It’s never the woman you know either. It’s never the opinionated, happy-seeming, confident woman being abused. It’s never the happy mother, the dedicated wife, the accomplished physician. That woman would never be abused. She would stop it. She would not put up with that kind of thing. Her upbringing didn’t…

Seriously, the Lin Manuel Miranda Broadway episode??  Loves it.

I have one questions for the folks behind this “remake.”

I pretty much agree with everything you wrote.

It COULD have been good. But it was a piece of crap.

The LDS leadership has been extremely aggressive in recent years in support of refugee assistance and, as a formerly persecuted minority religion, the need to protect other detested minority religions. (There’s a cognitive blind spot there when it comes to sexual orientations, but give it some time.) The people…

My father consented when he took his own Ancestry DNA test, which is how he popped up on my report. So in this story, I assume Dr. McCreepo also did an Ancestry DNA test at some point and agreed to share it with the purposes of connecting with family. Ancestry.com only uses DNA from people who have signed up for their…

Wait, WHAT? So the doctor at some point previously also took an ancestry.com test, didn’t have his profile set to “private”, and then this woman came along and did a test and it NAMED him as her father?

Aunt Beast is referenced in super quick passing (montage of flying through the universe, a voice—Galifinakis?—says “there’s Aunt Beast” to what looks like Woolly mammoths in the distance). I was so excited to see her, but that was it.

Patrick, in a million years, I would have never thought you would be tapped to give Lifehacker readers “the talk”.

This is why it’s important for overarching professional organizations to put out guidance like what the ALA did with their Bill of Rights. As an individual practitioner, you can just say “we’re not promoting anything one way or the other, we’re simply following our professional standard, because that’s what our…

Observations:

NOBODY CHECKED WITH ME ON THIS REBOOT

What exactly does a company “owning” you DNA mean? Regardless of the definition of “owning” it how does it affect you negatively?

The Signature of All Things is a beautiful novel, and I wish people who criticize her for being “all about me” would read it. Even though her most famous writing is about herself, she is a talented writer who is more than capable of seeing the world through others’ eyes. That book completely changed my impression of…

“...that slogan from the mug has taken on meaning that its author didn’t quite intend when she said it. Ulrich didn’t mean, exactly, to cheerlead women into exceptional acts of bravery, activism, or creativity. Instead, its purpose is somewhat simpler: to recognize the fact of ordinary women’s existence, the idea…

I’ve got two hidden gems for you.

Pike Place Market is famous for a reason, great place to people watch but extremely crowded. What you want to do is stay a block behind Pike Place on Post Alley to actually do shopping or eat. The Pink Door is an excellent stop. They put on a burlesque show at night...not really my taste but you can enjoy the giant…

I went to Seattle for the first time a few weeks ago and I had the best time. I really recommend doing all of the touristy things. Go to Pike Place, Seattle Art Museum, and check out the bars and the restaurants. Shop on 6th. Take pictures with the chewing gum wall. We were lucky because it was sunny for the whole…

I was up there for a week mostly by myself, and really enjoyed the pop culture museum (Mopop). I found Seattle to be a quiet, lovely city. Quite a change from my native Atlanta.