I'm sure you're familiar with the story of Renee Richards, who was born Richard Raskin. I mention her because she transitioned relatively late in life, after having been in the military, married, has a son and another career. I hope you will not feel it is not too late for you to make the changes you would like to.

(shudder) I guess I've just been lucky in where I work, because that has never happened to me.

I'm glad you said it. That jumped out at me. I can well believe he has a friend who would do that. Multiple friends who are so cheap they would get in some strange man's car and expose themselves to disease to avoid paying $40 for gas? That's disturbing.

That is really messed up! I never considered leaving Facebook before, because I barely use it. But your story is making me think it's time to go.

Oh come on. It's part of their culture. This is really the only use of live animals in a wedding I can support. Llamas on the other hand—they should have gone with alpacas. Smaller and less spitty.

I had gotten my shopping done Friday. Or so I thought. I was getting a scarf for my boyfriends' mother, and texted him whether I should get red or blue. My phone died before I got a reply, so I went ahead and got the red one. Wrong!

Edit: No longer necessary, as I've dismissed the troll I was replying to.

Okay. That's interesting and a good piece of information to know.

(backing away slowly) You seem to have a odd amount of anger directed at nutritionists. Did a nutritionist steal your girlfriend or something?

??? The nutritionist I've seen in the past (at UCSF) has a Master's degree in nutrition. Where are you getting this idea that nutritionists don't go to school? I made the assumption you were in the U.S. Are you in another country, where nutritionists don't go to school? Or do you have some weird beef with…

So true. People think that because someone is an MD, whatever they say carries weight. Dr. Oz is a cardiothoracic surgeon—if he didn't already have a trashed reputation, I'd listen to him as far as concerns about the heart went. If I want information about diet, I'll ask a nutritionist or dietician, since the actually…

Wow, where do you live that your family ends up with such awful doctors? I want to avoid that place.

Are you still that person who complains that "life is unfair" in response to a minor inconvenience? Because that's all it is. A minor inconvenience—to me not even worth commenting on. It's like planes being delayed-just one of those things that happens in life.

" It doesn't seem fair."

1) Agreed. The baby doesn't know any better. Probably his/her ears are hurting.

That's the part I got stuck on. Someone married this...this...creature. But you know, she has to be as terrible as he is. Really, who would think someone who behaves the way he does is a desirable partner? Only someone equally as bad.

"Don't rape children," isn't one of the Ten Commandments.

I think there is something to this. I remember reading, years ago, a book called "The Rage of a Privileged Class" by Ellis Cose. He interviewed a number of black upper middle and upper class people. To a person, the were well educated, had risen to high status jobs, had nice homes, expensive cars, etc. But what they…

"They are an elite military unit. My father even penned them a marching song (I wish I could sing it for you all)"

I've come to the conclusion that there aren't. You have to use the same sites everyone else uses (except for Plenty of Fish, avoid that altogether) and dig through a mountain of dreck to find the good bits. I'm reminded of that joke Ed Meese claimed was one of Ronald Reagan's favorites. You can google for the whole…