Because it’s better than selling your soul and living in Dallas.

i think this was just Eastern PA in a nutshell. (Former resident of the Lehigh Valley!)

I think we all know that “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was the “Up In Smoke” of the 16th century.

Jack Nicholson new all about secret menus.

No, I simply have a different perspective. I am a special education teacher and spend my days with children who are in the process of realizing that other people are smarter than them.

Regardless...Here’s something: when I was growing up, suicide was “for white folks”. We’d sit and marvel about how people with “so much going for them” would end their lives in such a manner. When we started moving on up, we started seeing (or at least, acknowledging) suicides among middle-class black folks. Even…

With the advent of the internet, people now think that a little reading makes them an expert. A little time and a webpage can equip me to make a paper crane, wax poetic about the deeper meaning of “The Raven,” bake the most delicious bundt cake, take better photographs of dogs, or replace a human heart valve with one…

Forget the ridiculous third reason for a moment. Why do there seem to be so many otherwise intelligent people who don’t seem to understand that the vast majority of the time it’s not appropriate to act on your sexual impulses? Literally everyday of the week I work with and walk by women that I am attracted to,…

I love the story, but starred mainly for the use of the name “Ray.” That was my Daddy’s name. Made me smile/cry. Thank you. :)

Fascinating. I had actually tried to find more info on it, but couldn’t. According to Dr. Miller’s super scientific explanation, that was a product of his immune system. That’s what I get for getting my medical data from a head-injury addled skier. So, never mind on the fibers thing! And thank YOU for wording that…

My goal this year is to introduce my son to keeping score. We have tickets to a couple series for the Nats and Orioles and have plans to go to a bunch of Bowie BaySox games.

35 years ago, my stepfather took my mom to a minor league (Denver Bears) game on their first date. When he got up to go get them a couple of hotdogs he set his scorecard down, and when he came back he saw that my mom had picked it up and kept it going. That was the moment he says he knew he was going to ask her to…

This is adorable. I love both of you.

I'm easily the worst in the class every time I show up, but I'm learning.

That happened to my husband years back. The cashier started ranting to him about the lazy cheater ahead of him who paid with food stamps, he stared her down in silence as he pulled out his own. Possibly the most humiliating, enraging moment of his life.

One of my good friends has a prosthetic lower leg (was able to keep his knee but lost everything below in an accident). Normally you can't tell, he doesn't even limp most of the time but walking long distances causes a lot of pain so he uses his handicapped pass at places like the mall, or events that involve walking…

After my divorce, times were tough until I finished school. I once bought a birthday cake for my son, who was a young tween and a constant worrier about everything, using food stamps. The lady in line behind me tsk tsked and made all sorts of comments under her breath until I turned around and asked her what was the…

This is exactly it -except I can guarantee that E.L James did not even bother to watch some kink.com before hand. She's not kinky IRL at all which is confirmed by her rather uncomfortably under the spotlight husband, and I think a lot of this is wish fulfillment and fantasy and that's exactly how it reads. The…

This is why war rhetoric gets so dangerous in health care. Every disease is not a "battle", every illness is not an enemy waiting to be conquered. I work on issues related to end-of-life care and advance care planning and our culture's obsession with avoiding death drives me crazy. By denying the role of death in…

Austin is overrun by out-of-state hipsters who send their BBQ back because they mistake the smoke ring for undercooked meat.