@Peppermint: Strong woman or not, he kept her largely hidden away, and the German public didn't know she even existed until after she and Hitler committed suicide. Although she was an important part of his inner social circle, there was no way she could have been the victim of popular scapegoating. Even ex post she…

Despite all of that, he will still need to propose again to his wife with one of these.

You know where I see a culture of disrespect for human life in the United States? I see it when gay teenagers are bullied to death in some of the most liberal places in the country. I see it when politicians and pundits engage in a discourse of violence and don't apologize for it. I see it when those with severe…

Viability shouldn't be a distinction made by law in defining what sorts of abortion regulations apply to which stages of pregnancy.

@Grim Reaper of the Forest: That's true - consumer capitalism just provides an efficient mechanism by which that status can be marketed and made profitable.

Oh, whatever. Bubonic plague is treatable with antibiotics.

To borrow a phrase from the Ragin' Cajun: "It's the economy, stupid."

@Miz X: Yes. Text messages, in my mind, are the lowest rung on the "means of communication" ladder. They're fine - they can even be great! - but they're so damn easy.

@photogurl22: If you're getting a business degree, go to PSU. UP is a good school, but PSU is more integrated with the "real world" and, I think, is more welcoming to non-traditional students. If you want to take classes and get career services and not really worry about being part of a college community, PSU would be…

@audreytoo: A couple of recommendations from a lazy vegetarian:

@Federov: Useful advice already! Awesome.

@Federov: Isn't that the way of the internets?

@RaisinGirl sucks so you don't have to: Thank you for sharing! I'm glad you gave me the head's up about putting images in text posts. I know the post categories on Tumblr make it easy to use, but I like putting images and text together, dammit!

@aloix: Thanks! I think the social networking aspect is just odd to an outsider because you see traces of the connections on individual Tumblrs, but you don't see how it actually works.

Tumblr: Should I take the plunge? I'm a bit skeptical about the usefulness of the Tumblr platform, but have only seen if from the outside. Frankly, the social networking aspect seems pretty weird.

@shadoobie: I think it's a Trenta, actually.

It must hard to be so irrelevant, you know, knowing your hey-day as a designer was dressing Nancy Reagan in 1986.

I-da-snake? No, you-da-snake.

You know what I have to hide from mother in my apartment?

"The Tale of Mama Loon"