I would LOVE it if FCS was revived and integrated into school STEM (science/tech/engineering/math) curricula. There is so much chemistry and hypothesis testing that goes into cooking (just ask the Cooks Illustrated people), and a lot of math involved in recipes, home budgets, sewing from & creating patterns, and all…

That's sounds like a totally awesome school. Most of my frame of reference involves the northeast US, where there's a lot more fear/guilt brimstone and hyporcrisy, so I'm glad to know that I was being too narrow in my assessment.

So, this is a shitty situation. It's also why I'd NEVER send my offspring to a Catholic School, because I don't agree with Catholicism and think that their stance on most social issues is nothing short of deplorable wankery. But are they receiving any public funds, other than a different tax status as a religious…

You're right that it's pure happenstance in that I had nothing to do with picking it out. But it does become part of your identity. If all of your friends suddenly started referring to you by a different name (not a nickname, just something entirely different), it would feel weird to you because that is not the…

Yowzers, that's like the dirty version of the limo driver credited on "Car Talk."

"Translation: My name is part of who I am. To change it would be unthinkable. It would be like giving up my identity. My identity is too important to give up. It would be a sort of death. So here, women, YOU DO IT. His identity supersedes yours. And any desire to maintain your "'single person' identity"—your…

That is the first thing I thought of, before I even read past the headline!

In fact, I want to see several hundred preschoolers sing this at the beginning of like, the Superbowl or the Olympic Games.

Yes yes yes!!

Like, hey honey, why'd you tell Melissa that my dick got soft the other day when the cat jumped on my balls and laugh hysterically? Just curious.

So, am I reading this correctly that the gym's management was actively involved in trying to cover up a felony that occurred on their premises and was perpetrated by one of their employees? This strikes me as disgusting, but also illegal. Any law Jezzies out there have any thoughts on this? The extent of my…

NO FREAKING WAY. Those are simultaneously so wrong and so right.

I don't know anyone that's eaten those diets for cholesterol, but I have a few friends who swear by them for managing autoimmune disorders.

I actually think that the research lately that is looking at links between obesity and inflammation, and the fact that some obese people develop ectopic fat while others don't, is so fascinating. Maybe I'm just a big old nerd, but showing the intricate mechanisms for bodily systems (and using it to dispel or modify…

I'm realizing I have no idea about this, but is her income from professional princessing from UK tax dollars? If it is, I'd give her a high-five for shopping on the cheap.

Listen, I'm not going to get into a pissing match with you. I explained my motivations, and you're responding with name-calling and insults based on your assumption that you know anything about me. My participation in this discussion thread with you ends here.

No, you know what? I feel like explaining my post, because I don't want to come off as a dismissive asshole. The fact that an adult staff member of a high school in a town that practically deifies its football players actively participated in a cover-up of the videotaped sexual assault of a female student who was then…

Then you and I will agree to disagree.

I was going for a "picture's worth a thousand words" thing, not trivializing. Read some of my other posts if you think I don't consider stories like this to be nauseating. I think your snark was uncalled for.

"I'm putting this shit on the internet the SECOND she's done talking."