I seriously despise how the troll comments almost always float to the top. I've finally learned to stop getting angry about them because it's always 50 people arguing against one moron, but I wish everyone would just ignore it. But now I'm angry again because you pointed out the stars. ARGH!

The irony is that people who throw it around as insult... do it to feel superior. I'm thisclose to unfriending someone on facebook because I'm sick of his "top ten shitty hipster bands" lists as if people who like Death Cab for Cutie are some kind of scourge upon the earth.

Huh. I went to the Sharks-Redwings game in a red jersey this season, and was pleasantly surprised by the complete lack of abuse, even after they crushed us.

To throw in another one - compassion fatigue. I'll trade anyone mine for any of these other types, and I've experienced all three, sometimes in combination.

Yeah, and as some other people pointed out, kids should be doing chores regardless. For my parents it was a way to get me to stop asking for stuff all the time - if I wanted something I needed to save up for it. Not that it in any way taught me to be financially responsible as a future adult. Hitting financial rock…

I had a red and white wedding dress and my one bridesmaid wore white. My husband did not wear a tie and all these guests showed up in ties so I told them (in jest of course) that they were outshining the groom.

Well, the intent of the Ellis Act, which allows this in California, is to allow landlords to go out of business. Which is fine. People shouldn't be locked into the landlord business forever and ever. But what people are doing in SF is basically selling these buildings to each other to take advantage of the rent…

Wait til you get evicted so it can be rented out for double what you pay.

This is happening to a lot of people in San Francisco right now as market rent skyrockets. It's horrible.

There was some NYT calculator a while back for how long it would take for it to make sense to own rather than rent. In my area that is NEVER. I don't even know how I'm supposed to come up with a down payment on a $700k home that would be worth $250k in another part of the country. In theory we'll be moving somewhere…

I got 2 a week! I think I negotiated up to 5 a week in high school. Oddly though, my parents never made me do chores other than periodically cleaning my room. My mom got very upset when I started doing my own laundry because she saw it as an attempt to pull away from my parents, which is exactly what it was. I could…

This is perhaps overly tangential, but I went to Yosemite this weekend hoping it'd be quiet since people would be doing Easter things. YEAH RIGHT. It felt like half the population of California was clogging the valley instead of celebrating Easter. I conclude that Easter is not even that big of a deal anymore. Or…

I nearly did this at least 10 times when I drove a purple Grand Am in Michigan.

Damn I hated this book for some reason really want to see the movie. And the movie looks to be fairly faithful to the book - other than the ending switchup which can only be a good thing, right? I'm a masochist.

As soon as I saw him in that trailer, I thought it was perfect casting.

I thought that looked like one of those rubber cement butt implants.

I had no idea there were people who did this, and I know a lot of people who pet-sit and such. Seems like a crappy (heh) job to do for only $10, but that's an awesome service!

I live in a high cost of living area, and they average $80-120 around here. I tried it and absolutely hated it, although it may have had something to do with the particular trainer and his philosophies. My gym doesn't do free sessions, but it's kind of an odd duck - rock climbing gym that happens to have a weight…

Why would you want to ice cream into something else? Ice cream is the perfect food!