“Every time I’d go to the gym or go eat, every paparazzi would ask me questions and I would be like, ‘Hey, guys!’”

Thank you! I think it’s a mix of having taken fiction writing workshops and being technically a British citizen, haha.

But seriously, thank you.

I really respect how you take criticism. Not all authors can handle it and you seem to always react with grace and take peoples opinions of your piece really well.

Indeed, it’s a horrible story — incredibly odd, but horrible. I decided to employ black humor in the first paragraph to address the bizarre nature of the event, but reported the rest without as to not make light of any of the elements that may or may not have been in play (domestic abuse, drug abuse, mental illness,…

let’s not jump to conclusions

There would be no better ending to Charlie Sheen’s story than for him to go to jail for a long, long time.

Smart girls watch Real Housewives. Dumb girls watch The Bachelor.

This is under the assumption that the time off is vacation. Which it is not. If anything. They should have a FMLA leave that allows for six weeks full pay for everyone who needs to take it.

Yeah but those kids are going to be the ones taking care of you in your old infirm age. Helping them out now is part of the social contract.

Well maybe if parental leave exists, when your parents, or loved ones (assuming you have any) get extremely sick and require YOU to take time away from your job, then you can enjoy the same benefit too.

someone once said “i don’t have kids and have no problem with paying more taxes for schools, because i don’t want to live in a nation of idiots”

If she wants to take the spot of top Sports Baby, she needs to physically fight Riley Curry for it. Sorry, those are the Sports Baby rules. I didn’t make them but I WILL honor them.

What’s wrong with large? I’ve finished 3 marathons, done a 1/2 Iron Man, am in insane shape and I have muscles and fat and other things that have nothing to do with anything. I get laid all the time and kick ass and I’m an extra-large sometimes. It’s just a fucking word. My brain and heart are massive and they’re…

Yeah, I agree with that, I’m about her size and I generally wear a 10-12. But all the same, I don’t consider her “plus” sized, I consider her to be average. (Yes, for a MODEL, she’s “plus” sized, but she’s not a model). If we have to label everyone, maybe we need to start calling models "minus" sized.

I’m in total agreement with the David O. Russell point.

Yup, and Pitt and Clooney’s best work has come out of those goofball roles. Theron was great on Arrested Development (where her beauty is camouflage to her mental handicap) but I don’t imagine there are a lot of roles like that out there.

The only problem with refusing to see anti-vax or gun-owning patients is you leave the kids to the devices of their parents, where otherwise you may have had a non-zero chance at a positive intervention.

I remember — 20 yrs ago when I first met my husband — having a conversation with myself that I either A. had to commit to the relationship or B. let him go.

NOPE. as you can probably tell, I am pretty serious about my coffee. nothing like sipping throughout the morning, feeling the delicious caffeine start working its way through your veins, tasting all the different delicious varieties.... brb have to go make moar coffee.

Ugh. Trying to figure out why Madonna’s kids should have to stay in her house when she is not there. What is the point of your custody time if that is the case? Let em stay with the parent who has time to spend with the kid/s. Duh.