A colleague of mine, a 20 year old, a week into the job, had a nervous breakdown in the middle of the day after he received news of his brother having died in an accident. It was worse because he'd just had a nasty fight with him, fists and all. A couple of months later on a work related trip out of town he got news…

My son wasn't feeling well the other day and my wife was pulling things out of our garage for the ARC folks. My son helped her in spite of not feeling well and she told him that is a very manly thing to do and stroked his little 11 year old boy ego in an effort to compliment him for the work. Later I asked her why…

Not to generalize too much, but honestly, being a (stereotypical, American, 21st century) guy sounds kind of horrible to me.

i'm always that bleeding heart hippy who plays devil's advocate in cases like this. i talk about how pedophiles are almost always molested as children or how even the most hard hearted people should be met with compassion and opportunities for redemption. i go on long rants about how destigmatizing mental illness and…