I don't really like nitpicking about terms, which is why I think the subject of this week's column is more or less pointless—but polyamory pretty much means loving more than one person—not just having sex with others. And the polyamorous people I've talked to—mostly online, in two cases not—are exactly interested in…

I don't really like nitpicking about terms, which is why I think the subject of this week's column is more or less pointless—but polyamory pretty much means loving more than one person—not just having sex with others. And the polyamorous people I've talked to—mostly online, in two cases not—are exactly interested in…

There isn't just one kind of poly relationship and in many poly relationships there is no attempt at "exact" equality (and I would say in many monogamous relationships there isn't either).

There isn't just one kind of poly relationship and in many poly relationships there is no attempt at "exact" equality (and I would say in many monogamous relationships there isn't either).

That show really makes me want my very own secret black forensic scientist.

That show really makes me want my very own secret black forensic scientist.

It's a great season for indignance fetishists, though.

It's a great season for indignance fetishists, though.

It's 16 in more states than any other age, so the idea is probably that that is a reasonable baseline and another age is an "arbitrary" deviation.

It's 16 in more states than any other age, so the idea is probably that that is a reasonable baseline and another age is an "arbitrary" deviation.

How's this? I make it pretty for the ladies.

How's this? I make it pretty for the ladies.

They're for when the fax machine is on the fritz.

They're for when the fax machine is on the fritz.

Because an artist can opt in or out if they like or don't like it.

Because an artist can opt in or out if they like or don't like it.

^This^

^This^

My first reaction to knowing there was a movie was similar to your mom's, but I loved it from the opening scene. It also turned me into a Crowe fan (I like Jack Russels too) from someone who was really indifferent about him in Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind.

My first reaction to knowing there was a movie was similar to your mom's, but I loved it from the opening scene. It also turned me into a Crowe fan (I like Jack Russels too) from someone who was really indifferent about him in Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind.