One time two years ago I sat next to a 9-year-old who was flying alone. He started inexplicably crying while we were still sitting at the gate, and so I started asking him about his favorite subject in school and the like to distract him, and we talked for about 15 minutes. He must have decided we were friends,…

Wow, really? I just had to fly cross country for a funeral and therefore the only seats available were middle seats that were far away from each other. No, I couldn't have planned better for that. Maybe two adults wanted to sit next to each other because there was a circumstance like mine, or one of them is a nervous…

They're not my cup of tea, but nobility or high-status names are pretty widely accepted. Duke. Earl. Judge. Prince. Baron. Regina. Laird. They're mostly given to boys, so that makes Royal a bit unusual. But man, I can't get too worked up about it. People like the names they like. As long as it's not wilfully awful…

Jason Momoa shouldn't be Gaston, he should be the Beast! God is that man fine.

I wanted one too. My partner and I worked out a compromise:

Wha'? You mean you don't consider your work life to be a charitable enterprise that you participate in because you don't have something better to do? *vomits*

Did Tom and Rita keep Chet locked in a crate as a kid? What is his deal?

Can't a girl want to grow up to be an engineer and want to wear a tiara as well?

... but... but... how could you ever swipe left???

Jeez, Kelly. If you want better coverage of Jessica Simpson, write better coverage. Her pop songs and film career are irrelevant to her current career (and net worth) in the clothing biz.

Reeling over the UCSB shootings. I was just in Isla Vista for lunch yesterday...can't believe this is real life. I'm worried that one of the victims could be a student or friend of mine. They've released the names of two victims and while I don't know them, one was a friend's student. I can't imagine what these…

Thanks. It still makes me a little angry when I think about it. The small silver lining was that I was so pissed off at him for taking pictures that I was distracted from the other bullshit.

Many moons ago I had a difficult day with my then boyfriend and found myself panicked and sobbing outside of the downtown public library. I sat down to gather myself and looked up to find some jackass taking pictures of me. I totally get that you CAN take pictures of people in public places and you CAN live-tweet…