I'm not getting married anytime soon, but god!!! That is a LOVELY dress! I would wear it normally if I could :)

So honestly, please explain how a white parent is supposed to raise a child who does not otherwise match in skin color.

They might not have known that there was a zombie apocalypse coming.

I thought there was a mathematical statute of limitations based upon the time you had been dating to the time you have been split up before a friend could date without breaking the code.

I thought there was a mathematical statute of limitations based upon the time you had been dating to the time you have been split up before a friend could date without breaking the code.

Hello, Interpreter Daria. :D

And yet, even though it's soul-crushingly soul crushing, it's still such a lovely song. And the post-crying feeling is usually uplifting.

I probably would have vomited upon tasting the Crystal Pepsi *shudder* (I tried it on a family trip to FL when I was very young. For some reason, it just really tasted bad. BAD BAD.)

My dad used to chew tobacco when I was a little kid. Fortunately, it was wintergreen skoal, which meant that if I couldn't tell if the diet coke was really diet coke, I could always do a sniff test.

An additional supporting note: he was home schooled. Not involved in a public system.

Let us also not neglect the fact that like any other large business (non-profit or otherwise) there's always some level of self-interest involved. Humane Societies have essentially outlawed private rescuers for dogs in NY. Nowadays, you have to be associated with some humane society/ASPCA in order to be able to take…

I have the same response whenever I hear a melancholy song on bagpipes. Or Amazing Grace. It's doubly worse if it's Amazing Grace ON bagpipes.

I wonder if they use that trick in porn.....

This was news to me as well.

It really looked like when she realized she couldn't speak, she said "back to the desk." Even though it was difficult to make out.

Right. I've been on both sides of the wealth scale. Upper middle class to losing our family business and being forced to undertake massive debt to support us when there was no other income. It was rough, but I knew I'd get through it.

I'm glad that this isn't just being swept under the proverbial rug and that I get to have some really good discussion as well :)

People with hemochromatosis cannot donate blood either. Even though they need to be bled to get iron levels down. It seems like such a waste to me.

I would not believe you would smell like that. It's frustrating that some people would, though.

I don't know if there's a stigma against shelters or what, but sometimes people just seem like they won't be bothered.