Seriously, this is why Al Jazeera makes a good point for opening a US branch... never thought I'd say that.

Lady Gaga is reportedly locked in a bidding war with Michael Jackson's estate; both are trying to obtain some graphic and horrific photos of a scalp injury Jackson suffered in 1984 that was said to have started his drug addiction

I have wild hedgehogs in my garden (I live in Western Europe). One time I saw and heard one nibbling on something, and I was all "Aww, listen to that twig snapping! He found a yummy twig!" until I shined a flashlight at him and saw he was tearing apart a dead mouse.

The snapping sound was bones. Mice bones.

So very very cute! Glad there are people who foster sick animals. In the country where I live hedgehogs, among other non-domestic animals, are not allowed as pets as of January 2014. I thought a hedgehog would be the cutest pet ever for in my small flat, but now I will have to leave them in nature where there are…

Most amazing things in my life, in order:
1. Hedgehogs
2. Patriots comeback win
3. Red Sox comeback win

It's amazing to me that we as a society still don't immediately notify the authorities when sexual crimes are committed. And I say this as someone who was the victim of a sexual crime and didn't report it myself. The little nuanced intricacies of reaction to sexual assault... We still have a long way to go until…

She has at least a 3 year statute to sue 24 hour fitness for personal injury and I hope her claim has at least 6 zeros attached to it. Make those fuckers bleed.

Right. I'm okay with people trying to be genuinely sensitive even if they get it wrong but expecting the greater world to know the perfect thing to say for one's unique needs is a little too much to ask for. I agree that some of those things people do like to hear and, for certain people, some of them need to be…

Somewhere in Hempstead, New York, a graphic designer needs to do less meth.

You think fashion has nothing to do with you?

I'm sorry that you feel condescended to, but I have no way of knowing that you are a super-theologian, lol. Again: Still not talking about Jesus' actual penis. And if she was, SO WHAT? You have the right to believe in Jesus or in Zeus, and others have the right not to. Religious stories are not sacred,…

No, fuck you is not pearl clutchy, you are right. But it is also not the edgy, non-housewifey response you think it is (as, um, I'm sure housewives use that term plenty). What it IS is incredibly off-putting for anyone actually wanting to engage you in your topic at hand- the care for Evangelical girls and their…

This is all very interesting stuff, discourse I am happy you have started with this post. In the previous post, clutching your pearls over an imagined slight to Jesus (which, BTW, it wasn't- when you add the "a" in front of Jesus you are basically saying "a Jesus-like figure," which.... isn't that what purity rings…

Don't even know where to begin with this fuckery

He is so much like Drunk Uncle but with all that power. Can't someone get him a porch swing and a whittlin' stick and send him on his way. I'll compromise. Feel free to replace him with another conservative but how about this time, one that isn't an anachronism.

The U Tube thing reminds me of my job at an iOS developer company when our old-business parent company CFO (and the company's lawyer) wrote us an email about "iToons". We died, right there on the spot.

Dear puppetier, I think we all have a very clear and precise idea of who the asshole(s?) is here and it really isn't Gretchen.

The persistence of this totally inaccurate idea is so confusing to me. My girl Miss Manners happens to (again) address this very issue in a recent column (in relation to birthday parties, in this case): "A guest is someone to whom refreshment and entertainment are freely given. It is not someone to whom these are sold…

Yeah and if the quality of the wedding sucks can you ask for your gift back? Like if you serve cheap booze for the open bar, the food sucks and I have to put up with your drunken Uncle making passes at me all night, I should be able to get a reimbursement on my investment then.

What you're calling a "traditional" wedding is actually just normal people trying to emulate upper class weddings. Making them a big deal is not normal, historically. They would have been small affairs and probably would have had minor gifts if anything at all