I could have written this too. I don't think I ever did figure out how dating works. The majority of guys I dated I met online and that's how I met my husband too. I have no idea how it is you meet people at parties or through friends.

I had that same experience and this is the first time I've ever felt like not the only one. Thank you.

In Mt Improbable the argument is somewhat different. He primarily seems to be responding to the people that don't understand why there's still monkeys if we "come from monkeys". He describes evolution as a mountain with many plateaus; once a species reaches a comfortable plateau in its evolution it can stay there for…

You just like collecting degrees dontcha? How's that been? I have a DVM and am looking into a master's program and potentially a PhD, possibly followed by a residency (the residency system in vet med is fairly different, but we stole the match idea from human medicine). And all this so I can make LESS money. But I'm…

By "professional schools" you seem to mean medical schools. Vet school is an awful return on investment and the number of lawyers not working as lawyers is absurd. Don't know anything about how the dentists or architects are doing, but their tuition is probably similar and I doubt they make as much as doctors.

You can get that study book from the library, but a lot of people insist on taking the Kaplan courses which cost upwards of a grand.

I read "Climbing Mount Improbable" a very long time ago and I thought it was the best possible explanation of evolution, especially the chapter on the eye. I wonder how much he repeats himself in the one you mention.

I enjoy Bertrand Russell's teapot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_teapot

It really is. One time I was out for a walk with a very religious friend. It was a very clear night and we paused to look at the stars; I said something about how crazy it is knowing that they're so far away and we're looking at light that originated millions of years ago. She said "how you can you look at this and…

It's certainly not how you win friends and influence people. I'm one of these "smug atheists", but some of my closest friends are deeply religious. I would have missed out on these friendships if I insulted their beliefs.

My husband missed that memo too! He also missed the romantic memo; his "love language" is fixing my car. And sometimes he just wants to make out for half an hour like we're teenagers, then cuddle for half an hour, then go to bed. I feel like he'd go forever without sex if I never initiated anything, and doesn't seem…

I feel like my husband would never have sex if I didn't gently push him into it every so often. And he doesn't seem to notice or connect the dots on the tension that always builds up if we go without too long. Honestly, I'd be fine without it too if the periodic oxytocin release or whatever didn't seem required for…

Now I a)gotta watch Dark Crystal again and b)have a couple more uses for that Amazon gift certificate!

You have enough replies here, but yeah, you gotta find some different girls. We're out there.

Dammit, you beat me to the "law of conservation of black people" joke. Although they did add Michonne, so it's truly a conservation of black men.

Everyone's going to say "it's just you", but I don't care for his stuff either. So it's just you, me, and Corpsegoddess.

I also belong to this rare species.

As someone who often has to tell people that if they don't plunk down several thousand dollars for back surgery on their dog, it has a high chance of permanent paralysis, I'm extremely excited by this. There's also a study at UCSF on a new drug that may help both these dogs and people with spinal cord injury. I hope…

Best comment on here. Thank you.