Ughhh. My deep condolences. That type of sexual harrassment shouldn’t be allowed to happen.

I remember the spaghetti strap tank tops. It was more an issue during middle school because the building didn’t have air conditioning. When school starts in mid-August and it can stay warm outside until October, dressing appropriately for the weather is a big issue. It’s worse when the school is made of brick and…

So you are also in favor of a more modest dress code for boys as well.

Modesty is more than wearing clothing that men deem appropriate. It also is having the appropriate tone in your body language. As a woman, I think men need to learn how to be more modest in their body language and vocal tones. If a girl has to have shorts that are so long and wear higher necked shirts to avoid…

My dad’s late mother was someone that you avoided going out to eat with. She didn’t have very good table manners and would talk while eating with her mouth open. She also was rude as hell to the servers and didn’t believe in tipping beyond a dollar. If the server didn’t have her coffee cup filled up within a couple…

Nut allergies are some of the nastier food allergies. A former neighbor had a son with life threatening peanut allergies. They had their dog trained as a service dog to sniff out peanuts and peanut residue.

As an Illinois alum, this is wonderful news. It won’t make up for losing to UNC in the 2005 National Championship game, but it’s quite wonderful that the NCAA is doing something. Given that UNC is one of the elite schools in the NCAA, the evidence must be damning for UNC for them to take action. As a Big 10 alum, it’s…

The problem with this experiment from Target was the choice of models and the ugly clothes.

Ale Asylum has some great brews. If you ever are in the Madison or Milwaukee areas, try Velveteen Habit, a very nice darker IPA.

The parents live in Racine and it’s not unusual to see a number of cars with Illinois plates in Kenosha/Racine area at local grocery stores. On the other hand, on my trips into Chicago, I’ll pick up Arcadia Ale, out of Battle Creek, MI, that isn’t sold in Wisconsin.

That honor goes to New Glarus’ Spotted Cow. It’s a good gateway craft beer for people who have been Miller/Coors/Bud drinkers for most of their lives. New Glarus and Spotted Cow in particular has a kind of mystique because the owners don’t want to sell it outside of Wisconsin due to having to deal with other states’…

My parents are along those lines. I’m 30 and my sister’s in her late 20s and they don’t seem to be too anxious about our single states and their lack of grandkids. My lovely mother has said that she wouldn’t be too surprised if at least one of her sister-in-laws is a great grandmother before she has any human…

Metra is awesome. It’s a great value, especially on the weekends for going into Chicago. Given that parking there unless you have someone with access to a Residential Parking Permit will probably cost you $30 at a minimum plus dealing with the traffic.

I feel the same way. Space is at a premium on any form of public transportation and you want to enjoy what little space you can snag for yourself. It’s usually on the commute home that the last thing you want after an especially irritating day at work is for some manspreader with obnoxious BO plops his fat butt down…

Her piece was great. The comments seem like a few too many members of the country club/sorority set had one too many cocktails at brunch and lost what civility they had remaining. The word vomit about how Givhan doesn’t understand fashion because she doesn’t have their level of “class” was hilarious.

Reading the reviews has been interesting. I find it interesting when art museums try to think outside the accepted canon for exhibitions. Sometimes the presentations work. I saw the Bowie show in Chicago and it was wonderful. The presentation had been modified for Chicago from the original V&A presentation - more…

Crohn's Disease is another one where avoiding gluten and dairy products helps avoid symptoms. The main difference is that celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder and crohn's is an inflammatory bowel disease. My sister was having a range of health issues during college and her doctors thought she may have had…

I've worked retail both in grocery stores and department stores, but don't anymore. I worked at a grocery store in SW Michigan during the worst part of the recession and saw a lot of customers using EBT. Most weren't buying luxury items - they were buying staples and items on sale. It wasn't a coincidence that the…

If there is a silver lining, Grothmann is no spring chicken. He's almost 60 and US Rep. is about as far as he'll go. There's a number of equally conservative and younger WI Republicans whom I would be more worried about because they would see the position of a member of WI's congressional delegation as a stepping…

Michigan under Rodriguez and Hoke didn't sign recruits that were athletically talented but didn't have grades and test scores that met the UM's standards for athletes. As for the Fab 5, Michigan voluntarily vacated the championship and wins during that time period. I haven't seen UNC make an offer to vacated all of…