Oh, the whole grade negotiation thing just blows my mind. I can’t believe it’s a thing. I can understand going back to the teacher if there’s a basis to argue that there was a grading mistake, (not common, but sometimes there can be more than one correct answer), but just saying give me a better grade because I want…

I would rather have died than had my mommy (or daddy) fight a battle for me at college. Don’t get me wrong, they would have done it if I asked, but there was no way in hell I would have asked. I hope this is a case of mommy sticking her nose where it wasn’t wanted, or that adult daughter is going to have a tough life.

I see what you did there.

I am not a sports fan but I am her fan.

In the late 1970s, a woman in our neighborhood was murdered in her home. She had a cat which was then left to survive on her own devices. At some point she had kittens, because my father found her and one kitten living in the pile of wood he had in our backyard. He started putting food out for them. She would not let…

He’s a more thoughtful, deeper and decent person than she is - maybe not prettier, but fuck that.

I was terrified of trying rhubarb just based on the name, but my mother insisted and it turned out I loved it.

Amen. I went to college with a guy who considered spaghetti “ethnic food” (I mean, I guess it is technically, but really? It’s been assimilated.) and would order his Chinese food without vegetables. And by “Chinese food” I mean “sweet and sour pork,” so I’m using the term very loosely. He was the whitest guy in town.

Ha! Yes, my parents were “you eat what we’re eating or you don’t eat” types, except I kept telling them I hated the canned ham with cloves and pineapple on top. I was pretty good about trying things and eating lots of things, but I hated that ham. Finally one day I barfed that shit up because my stomach was just off…

Both my parents died within the past five years. Without their toxicity, I feel so much stronger and abler. I didn’t realize how much my mother was undermining me until the last few years before she died. Me and my siblings are all of us terribly scarred by their mental abuse. I wish I had broken away years ago.

Sorry, while this is vile, it isn’t the most terrible news of the day. It may be the most terrible news for the deceased’s family, but I personally think that, to give one example, Oklahoma’s new 72 hour waiting period for abortion is worse. It will oppress and cause distress to far more people. I’m sure there are…

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She can do 115 hours by May 28. It’s only May 7. She need to do something full time for 3 weeks. I’m sure there are places that need the help, and it will still be better than jail.

Similar, neutral clothing is ok, I guess. Identical, ugly clothing is not.

And I would possibly add detail about a white person if they were a redneck, a teenager or a little old person, for example.

Wowsa, genetics in action. Also how hokey is having the family all dress alike for their photo? Bleah!

I can understand where they are coming from, especially in a system such as ours where serious errors in the legal process are not rare. But Tsarnaev’s guilt really isn’t in doubt and I don’t think any number of appeals or writs will secure his release.

So many people don’t comprehend that life without parole in supermax is really worse than death.

Honestly, I don’t know why this Affleck thing is such a BFD. Yes, it was childish of him to want the information omitted. But it doesn’t make him a bad person, just someone who - like many high profile people - wants to control his image. He does positive things outside of his acting. He never owned any slaves. I…