Speaking as a Chinese guy, allow me to take a whack at the PC police. I ain't even mad.

About an hour ago my kids and I were talking about 9/11, and I was trying to explain to them what it felt like to experience that day; something which they'll never be able to understand, since they've lived their whole lives in the post-9/11 world. Anyhow, as I was telling them the story of the 4th hijacked plane,…

Week 5 without Jamie ass.

OH HONEY DON'T EVEN WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.

I had to deal with some of these fuckers when they came to my campus on Wednesday, showing off pictures of dead fetuses. They screamed at me, and came uncomfortably close. They also told me my parent's interracial and interfaith marriage was going to go to hell. And that I dishonored them for being gay. So I made a…

My sister's friend had seven abortions working at home for Google!!! Click to learn more!!!

I'm only slightly ashamed to admit that I actually like Scott. He's a tool of the first order but he lost both of his parents in less than a month (not manufactured) and had to recover from it on TV. It's awful but I kind of really hope that it's [the OD] fake. But I don't think it is.

That is some righteous kindness on Taylor's part. Goddamn. Serving up love like it's cherry pie and making sure everybody gets a big ol' slice. Fuck me if that isn't lovely.

Can we stop calling it a leak and start calling it a disgusting violation of privacy?

I had a little accident right after I moved here (Germany also) but before I got my insurance card and everything set up. The hospital sent us the bills: almost 600 EUR for the ambulance ride, and like, 150 for the emergency room visit. I was worried about paying it, but it was still better than paying out of pocket…

Good news! Remember Facebook's charming group Team No Hoes? I reported that page to Facebook as violating its terms of service for containing gender-based hate speech, and almost immediately received a canned response to the effect of "no it doesn't." Well, last week, I got another email from Facebook with the…

Guys, I am freaking out. I've been planning my move to Toronto, from Ireland, for about 6 months now. And I leave in 3 weeks and I am FREAKING OUT. It just hit me tonight that I'm going. On my own. Not knowing a soul over there. No job and my stress levels are pretty high right now.

Claire (sultry eyes): I'm not a virgin.

I have no Amish romance but I don't have Puritan Valentine's Day cards:

I also hated it where you are. I was so angry - like seething. I was on io9 freaking out and screaming and ranting about the book. About 300 pages after the "strapping" and after 50+ replies on io9 and reddit (of all places) discussing how the author failed to show what she was trying to get across, I forgave Jamie.…

I think Bree is 6' (hugely tall for a woman of that era) because Roger is 6'3" IIRC

I know Claire touches on that in some of the later books, when she's quite a bit older and the women she comes in contact look HELLA OLD and she's all "uh, she's like 20 years younger than I am." So maybe that will come through.

BOOK SPOILER DISCUSSION THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS POST THREAD BELOW

Ok folks who read the book: what's everyone's guess for when we see Jamie's a) ass and b) frontal bits of manhood.

We've seen Claire's ass twice now. I need Jamie's Scottish greatness on display.

Geillis Duncan......etc, etc.

I'm of the mindset that PMS removes the bullshit-tolerance all women have, and puts us on dude-level for a few days. Guys rarely put up with shit, and they don't have to justify it with a hormonal imbalance. I like my PMS for that reason - I don't have to pretend to give a shit when I'm just not feeling it. It's…