There is another part of this story, which is that when Tamir's mother was actually asked that question, she said that a friend had just handed the pellet gun to her son a short time before the shooting, that it wasn't his and she had never bought such a thing for him. For me it just goes to show that people…

I read a great article in Salon a few months ago about some woman who unfriended a bunch of people and it totally changed her life for the better. So I went right over and unfriended about 20 deadweight names of people who never ever communicate with me, unfollowed the 10 excruciatingly hip folks from high school and…

But wait—I'm confused! Aren't we currently living under the tyranny of Sharia Law?

Um, yeah, unfortunately.

He was so close to becoming Commissioner of Baseball. That was after he drove the Texas Rangers into the ground and before he drove the state of Texas into the ground. He was on the short list, he really wanted the position and just think how different everything would have been!

Is it scary that I could tell exactly who it was just from the first photo, even though his entire head was obscured behind a baseball cap? That awkward looking forward thrusting giraffe-esque neck that he always has just gave him away.

But try telling that to Sean Hannity!

Sabrina the Teenage Witch…brought to you by Walmart!

These are the gayest looking pirates I've ever seen. And I mean that as a compliment.

He got the Dr. of Ed from UMass Amherst, who also has had financial dealings with him.

Um, because he has given them shitloads of money? He funds two Temple scholarships and has donated a large, undisclosed, amount of money to them over the years. He also has participated in publicity for the University. He may have dropped out but they certainly count him as an alum for publicity purposes.

I'm sure this all originated with them. They went through back channels and told him it would be more dignified if he publicly made the break, and his people, I'm sure, told him to take the offer.

He'll blow through it like Zimmerman did after the trial.

I was at my local Starbucks the other day and while checking out, noticed the new Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga duet CD. I held it up to the two guys behind the counter and posed the question, "Which one of these two artists is desperately trying to stay relevant?"

I know, I just so tired of that crap. A good friend of mine wrote something on FB about sadness for Ferguson with the hashtag #blacklivesmatter, and some asshole just HAD to put the comment, "ALL lives matter."

Haven't you heard? Fox offered him his very own ensemble show. Darren Miller joins Oliver North, Mark Fuhrman, Stacey Dash, and Joe the Plumber in a new prime time Fox program!

This certainly isn't frowned on where I live, in the suburbs of NYC. Every second family here is from the tristate area and has extended family living nearby (grandparents, aunts, uncles and the like) on tap for childcare and other stuff. It actually makes me feel not only envious but lonely; my husband's parents…

I graduated from college in '86 and deliberately refused to see this movie because of what I viewed as a plot straight from anti-feminist hell—two women sparring with each other for a job and a man. Reading Faludi's essay in "Backlash" cemented it for me.

Thanks so much for this thoughtful piece. My mother, who is a very smart and capable woman, has stayed with the same monster for 51 years. I've spent so much of my life trying to figure out how I should feel about that, and have been yanked in so many different directions.

Thank you for making me pee in my pj pants. Now I have to go change.