And in cases like the Abigail Fisher/University of Texas case, what really galls me is that UT uses a Top 10% rule, meaning if you're in the top 10% of ANY school in Texas, you get in. It's about as level as can be, one of the few good things that Texas does, and it makes me SO MAD when people want to challenge it as…

I think that's a good start. I definitely think school district history and family income should be factored in.

My husband's younger cousin went to a richy rich Christian private univeristy (that they paid for in CASH) and at one point the cousin did poorly in a couple of classes. Get this - the dad went down there and stayed in her apartment for a whole month during which time he went with her to classes and harassed her…

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Thanks but doesn't seem to have made much of a difference.

My dad does the same thing. I've stopped trying and just roll my eyes and change the topic. That attitude isn't going away until that generation dies off. I know it's horrible to say, and I love my dad, but it's true.

I'm just afraid that she's going to be made into a little media darling of the right wing. Especially once she's out of law school. VOMIT.

Yes, but what about a minority (or not) student who went to school in an impoverished district who didn't really have access to many extracurriculars or the same courses? Real example - the student who has decent grades and test scores but their school's music program was cut so her extracurricular (singing) is no…

This is the old racist/classist chestnut, "I don't benefit/don't qualify therefore those who do benefit don't deserve it!" I hear it every.single.day at work issuing gub'ment benefits. Usually by white people who make too much money to qualify.

Didn't we used to have a Photoshop of Horrors column? Wouldn't this be prefect?? I mean, what in fresh hell happened to her shoulder? I am frightened.

Yeah, spend the money! I regret soooo much not using the first baker I found. Yes, his cakes were expensive, yes, he was little full of himself, but DAMN it would have been worth it.

Yeah, that doesn't make you a target for cops at all. Kind of like when I had that "Legalize it!" bumper sticker right after college and got pulled over, like, five times in one single month. I guess when you're Rihanna, though... you get away with shit?

Word of warning you guys - DO NOT order a cake from someone unless you see their cakes in person and you are happy with the result! The ONLY downside of my wedding was my cake. I let my stepmom pressure me into letting her friend from work do my cake because she would do it cheap and told my stepmom she could make it…

Holy shit, your post just got bumped to the front page! Congrats and great story!

I will repeat what everyone else is saying - put it in your program. If you don't have a program, put it on your wedding website. A word of warning, though - I was tagged in hundreds of photos after my wedding, the vast majority didn't even have me in them, people were just tagging me and my husband because it was our…

You also don't smoke (as in, inhale) as much. I know that for me, one or two puffs is plenty. On the other hand, cigarettes are more like puff puff puff puff puff puff over and over. Put cigarette out. Light another. Repeat. I don't know, I've been in plenty of cigarette smoked filled rooms and plenty of pot smoke…

Oh man. Because of this site I want a cronut SO DAMN BAD. I live like a million miles away from the nearest cronut shop, I would never in a million years cook something like that, but I guarantee you when the cronut finally makes it to Texas, I will be the first in damn line.

No. I've never been a fan. I don't understand how someone who is so fashion-savvy with so much money and resources could have such a boring hair cut.

Yeah... a lot of potheads don't count marijuana as "smoking." If it bothers you, you really need to be up-front about it.

I know! He looks like SUCH a child to me. But then I'm an old, closer to 40 than 30, so.