I read the book he did where he followed up on some of that. I definitely want to check out the docs.

Same.

To assuage your fears: your kids would be amazing. Close genetic breeding is ok so long as it isn't constant (so long as YOUR children didn't also breed and have offspring, and their children and so on) and would be just as likely to bolden your strongest genes rather than make your defects prominent.

Are we "taking back" the term Vodka Mom? Because there's a movement I can support. I could never be known as one, but I feel like it's my civic duty to ensure the term isn't used for evil.

It is THE BEST. It is something wholly unlike that which is sold in grocery stores. It's is something which actually has...get this...flavor. As in, it's not just something mom's put on their kids' sandwiches in the morning to keep them from being so dry they're inedible by lunchtime. Especially when made with…

it is amazing. it's not even very difficult, and I imagine it's even easier if you have an automatic mixer type thingy.

And here?!

This just in: Unilever is suing the Republic of Ireland over this place.

The entire Pink Moon album by Nick Drake was my sad girl jam as a teenager. I always return to the song "Place to Be" and meditate on the lyric, "and now I'm weaker than the palest blue." It's such an apt description of sadness.

Fade into You by Mazzy Star. Le sigh.

I listened to this on repeat for an hour after a particularly harsh Valentine's Day.

I've read about her before. SUCH a player. <3

MOAR ARTICLES LIKE THESE, PLEASE.

Great article! Is there any place where we can read Lady Colin's writing?

Or watched that TV show on the Disney Channel.

I've been at such a dinner (though, not cardinals, just the lowly brothers, Friars, and Priests). It was about Benedict and John Paul. There was also several bottles of wine. And lamb. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life. Though, that might have been the wine...

Six minutes in, and St. White Guy is already affixed to his cross.

They're misogynists. They're proud of their dickish behavior. They enjoy being sexist (and likely racist) douchebags.

I wish they could do more than suspend accounts. I've seen people open new accounts and start over. Their IPs should be banned for good.

I am all for free speech, but IMHO, any threat received through social media should be per se legitimate, and the corresponding ISP should be blocked from the site. Yes, the trolls will still probably find a way. Fine. But still, harassment is harassment, and it shouldn't be tolerated, period. Block the offender from…