I have the opposite issue with t-shirts, many of mine are slightly inappropriate and after putting it on I completely forget what shirt I am wearing and later I will realize that I probably should not have gone to hang out where kids are while wearing some of them. My shirt collection has grown extensively since…

I grew up watching TCM and AMC and generally have always loved classic movies, however, I had not seen Woman of the Year before.  I recently rectified that and I think it might be one of the most progressive movies I have ever seen.  I was all prepared to love the movie except the ending, but it did not end with her…

And honestly it isn’t just transfers in the form you are discussing. I bought a studio on my own, sold it and used the proceeds to help me buy a townhouse with my husband. I did not receive down payment assistance from my parents. However, I have greatly benefited from their comfortable position. Between my parents…

I agree on the price, though I finally broke down and bought some when my new commute with my old shoes caused way too many blisters. They didn’t have a break in period and have been super comfortable. And this is coming from someone that wore the same pair of Doc Martens for something like seven years (owned them for…

I agree on the price, though I finally broke down and bought some when my new commute with my old shoes caused way…

There is a PhD program at Mason that I have debated for the last year or so, but because I know they are so closely tied to libertarians I just can’t apply. It really is too bad since it is the only part time PhD program I have found that also is in an area that aligns with my career (the degree is Computational…

I was surprised to find that TruTV actually has a few worthwhile TV shows. I randomly started watching Adam Ruins Everything and I’m Sorry and really like them both. Plus now there is At Home with Amy Sedaris which is just delightful and I can’t wait to add it to the tv I watch.

When I was a child my mom pushed very hard to have a themed tree with ornaments that matched, etc. and my siblings and I would not let that happen. That ornament I made in kindergarten ten years ago and is falling apart obviously needs to be up, the super faded cartoon ornament that my sister received as a gift had…

I took up sewing again recently and have begun making my own dresses and shirts and other things. I am someplace around a size 18 and the thing that amazes me is that I have had no problem finding patterns from designers that include my size. It is to the point where I own way more patterns than I have had a chance…

If you are interested in it, one of the first things I would recommend is spending some time learning about it. There are a lot of courses available for free through MOOCs, if you live in it near a big city there may be meetups available (DC for example has a ton), and maybe looking at projects others have done. If…

I work in analytics and have had pretty good luck with not dealing with this shit. Even though “data scientists” get most of the headlines, I believe the analytics field is actually about evenly split. So even though a lot of the people getting the headlines are still men, those in the field are much more diverse. …

My mom bought one of them for me a few years ago for christmas and the first thing I did was take that stupid thing off. Once I removed it it was actually a pretty great bag, structured, big enough to hold what I needed but small enough I didn’t end up carrying everything and in a eye catching color (the last one has…

Thank you for this, I was unaware of her. I just tried to find a copy of The Good Fight, but it appears to be out of print, so I checked my library and they have one, which I have a hold on and hope to pick up in the next couple days. Tuesday night was one of the worst nights ever and I am still reeling but I think…

I actually really liked that Xo told Rogelio (I think, it may have been Jane) that Alba was making her feel guilty about not feeling guilty. I feel like that is a common feeling, that it is portrayed as something that everyone feels guilty about, and if you don’t there is something wrong with you, you are some how…

Your second graph is a great example of mis-leading charts. It is talking about overall water consumption but does not take into account output. Before I wrote this I did a quick google search and found that a liter of almond milk requires over 1,500 gallons more water than a liter of cows milk. I am going to assume…

It would be. In general I think her grasp of expressing arithmetic in sentences is lacking, for example, the email regarding the second happy hour implied that women are paid $0.78 less than men, instead of 78% of what men make (also is it $0.78 less per dollar, day, year, lifetime?)

I second this option. Plus it is a cheap way to give a custom dress form a try, and it is pretty hilarious when getting wrapped up in duct tape. I did this a decade ago, but here is a link for some instructions (not sure how good they are since I haven’t tried them, but it isn’t hard in general):

Steve King has a confederate flag on his desk, the fact that he wants to keep Jackson and not include an African- American woman on our currency is not at all surprising