Or, worse, every beardo in Brooklyn is going to start making moonshine, which is after all the logical conclusion to the ongoing mania for bluegrass and mason jars.

I was first introduced to Maya in my teens. At a time when I felt isolated, confused, alone, and conflicted. I lived between two worlds - black and white and the black kids at school didn't let me forget it and neither did the white ones. I felt low and shy and angry and couldn't make friends, couldn't get comfortable…

"Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,They think I'm telling lies.
I say,It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me."

A bartender and a burger flipper are very, very different beasts. I've never met anyone who craves an emotion connection with the kid who put the fries in the box.

The "careful demanding better wages, or we'll replace you" rhetoric is bullshit. Corporations can't wait to cut workers loose and replace them with machines as soon as it's affordable. It will happen anyway, whether the workers get a living wage or not.

At least a robot won't whack off in ma' burger... ...

Im surprised it didnt happen sooner. The robots are never late, they are far more productive, they never call in sick, they dont steal, they dont need time off, they dont need vacation, and they dont ask for raises.

So if I were to book a flight to Pakistan specifically so I could find this family and stone all involved family members to death just so that they can experience exactly the kind of horror and brutality that their daughter did as she slowly died at their hands... how many people would be willing to sign up with me?

No - it's at its usual pitch.

Unless she calls her left breast "charisma" and her right breast "voice", I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you on the roots of her fame. And in an ideal world her weight wouldn't matter, but when she's making big money by endorsing a weight loss plan, it kinda does.

her clothing line is actually one of, if not the most, successful celebrity clothing brands (they rake in $$$$billions or something)

I'm so sorry you married someone who plays golf. My deepest sympathies, I pray he doesn't watch it on television as well as waste hundreds of dollars on pleated khaki pants.

Detroit 2022!

Yup. Y'all can pry my Diet Coke/Coke Zero from my cold, (fat) dead hands. Mama needs to be awake for this trifle called "a job."

Serious question: why don't we see cities that have previously hosted the winter Olympics bidding to do it again? Salt Lake City or Lillehammer wouldn't need a huge infrastructure investment, would they? Just put a fresh coat of paint on the bobsled track and you're all set.

The answer is yes, they would be the first. See how easy that is everyone? Just answering the question is so much easier than being a shithead.

That is my takeaway from this article as well. Thankfully, it's lunchtime, and my office is in a taco-rich neighborhood.

And that caffeine is what fuels me through fatigue caused by other health issues. Coffee is God, Diet Coke is like, a minor diety.

What? You mean a nation's citizens don't actually WANT to pay for an already rich corporate sports conglomerate's desires for new stadiums, facilities, and equipment from their tax dollars? Jeeze, I hope nobody tells the NFL, NBA, or MLB. They'll be heartbroken

Nonsense, that wouldn't allow the water polo player to hook up with the equestrian star. Have you no respect for the Olympic ideals?