I was definitely too late on this. Beta’s full. :/

Thanks for writing this. I often find myself hesitant to share goals, plans, and other “unfinished” things with several of my family members, and I have been wondering why that is. I think it’s because some family members’ concern is so strong, that their questions reawaken or intensify all of my concerns about the…

I am a sucker for “game comes to life” type movies, and I think Pixels is the dumbest movie coming out this year.

Ugh, my vacation plans got completely derailed by a surprise move (landlord is selling the building, I suspect). I can’t even push it back a month or two because the move could drain the money I would have spent on a trip. I’m not sure where I’ll be moving, either, so I can’t plan a non-traveling vacation easily.

It’s…

I’m in a similar boat! I had been kind of planning to not have kids, but my serious bf really wants at least one. I’ve been thinking I could probably do it, and that it would probably be a good experience in the end. I think I’ve gotten past the “oh no, it will ruin everything!” phase, because I honestly believe that…

I negotiated a 20k raise by asking for 40k. I researched average salaries not only for my job title but also modified by industry (software), experience level, management level (I was coming in as the manager for a small team to be built out by me), and cost of living increase in moving to NYC. It also helped that…

Is there a “good” way to wear suspenders with boobs?

In an equal relationship, both of you should feel like you’re doing 60% of the work. This mentality actually helps a lot.

Dragon Shire! I like the point control aspect. In the beginning it’s a pretty boring 2v2 at top and bottom and some sniping in mid to hop into the statue, but as the game goes on the choices get more interesting. Can your besieged team steal the statue while the other team is pushing into your base? A single player…

Has anyone else ever hired an incompetent wedding planner? I haven’t gotten married yet but I got really close one time, to the point where we had a deposit down on the venue and the food truck.

I thought a wedding planner would be awesome but she ended up almost needing the amount of project management to remind her…

Great costume inspiration for us shorter, medium-sized gals!

I got to meet him! I was responsible for props for my college's production of his play "Oxygen" when I was a freshman, and he came to visit!

My worst color vision is also in the bluish greens. Not surprisingly, my favorite colors always hover around turquoise. I guess I like a little bit of mystery.

Check out Building Harlequin's Moon by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper. Super awesome story that involves world-building, generation ships, and people who've left Earth forever.

I think the idea is to propose solutions to *YOUR* problems as you present them, not to propose solutions to your *PARTNER'S* problems before he or she gets a chance to fully explain them.

Hi MCP,

Hi, MoreChampagnePlease! I was very impressed with your writing style and vocabulary in this post, so I read a few of your other posts, too. You're a great writer.

This reminds me of vanity item collection in video games.

I wanted the copper one. I did get my gyno to give me prescription (after she tried to scare me with how my boyfriend was PROBABLY slutting it up behind my back and catching STDs that would travel up the string and inflame my uterus and make me unable to have babies ever), but she said they couldn't order it at the…

I did get the review, and the title, and about half the raise I was looking for (which was still quite good). Although now I'm being headhunted for a new job! We'll see what happens.