While I’m in total agreement with your proposal to separate marriage and civil unions, I did want to mention one thing - the historical purpose of marriage isn’t necessarily religious. Cultures have used marriage for non-religious purposes for centuries. There’s a fascinating book I read earlier this year about the…

At one point, I got frustrated enough that I settled on ‘my HISNAME’, and just left it at that. And surprisingly, it worked!

Shrink the shoulders and raise the neckline just a bit, and I’m pretty sure my mother DID force me into that dress a time or twenty in the early 90s...

God, yesyesyesyesYES to the perfume!!! I was lucky enough that my last workplace was not only ‘fragrance free’ but actually ENFORCED that policy, to the point that I could go to a lead when someone near me had bathed in perfume and they’d move one of us for the day, then generally have a talk with the perfumer about…

I noticed my migraines ramped waaaayyyy up in my late 30s, and my mom says the same thing happened to her. She was lucky enough to get a dropoff after menopause, so I’m hanging on by my fingernails and praying the same happens to me. Right now I’m having migraines a good 3-4 times per month, but the worst part is that…

Me too, but unfortunately trees don’t seem to be as boring to humans as they are to dogs.

I loved that, and given Thor’s telling of it, it sounded like a fond memory for both of them. That, coupled with the ‘throwing stuff through Loki’ bit said SO much about the relationship they once had (that I think they’re both missing and trying to get back to). It was a glimpse at a closeness that the other movies…

I’m one of those people getting medical for free. But then, I’m also one of those people who makes only $400 more per month than you pay in insurance. Trust me, I appreciate it.

Chiwetel can absolutely sing!

Yes! Especially with winter coming on - this should be a public service announcement posted 3x per week from November to April. I can’t count the number of people who don’t bother to check the weather forecast or look outside when they first get up in the morning, but instead get on the road at their regular time and…

I definitely agree about what the question being posed is, and I’d say that her peace of mind should be a primary thing. He needs to get screened for any STIs (if he hasn’t already) and if there’s something there, then he absolutely needs to tell her. But if he’s clean and it was just a one-time thing, then leave it…

Yeah, exactly. And just in case I forgot that or was tempted to think he could be anything close to human when in proximity to children, I’d be grateful for the timely intercession of mental health professionals and/or CPS to bring me to my senses.

Kidlet used to do that when he was about 4 or so - if I didn’t say anything when he sneezed, he’d say ‘Gesundheit me!’

God, so true! Talk about a way to set you up for self-conscious, the-whole-restaurant-is-staring-at-the-freak-eating-alone feeling. The worst was when I took a trip to Vegas and thought I’d treat myself to a nice steak dinner - our local high-end steak place has no problem seating one, but there, the hostess asked me…

Like you, I came in during the 4th season, and I do like Riley as a character, although I originally thought he was going to be Willow’s new love interest. And while I love Tara, I still think Riley would’ve worked with Willow instead of Buffy - way more chemistry there, while I saw virtually none with Buffy. Angel…

Absolutely! And he’s the one who told Dawn all about Spike’s attempted rape (but that’s a whole other ragepost) when Buffy wasn’t saying anything, thereby nuking the Dawn/Spike friendship forever. Add in attempting to kill someone for sleeping with his ex, his creepy dirty thoughts about the SiTs, and you’ve got a lot…

You have one of those too, huh? Kidlet was adamant from the time he could speak that he was ‘NOT Andy’ as he said whenever people tried to use that for him. And to be fair... he definitely wasn’t wrong. He’s just not an Andy - except maybe in the darkest timeline.

I did have CPS called on me once out of spite. I’d stopped using a particular babysitter who was allowing her kids to run wild and blame my son for stuff that happened when he was over there. Instead, he caught the city bus to his grandmother’s work after he got out of school. That involved crossing one street (with a…

It seems to me that this poster falls under the fighting words doctrine, and I’d think the school could have used that to take the posters down if they wanted to. Given that the poster’s urging people to take violent action against a specific group of people, I’d call that a credible threat. Certainly any suicides…

I frequently find myself both astounded and thankful that my boy was ever given up for adoption. After I got him this past Feb, I did some digging into his history, requesting his records from the shelter, and what I discovered was heartbreaking. He’d been picked up multiple times running loose, eventually surrendered…