Lol so true. What kind of person going to meet a famous friend wants to brag about it to the guy driving the cab?

In 2009 I was driving when a flash flood hit, and when the water started pouring in under the car doors, it probably took less than a minute for it to rise up over the center console. This was a pretty heavy car with long windows (oh wait this is Jalopnik - it was an immaculate ‘99 Lexus SC400, damn I loved that car)…

“Californication” is a truly garbage song.

I’m so sorry that happened to your family. I know it was awful to go through that, but you did a great thing trying to protect your loved ones from the feeding frenzy. A long time ago I witnessed the murders of the people closest to me and I was the only survivor in the house. I wish I’d had someone like you around.…

Yes, it’s exactly that, and survivors of violent crime don’t always want to talk about it outside of their families or a support group because other people can’t relate to things that make no sense. Not that rape “makes sense” but people understand what it is. Other, less common types of violence are harder to…

They seem different because in one case the victim is still alive. We used to discuss this when I was in a support group for survivors of violent crime; another thing is that sexual assault affects a lot more people so it’s easier to relate to than, say, watching your ex-husband kill your 11-yo with a cast iron…

I would never wish my worst enemy to feel the pain and frustration of having loved ones murdered, especially when the crime is never solved, but if it happens to you I promise you will never see Clue as a fun game again.

Thank you for some context. This post is the first I’ve heard about this tragedy and it was written to imply that the only family left alive are the children. I wouldn’t trust local police to protect me from someone who would do this; I hope the survivors are given real and lasting protection.

I’m sorry but how did the family issue a statement when the oldest surviving member is 3 years old??? This is beyond chilling.

I wish the problems with sunscreen would get some media attention. I still use it on my face and neck, but when I run or go to the beach now I’ve switched to rash shirts or Coolibar SPF clothing - made for the blistering Outback, it’s lightweight and keeps you cool(ish) and you don’t have to rub or spray poison over…

Chin up - I’d say your snark is pretty on point.

It's not an either/or. They're both.

Lol my sister is one of those idiots. For her, I think “independent” means “embarrassed now that I voted for W and I’m neither informed nor smart enough to speak intelligently on politics - or any other subject”.

Please, try anything. I’ve met some cool cats from Oklahoma, but all of them, um, left. On purpose. If you can find a pollster who says you’ve got a snowball’s chance in hell at getting elected in your state, I say get yourself some power and use it!! Probably a crap salary but there’ll be perqs and a sweet government…

It’s more like there’s a chance of needing a transfusion. Patients are usually asked if they want to have a pint of their own blood drawn well in advance of the surgery, so if they need blood when the time comes, they just get their own blood back. This goes for knee replacements too.

I so much want to believe it wasn’t drugs - I mean, as a fellow musician I’ve idolized this man since “Controversy” came out! And I never saw him as the druggie type, I saw him as the work-your-azz-off-and-sleep-with-more-babes-than-Wilt-Chamberlain type, so AIDS made a lot more sense to me.

He’s imitating an Onion headline.

Who keeps allowing Garry Marshall to make more movies? Is he doing it on weekend furlough from some sort of institution? And if so, why hasn’t this privilege been revoked? Someone needs to alert his caretakers.

“Free” my ass... I paid a LOT for that “free” food. (Cash money. No financial aid; parents didn’t give a rat’s ass. It’s a long story.)

Oh I’m so sorry you had to have that conversation. I still have a Mr. Rogers pamphlet on how to talk to children about death from my friend’s funeral a long time ago. I don’t know why I kept it, but I still cry a little bit every time I come across it when looking through old photographs of her and her husband (they…