my mom was born with a hearing impairment, so this happens to us a lot. but certain things she just has never even heard or understood. she has difficulty discerning hard and soft consonants, so the name "Rachel" is pronounced "racial", and I was really confused one day what she was asking about when we were watching…

I probably have more unintentionally funny quotes from my grandmother (I'm keeping a notebook of them. she's like Yogi Berra to us) but my mom is pretty awesome too. she's a young mom (had me at 18) so there's not really a big hilarious generational gap. the funny things she says are just those that, to me, are out of…

I can't even. In the next room over from me, right this second, sits a friend/colleague of my boss' wife (also a colleague of mine, but the "friend" connection is seeming rather tenuous) who is exactly this type to read what she wants to read into things and completely ignore reality because she knows "the truth". And…

I love this. I'm so happy for her. I'm super-curious to see how it'll affect the band's sound, but I'm sure they'll remain awesome. I popped New Wave into my CD player on my way to work this morning just to hear Ocean again (that line was the first thing I thought of, and it's adorable that she's going to be 'Laura' -…

I take some issue with the "first major rock star" quip, too. I love love love Against Me! and have seen them multiple times in sold-out shows. (got into them during my stint in college radio) they're notable, but I just don't know where the "major" line is drawn. Life of Agony's Keith Caputo announced his transition…

it's absolutely plausible. our shepherd/labrador puppy used to grab my baby brother's diaper as he ran around the yard. it was playful and hilarious, but he never made innocent-sexy-face when it happened. he just giggled and kept running.

it happened to my little brother, too - our shepherd/labrador puppy had a habit of grabbing his diaper as he ran around the yard. and yeah, he always just giggled.

considering the popularity of shit like Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey, I think someone beat you to the punch.

I think Paul Rudd in Our Idiot Brother is probably the closest I can think of to a manic pixie dream guy. The difference is that the movie revolves around him touching the lives of others, whereas the MPDG normally serves to touch the life of the guy who the movie actually revolves around. He also, obviously, makes…

I agree. And the "guilty-in-the-court-of-public-opinion" finger-wagging everyone is doing over what seems to be a really lacking case against her for child abuse. the little girl got a sunburn, which is really, really easy to do as a redhead. the only reason this is the story it is is because of the mother's looks.

I can the accent distinction, but I think the difference is more that my pronunciation of the D sound is more american english D and I'm missing that underlying TH-ish sound you're describing. when she said it, it sounded exactly the same to me as when I said it. I have the same experience with a friend named Karan.…

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I'm unendingly fascinated by this. It's not just pronunciation but even just HEARING the differences between sounds. There are sounds out there that I, as an adult, cannot experience and they exist without me ever being really aware of them, and yet for others it is part of their…

when my friends and I had sleepovers as kids, we made a game out of turning out the lights and staring at each other's faces in the dark. the longer you stare, the more their face would morph, and we'd scare ourselves!

I also vastly prefer iced coffee, even in winter. I am too sensitive to burny hot things and drinking hot coffee and not knowing when it is cool enough stresses me out more than it ever should.

I feel like the necrophilia angle is seriously taking away from the real issue here - what's happening to these *living* 14-year old girls.

Crystal Renn is only used as an example, and she couldn't sue for how much they slimmed her down in post, she just made her distaste of the end product clear.. The model in the main story is Coco Rocha, who does keep a non-nudity/non-implied nudity clause in her contract (from what I understand here). I'm sure they…

when I worked at an animal shelter, we had a very fat calico come in. she would never have let us hold her like that. when she first showed up, her claws had grown so long some of them curled under, the poor thing. she did not want to be bothered, but if another cat was swatting or snapping at you, she'd hiss at them…

the article says that the "staring" was included in that leftover 4% along with "taking pictures", so, violating upskirts, etc. then 2/3 are verbal attacks (which, in my experience, can range from harmless to really fucking threatening, guessing where I live and attempting to follow me home as I ignore him, etc...)…

seriously? you guys think it's just about catcalling? the amount of stories I've heard (usually through or in reference to Hollaback) about women being groped, flashed, humped, attacked, etc in the subways or elsewhere, and the difficulty in getting any sort of response to that, is astounding. especially in the…

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