I once googled a crush and found his old livejournal from high school where he wrote about his father dying. I had no clue at that point that his father had died at all. I felt like a huge asshole and then felt like an even HUGER asshole when he actually opened up to me to tell me about his father and I was sitting…

The polenta thing is hilarious but does not surprise me at all, honestly.

Oh, it was a valid comment. We weren't good for studying. But two stars seemed kind of harsh for not being a study hall, something that we never claimed to be.

The best yelp review the cafe I worked at got was a 2 star review that said the service was fine but: "I couldn't concentrate on my homework because the baristas laughed and sang too much."

My dad's snoring was so bad that my mom spent all night pushing him to roll over and neither of them got any sleep. So when my sister moved out and there was a spare room available, my mom just started sleeping there. They slept separately for a few years but when they both retired and getting the right sleep every…

So true.

I'm not at liberty to say.

Rueben is the correct number one. However, conspicuously missing from the list: Tomato Sandwich! Sliced tomatoes on toasted bread, with a little mayo, salt and pepper. It's delightful and should be AT LEAST top ten. It's an outrage that this was not included. I await your apology.

I have a 6 year old niece I want to take but I'm worried it might be too scary/intense. What do you think? Your 7 year old did okay?

I worked for several years as a barista at Starbucks. Once during a major, major rush a man skipped the line and register and came right up to me at the end of the bar where I was making drinks and tells me his tale. Apparently he had been in the day before and had gotten frappuccinos for himself and his wife and…

This is a good place to share this horrifying story: I always suspected my brother-in-law was a Fox News person and now I know for sure. I was babysitting my 8 year old nephew a few days ago. He was clearly lying about knowing someone so I pushed him to tell me the person's name. He hesitates, clearly scrambling for a…

I worked in a cafe and we had a regular who would put tiny bibles under our windshield wipers. We weren't sure who it was, but we knew it had to be a regular because it wasn't just that someone was putting bibles under all the wipers in the parking lot; we shared a lot with a ton of other stores, but the bibles only…

Her frustrations are definitely relatable; I would be more sympathetic had she not been so derelict in her duties. But yes, I definitely agree that this is best for her and for the city. She wasn't suited to the clerk position, but if her email is any indication she may well be suited for a different position in…

The clerk really isn't like every other political position. Local and state codes lay out the legal duties of the position specifically and it includes transparency and accuracy. Political biases are not compatible with either of these things. She supposed to be providing accurate information to the public; opinions,…

As a City Clerk your primary function is to record the history of the city in a timely and unbiased manner. She failed miserably on both counts. The Clerk is the custodian of records, not a political position. She clearly had no idea what she was doing when she ran for the position and I have a very hard time feeling…

Male celebrities are regularly forgiven for domestic violence, sexual harassment and general assholery. I don't understand how the world hasn't forgiven Heigl for being kind of a pill a few times, five years ago.

When I was 4 I told my neighborhood friend that my brother took his head off at night and kept it on his bedside table. I feigned ignorance when my mom asked me if I knew why she sobbed whenever my brother was around.

For real. I lived at home until I was 25 and yes, my mom made me dinner every night but I did the dishes every night, did the laundry, helped with grocery shopping, and just generally contributed the household like a grown ass adult should. My parents invite me over for dinner constantly and I'm convinced it's because…

Not all women.

"I'm not defending that attitude, I'm saying in some of the cases I've seen this, them saying that did point out to how the writing was unclear about who it was talking about or how many people it was referencing and that's a valid criticism."