Probably couldn't go with Richard, what with supposed humpbacked child-murderer Richard III. Richard II wasn't particularly popular either, I think (Shakespeare certainly didn't help). There is Richard the Lionhearted, though. Then again, it's not like the Georges all had it well either.

We had Family & Consumer Sciences (Home Ec) in middle school, and Consumer Economics as seniors. I learned so much from those classes! Useful, useful, useful.

I went to college in Storm Lake (though I'm from the eastern half of the state). With the Tyson slaughterhouse and Sara Lee turkey processing plant, there are undocumented workers in the community, though I'm not sure of the extent. It is really incredibly diverse for a small Iowa town. Steve King really strikes a…

I'm not shocked that people have different values than me.

Which was my point? Maybe I wasn't clear enough—it was pretty late when I wrote that. Different strokes and all that, and if someone is a person without that set of boundaries, cool. But don't express such shock that other people find that rude, and be more understanding/aware that it makes people uncomfortable and…

I haven't noticed a loss of sense of smell at all, and I'm on continuous use pills.

This semi-confirms my suspicion that when everyone was all, "It's a girl!" because she said she'd give that teddy bear to her "dau—" what actually was about to come out was "dog."

Too pretty to be Korean? OMG WTF.

Me too. My heart breaks every time I see the, "Don't feed the trolls in the grays!" posts or "The Grey" movie poster memes.

OMG. With the baby. I don't even want kids, which is good, because my ovaries just exploded all over the fucking place.

Some people do like talking about their roots! And some people don't. I personally find it very weird and intrusive. There are topics that are considered socially okay to talk about when you first meet someone: What is your name, what do you do, where did you grow up, etc. Others are considered taboo: What is your…

To everyone who is all, "I don't get why you're offended/annoyed. People are just curious!"

ME TOO.

To be totally fair when trying to figure out wtf Jennifer Lawrence just said, that is a second-hand quote. The interviewer was asking Shailene Woodley if she's spoken with JLaw before. So it's two levels of what the fuckery, really.

I feel like Mama June is basically awesome. I've never seen the show (no cable), but everything I've read about her (personally) has been pretty good. Haters gonna hate, and I've read plenty of bad stuff about TLC exploiting the family (again, haven't seen, so I have no judgment there), but she seems sensible and…

It was also proposed that since she returned to the scene of the fight after fleeing (she said she was prevented from leaving due to a jammed door), she was not actually afraid for her life.

This was my exact reaction to that elephant/sea lion pic.

I was so worried about my niece.

I resent the implication that The Quibbler is as generally awful as The Daily Mail.

Right? I mean, I could (and am) be mad at everyone harping on how I was so smart I should go to graduate school. This advice was coming from very trusted professors whose approval meant everything to me at that moment. And now I realize that they, like a lot of professors, just like making little clones of themselves.…