They couldn't have given her enough for a full ride? Maybe $30K? I'm just saying... it's Google we're talking about. $15K seems kind of lowballish. Especially considering she might end up going to an art school, which ain't cheap. I'm just saying. /snark

@lodown: I am a huge fan of Michael Pollan. I think the awareness of food politics he's brought into (middle class white) America is so important. That being said, it hurt to read this, but thanks for taking the time to write it.

I don't know. Sometimes we do throw the baby out with the bathwater. When the industrial food complex gave us canned, frozen, processed and fast food, we for a while stopped eating anything fresh and grown. And, when women realized that they were being marginalized by having no choices but those in the home, we got…

@portia_sue: I would have to guess that there are a lot more instances where he "forces" her to have an abortion (via the whole "You can have this baby but I'm not having anything to do with it and there's no way you're getting any kind of child support or otherwise out of me no effin' way — you will be alllll alone"…

Sarah Palin Feminism: I want to control every thing and tell everyone what they can and cannot do. I want power!! What? Mostly men are in control and have power? Wait, What? I'm a lady so I can't be in charge and have the power? FEMINISM!!!!!

@delirium.megans: It was not just you. [cue ken burns closeup on my 2nd grade school picture complete with collared shirt and red corduroy pants.]

I don't entirely agree with the idea that a yearbook is also for grownups, and grownups tend to want certain kind of image of kids' lives... I do tend to think that the yearbook is for the kids.

@WashingMyHair: Wondering the same thing. Maybe two babies is more stress. Maybe twins is really a proxy for struggling with infertility which would be a marriage stressor? Maybe having spaced out kids (are you less likely to have another kid if you have twins?) somehow strengthens a marriage?

I trust you, Drew!

Me: a B.A., an M.Ed. and a Ph.D.

@autonaimee: I don't see Kate as getting to pick.

This is going to be a negative opinion with my fellow jezzies, but I think they're right.

I'm 5'0". Like other commenters, I wear tall shoes, have an outspoken dynamic personality, and a friend of mine was once surprised to realize I was so short because I "represent taller."

Tracie: best. best. Lost. recaps on the whole interwebs.

@missheidilynn: We could enforce the laws that American citizens are breaking when they hire these folks. No tolerance. We cannot have American citizens hiring illegal immigrants and then punish the illegal immigrants doing the work. If there is a market for the labors of illegal immigrants than we will always have…

Elizabeth: pot. kettle. you. stop stop stop talking! When you talk, pure shit comes out of your mouth. I know you think it's your job to talk, but seriously, spend 3 months listening and asking questions instead of spewing ass out of your mouth and see if people don't think you're better at your job.

What's the boy color, again?

Dear Crazy Guy,

@ParkPlace: I think I know what you mean. "If the tests say that black people aren't as smart as white people, then black people aren't as smart as white people. I'm not racist — it's science!"

Don't be fooled is right. As a person who has had two pet rabbits that were regular size: bunnies LOOK cute, but they SMELL like asssssssss. Like stinky ammonia drenched ass. You can clean that cage and the bedding, and three minutes later they pee pure ammonia. I'm just saying.