Does he look like his mom in that picture, or what?

It's sure been old to me for a long, long time.

Goddammit, tabloids, stop trying to make a Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie feud happen. Jennifer and Brad broke up almost ten years ago.

Not too surprised about Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon.

I'm currently dating a David *and* a Richard. Ha. But my dad's name is Mark.

Ugh, yes, the "I don't want to hurt you" defense, which inevitably leads to things that are far more hurtful than telling the truth would be.

Completely agreed. Nobody expects this kind of thing, so blaming herself for that is just going to pile on more pain.

Ah. I guess that makes sense.

I haven't been gray for quite some time, but I suddenly am today. What gives?

Bleaching dark hair can make it look thicker and coarser because it dries it out, and dry hair often looks "fluffier". So it could be hers.

YES. I was going to say she looks like one of the Children Of The Damned.

I come out a bit yellow or red sometimes, and sometimes kind of aqua when there's a lot of natural light, so I adjust most of my pictures in Photoshop, too. What I meant about changing skin tint not being cool is the way a lot of companies lighten the skin of people with darker complexions. But I'm all for trying to…

I absolutely agree.

Oh, yeah—there are always a few of those people. What they don't realize is that the same people they're denigrating are trying to do the same, but in a world where education costs and cost of living have risen significantly, but pay hasn't caught up.

I agree on the CEO caps. If it's done the way you suggest, where it can only be X amount more than the lowest-paid worker, I think you might see an increase in entry level wages in some companies. But I also agree it probably wouldn't pass, since it's those same people who often influence the vote :/

Yeah, something about pulling yourself over a fence by your bootstraps, if I remember right.

Very much so. I've never worked food service or waited tables, but I've worked a lot of retail, and it's the same sort of thing. You're a servant or babysitter or whatever they need you to be at the moment, but never a real person with a real job.

Exactly! Because, of course, it's *also* their fault for having fallen on hard times, so they should take what they get and be grateful.

Funny thing...I just read something recently that says the expression "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally meant to describe something impossible.

Damn, that's harsh.

Yeah, I decided I'm just not that much of a masochist.

That's what I got from it, too.