@callmecate yes, there are many, many poor Republicans. But the party has... I don't want to say "brainwashed", but has certainly convinced them that everything they ever got was from their own hard work, and that government supplied services only take away from their hard-earned money. Now I'm not saying at all that…

um, by my count she's actually still eating over 1700 calories. But she's doing it all at once, instead of spread throughout the day. Isn't the cycle of binging then starving usually considered bulemic behavior?

It's an interesting question: while it gave me a pause, I think I actually would. Or at least I would say the state should balance the cost of the abortion against the cost of prenatal care and/or state care of the child if there were nobody to care for it who was not in prison and make a financial decision. There are…

Agreed... the one piece of context that I have to offer is that my employment contract (as a graphic designer for a product focused firm) is written with most of the same provisions. Binding arbitration? Check. Confidentiality? Double-check. I didn't have to say that I wouldn't disparage the company in the blogosphere…

exactly: when the skeezy guy at a bar comes over and asks for your number, you get to give him a fake. I wouldn't give up that ability for anything!

hey, sometimes redheads can be both fiery AND bookish!

@Pelirojita: agreed. I felt like that after seeing the movie 'Seven' because of the lust punishment, but knowing that somebody actually did this to this poor woman makes it 1000x worse. I thought it was bad enough that somebody could even THINK of doing shit like that to a woman.

@redheadedstepchild: maybe someone should do a study on whether redheads are more likely to identify as feminists? (full disclosure, I'm also a natural redhead)

@jespree: agree, agree, agree! My parents never said anything about my weight until I was pretty old and was already worrying about it myself, but hearing my mom lamenting her weight, and my dad lamenting my mom's "terrible eating habits" said plenty by themselves. The point in adulthood when I realized that I was…

@LindyLou: and it could even connect with the 'Events' section with a feature that warned you when you were inviting frenemies to the same event! I'd be completely into that.

@AlmostDream: I know one guy who waits to see the movie before he'll read the books specifically so that he will still like the movies. I contend that this makes him a freak, but whatever.

@SarsDoesn'tSave: The Puffiest!

@sensitivitycop: just because someone should have the right to say something doesn't mean they should get paid to. Maura Kelly got paid to write that crap.

@slowtraincoming: moreover, where is the editor that APPROVED this to get published? Did she not get approval? Or fact checking? Or editing for spelling/grammatical purposes? Because I really feel like if any other human being saw this thing before it was posted, they should've spoken up.

@radiograph: the other thing that can make this conversation easier is that if you two are exclusive, then "I'd like you to get tested" will probably translate in his mind to "maybe we can stop using condoms once you're officially all clear," which generally makes men very, very happy.

@lodown (is waiting for MizJenkins): on the contrary, it reminds me of how much else they need to be doing, if that's as long as they'll last at the P-in-V part!

There's one great fact that I remind myself of whenever I disagree with something someone's written in their blog: I don't have to read it.

moral of the story #2: real piercers (the kind that don't work in the mall) are friendly, helpful people who like to make sure you have a good experience with your piercings, whether or not they were performed by them. So if you have a problem, don't be scared to ask a pro!

@CassandraSays: I think another issue that's at work here is that some people are simply concerned about this topic being introduced to their children in this way. Even if someone thinks that sex work is ok, or that sex work is bad but sex workers should be supported, it doesn't necessarily follow that they would want…

@Hooplehead: Westley was a bit mean to Buttercup though, it was clear he didn't think much of her intelligence. The only reason that one didn't ruin me is because I'm reminded that on some level, he just considered her a perfect pair of breasts!