Aside from the crazy stupid ramifications of favorable ruling for HL, I am once again reminded what a fucking waste of time and energy religion is. All over the country, but especially in DC today, very intelligent people who have better things to do are obliged to argue the merits of supporting someone's belief in,…

I feel you. Getting Norplant back in the day was a fucking revelation in freedom from worry.

I have read most of Umberto Eco, I'll look up Fforde. Always up for a new read, thanks!

See! Living the dream! Sigh, it is unlikely, but thank you for the insight. I will keep you in mind. I'll take solace in my lace-weight stoles, the only remotely interesting thing I can knit and still wear around here.

I'm with you; 2 boys, scouts once a week (gets their dad to socialize, too). Otherwise they're off being the bookish little nerds their genome portends. The hard part is not internalizing peer (mine and theirs) expectations. But we try to just ignore and move on. Life is a marathon, not a sprint—I would prefer they…

I look forward to the oscars rendition of "We saw your cock!" with enthusiasm.

Thanks for reminding me why I don't watch videos much, that was a lot of palaver over very little information that could be gleaned from a 5 second scan and a google picture search. Serves me right for even being curious.

Have you lost your mind? For those of us who actually cook food from scratch with the intention of living off leftovers for as long as possible, a microwave is essential. Get rid of your dinosaur microwave, <em>that</em> is your problem. The new ones can do amazing things like warming cold butter to the exact…

Oh, being the small one is rough. Not sure if my situation now would be analogous; We're caucasian midwestern folks (from Illinois = middle of nowhere) in a heavily Asian area of LA, CA. We're running into issues with academic competition and not a lot of life balance in our kids' peer groups. We are supportive of…

I think we have had similar experiences, I was the "smart girl" in the poor part of town and almost got beat on a lot—fortunately I was a pretty fast runner, too. Sigh. I tried to fix it by raising my own kids in a higher end neighborhood, but that comes with its own set of problems.

Since actual research doesn't cut it, perhaps the anti-vax contingent needs to see a famous person's child to get gravely ill or (sadly) die from a preventable disease. Looks like this gal is volunteering hers.

Guys downplay just to fuck with each other. It like some kind of in-joke, jockeying for dominance thing. XX don't operate that way (well, mostly), so its disconcerting.

Kudos to you for making it through. My female HS counselor (in 1979) told me I was "too pretty to have to go to college, dear." She wanted to save the "college track" classes for "students who would need them." I had the wherewithal to get into college, but I ended up majoring in fine art because I didn't know what to…

I'll bring bacon to this party. I tried to care for a long time, but I decided the couch was just a happier place to be in the long run.

"works 8hr+ days" on "limited sleep" This combo is something to AVOID if at all possible.

Mindy Kaling: She's been pulling for a long time.

There is a really fine line between art and finely crafted practical jokes.

You just keep on being you cassiebearRAWR, 'cause that gives me hope for intelligent life.

While it is nice that we can all agree for once on one damn thing and even do it simultaneously, its an awfully stupid thing to be wasting all this effort on. How 'bout we all pick a time and stick with it, and maybe focus on something useful to pull together on, like funding education intelligently? (I know, turning…

Yeah...it seems to me, as a person who did not take the SAT (ACT was it for my area at the time.) but has watched lots of kids freak out about it, that the essay portion really self-selects for people who can perform in a very particular way under great pressure. Removing the essay portion opens up the test a wee bit,…