaign and not something anyone would actually, you know, do to themselves.

When God closes one door, somehow he opens a window. Heh.

Thanks for giving me something to watch on my lunch hour!

They don't like him at all. They will vote for him as a vote against Obama, much the same way Democrats voted for Kerry as a vote against Bush in '04.

That was the best!

I liked that documentary and I didn't think he was a dick at all. I found him to just be very driven and very Type A. You don't get to where he is in life without those qualities, actually.

Oh. Oops. I'm usually pretty good about catching things like that, now I'm sort of embarrassed.