I don’t understand how this can happen in Texas. Isn’t Texas in a country with a lot of gun freedom, and the state of Texas in particular has a lot of gun freedom, and a lot of people there own guns, which are supposed to protect us. Baffled.

Not only that but the fact that Dupont Circle in DC is the setting adds to the credibility. I work at a building on the circle (I can see that hotel from my window at this very moment!) and have worked here for several years. This area is part of town known, in part, as the end of “embassy row”(home to many embassies,…

I don’t have children but, like everyone else, I have tons of friends who post a lot of stuff about their kids on their facebook feed. They post photos, nice/cute but also “haha look what a mess/handful/weirdo my kid is!” Many post videos of their kids doing something supposedly “cute” or silly like singing or dancing…

My mom used to love those “celebrities without makeup” or “celebrities aging” etc articles or posts. The ones that show somewhat unflattering but normal photos of celebrities caught off guard, not having had their expensive facial recently or whatever and being caught in bad lighting or something. (Maybe these are…

No no no. The absolute best is to get a really yummy chocolate bar (like Ritter or Lindt or whatever you like) and break off a row or a square or however much you want to eat. Get a spoonful of good peanut butter. Dollop the pb on top of the chocolate in your favorite ratio - mine is about half PB to half chocolate,…

I agree with your sentiment. The problem is that in reality there isn’t much rehabilitation or teaching that goes in in the prison setting. Indeed, often the opposite is true :(

It’s fine to ask someone out or express an interest. The problem is only if you don’t get a yes but you keep at it.

It is in response to the many men who blame women for not saying No clearly / giving fake numbers, not freely giving out sex to “nice” guys, “leading men on” or rejecting them in spite of their niceness, etc etc.

I think you have missed the point. The author here is not actually writing a self help piece. This is writing as a form of art. A way to try and let us in on the mindset of the depressed person who regularly cancels (or wants really really badly to to cancel) plans. This is a bit kidding on the square, a bit satire, a…

We could also add nursing home and hospital CNAs, and homecare workers (among the lowest paid of healthcare workers, usually under $10 an hour — homecare workers in fact were only brought up to minimum wage by an Obama executive order recently) — but in those cases people would literally die if the strike were truly…

He is like a slitheen taking the form of a human but in one of those moments where the disguise is kind of fluctuating and their alien form is almost, just almost, clearly seen. In Doctor Who, high level government officials were in fact their favorite targets!

I was a vegetarian and at the poverty line for the first ten years of my adult life (I grew up below the poverty line)

I’m a vegetarian of over 20 years and my husband is a vegan of over 10 years. Our kitchen at home is 100% vegan and this includes no honey, and all wine and beer have been vetted, etc. He is very serious about this.

I always loved the name Atticus and the tribute to the character in To Kill a Mockingbird. And as a white person it felt appropriate since the character is white. I never had kids, but my husband and I occasionally talk about this.. “What would we name our kids if we had had them” etc (We only had the kid naming…

Here is a link to a page that lists many alternatives to whatever commando.io is:

I shall just be here in the corner knitting.

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I think he is better looking in video than still photo. Not everyone is photogenic in a still 2d image. Part of the appeal is also what he says and does. Smart words and good deeds can be hot!

I totally agree. Not only that, but his talking points of being “a uniter” in other ways is also total BS. He tried his hardest to make Ohio a “right-to-work”state (aka taking away working people’s rights to a union) and though he was unsuccessful it caused great fighting within the state. So in other words, a…

For a while in college I worked at a pizza place and usually I delivered the pizza. But my very favorite job of all was my Sunday morning shift: grating the cheese.