I especially like that he's all "ugh all these DIFFERENT classes with their own SPECIAL grievances" as though the various ~classes are just all picking completely random items to be offended by and he can't imagine why jokes about The Trail of Tears would be specifically offensive to Native Americans while black…

His list is so generic. "I'll hold your hand. I'll look into your eyes. I'll take you to dinner." I wonder what they did when they were actually dating and what they had in common. Taking her to Pittsburgh to see "her" team play is one of the only activities on there that actually reflects any kind of awareness of…

Yeah, and they're also just as capable of looking at "adult products" with or without the presence of a teacher who did nude scenes 40 years ago. Like I guess their rationale is that if she's there's students will keep looking her up and being exposed to the horror of 60s nekkie films, but it's a stupid rationale…

Haha, I saw the ad again this morning and this is the tale of his previous failed worker/prostitute: "I had to evict a raging alcoholic drama queen with two recent DWIs who trashed her room and main living area pouring syrup everywhere at my house in SW Austin and her friend rented a u-haul truck and stole furniture."

I especially like that all of these generous gentlemen who just want to HELP 1) only want to help young, attractive women and 2) stipulate that said women sleep in their bed instead of on the couch, or a pallet on the floor, or a futon or any other option, even though it's totes nothing sexual at all.

I was kind of wondering about this in light of that whole situation with the live-in nanny who refused to leave her employers' house. A lot of people were saying that the employers had it coming because it's illegal to trade room and board for labor without paying a wage. It seems like moving someone into your…

YES. I'm looking in Austin right now and not only are there all these "I want a 24/7 prostitute serving my sexual needs at all times, in return you can share my studio apartment," there are all these dudes who not only expect an "attractive college girl" to fuck them on demand but also to provide housekeeping and cook…

I don't doubt that animals are capable of experiencing affection and feeling loss - when one of my mother's dogs died, its longtime companion laid on its grave for weeks and wouldn't eat - and I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that Koko can to some extent understand what death is, since she seems to have at…

It really is shitty for the bridal shop. Unless they launder their entire stock people are going to be afraid that they're touching a dress with Ebola on it. Even if they do launder their entire stock there will be people who are afraid Ebola particles are lingering on some surface or in the air or just don't want to…

Bleagh. "Womb clenching" just makes me think of menstrual cramps.

Personally, if your book is primarily preoccupied by the romantic relationship (and sex scenes) between two people, I consider your book a romance. Whether there's time travel or paranormal creatures or one of the lovers dies at the end, regardless of how much actual fucking occurs, it's AAAALLLL romance. If the…

Aww, I love this. My cantankerous blue-collar grandfather always told little me that he wasn't going to buy me "toys and crap" but I could have all the books I wanted, so book-shopping is what we always did together.

Man, if you remove the witchcraft and sorcery it goes to a dark and depressing Pan's Labyrinth place real fast.

I did the free trial of Kindle Unlimited and I am experiencing this with a ton of self-published "novels" right now. I used to be the kind of person who always finished a book even if it wasn't very good, but the last month broke me of that habit right quick. Just wow.

Since JK Rowling is a bit of an adverb abuser herself ("DON'T TALK ABOUT MY PARENTS!" Harry shouted angrily), I'm seizing this as a reason to hope this is a joke. But I seriously can't tell, the whole "silly nonbelievers can't prove evolution" and "atheist women are ugly and Christian girls are pretty (but don't be a…

This is BONKERS.

I read a hilarious review of Harry Potter by some fundamentalist Christian outlining all of the evil attitudes promoted by the books (and made palatable by all the "fun" and "storytelling," which makes them even MORE dangerous!) and one of the things he harped on was that the children "go on nighttime excursions in…

The only thing I know about her is that apparently the paper is constantly printing corrections and retractions on her stories because she can't be bothered to fact-check.

I know a "producer" who actually did this and has the photo on his IMDB page, captioned "Producer and [Star's Name]" as though it is real.

The thing is, I thiiiiiink that the way the match system works is that it rates you only by the questions that you have both mutually answered. So if you answer a ton of questions on different topics, and if weightlifter guy strictly answers a bunch of sex questions, you could end up with a high match percentage just…