I have said to men on occasion, "If it weren't for women, men would still be living in caves," and a look comes across their face that at once seems to acknowledge yes, men would still be in caves without women, and also, duuuuude, how much fun would it be to live in a cave??

I understand that. I was just asking from a technical standpoint for myself. I couldn't think of an easy way to do it, particularly since several people lock their phones to prevent unauthorized use. Several people have implied that it is easy to get in contact with the owner of a phone, and I thought maybe they knew…

What if they lock their phone, though?

Why do people brown the meat first? I never brown my pot roasts and it comes out quite well.

I don't like eggy french toast so I only use one or two eggs. Turns out fine.

One rule of thumb might be that you walk away from shows about the dysfunctional family lives of children. If this were just some guy with 10 ex-wives, it might fall more on the side of more entertaining than gross. Here, this show is exploiting the shitty situation of kids.

There are already soooo many shows that show black people in a negative light that I think it is incumbent upon networks at least not to show black people in the *worst,* most stereotypical light. It would be different if 95% of shows showed black people in a positive light and this one show was negative. This show is…

That reminds me of the time my friend accompanied me to buy a new bike to replace my rusted out, cheap-ass bike with rotted tires. We took both bikes to his apartment in Baltimore, and I asked him, "What are we going to do with the old bike?" He said, "I know what to do." He leaned the bike against a street sign, then…

Okay, I find an iPhone in a cab. How am I supposed to go about finding it's owner?

I'm not sure if I'm ready to label someone racist for making poor life decisions and being of poor character.

The older I get, the more I find the unmarried with babies situation completely crazy. Kids are *more* of a commitment than marriage because it ensures that the other parent will be in their lives (or at least a consideration or a memory) for the rest of their lives. Yet they won't consciously and publicly make that…

I think even racists have to have some capacity for critical thought. Shawty Lo is just a slug. He fucks because he can.

Hmm. I guess it's a matter of perspective because I thought her petition was more aimed at the father. But this issue has been on my mind a lot lately because of my cousin who keeps having babies with his baby mama. They aren't young (he's 31 I think). He's well educated and has a great, stable job. He loves being a…

Sorry if I was unclear. The gist of the articles is that in spite of the marital status or residence of black men, they manage to spend more time with and be more involved in their kids' lives than men of other races.

In a world where a man with 10 baby mamas did not already exist as a black stereotype, I'd see your point. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world. Shows like this only confirm the racist notions people already have about us.

Your point? Isn't that what we're talking about?

Trying again: http://futureofchildren.org/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=73&articleid=531&sectionid=3655

Laffy Taffy is the worst song ever created in the history of the world.

YES. It's so frustrating and disheartening. Someone told me that on his trip to Italy, he saw a guy put his finger up to his friend's head, laughing, "Bang, bang! You're dead, nigger!" Like, really? Even in Italy there's that shit? But it is completely the fault of racist American media who portray us primarily in one…

You think it's preferable for kids to have one parent?