Ugh, we had a guy show up in ass cheek cutoffs. Nobody cared, but that was the day to avoid QA.

In the 90s I had a lovely adult workplace job as you describe; we only had to be in the office between certain hours to accommodate meeting scheduling, and other than that we could work whenever as long as we got our shit done. Sounds great, but still managed to be nightmarish in that working smart and getting stuff…

Fixed bicycles at a pro shop for the same reason. Proximity to the goods.

Mmm, chocolate & vanilla.

Bless you, Dodai, for posting this. I am so tired of seeing men in what are essentially outer wear granny panties. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, lets see some leg, fellas! I'm getting old and I need some eye candy. Thank you.

Go all in and read Good Calories, Bad Calories; same author, way more information and references. Then check out Fathead: the movie. Run your own personal experiment.

Not just the recent downturn, but poverty in general. If one of the few pleasures a person can access in a long workday is fast food or a treat, I can't judge them for taking it. Broccoli might be better in the long run, but carbage will make a person feel better NOW (sweet => endorphins).

I feel you, and the schools will ride the kids/parents in this gray area like crazy, because the state tells them to.

Mr. Graphemist called it: Putative grandparents want you to climb into their crappy boat.

The worst thing about having kids is other people's kids. And the K-12 penal system that is public schools (US).

He's prepping you for all the totally illogical moves he's got in store for your future. They get so much more creative.

By this metric, my line is "Seriously, have you lost your mind?" I hope they do well enough in life to afford therapy, it is their only hope.

"(my knowledge of human biology is quite limited," is a great point. You seem like a reasonable person, with the sense to acknowledge your limitations. Earlier, you mentioned abstinence as a viable option to avoid pregnancy. One of the biggest problems in the US the (often intentional) lack of reproductive knowledge.…

That's the thing, you don't have to be the judge, the woman who will be responsible for raising a child will decide. Impediments to reproductive education (abstinence programs) and access to barrier contraception merely make it so a decision becomes necessary more often than it should.

I can see the point, but don't you think that political power and/or wealth supersede sexual suasion if, you've got them to spend (which Cheney certainly has)? Halls of power have been (in Cheney's life) almost exclusively men's clubs, which trade on power that is often generated by wealth, and can wield sexuality by…

Love this dress; glad you included her in the rundown (Sharon Malone). She looks fantastic.

Maybe that will put the brakes on rich old people purchasing herds of poor orphans.

Good. Massive insecurity for all, I say. Now, lets get the fellas into some excruciating footwear. How about unbearably pointy oxfords?

Dodai seems pretty straightforward, if nonstandard. Non-standard is good, you won't ever be in a room full of other people named Dodai. (There's gonna be a lot of annoyed Emmas in France in 5 years.) How about folks who can't be bothered to say your entire name and instantly shorten it to a standard nickname, and will…

People are weird. I have green eyes, and a total stranger who was pretty clearly wearing tinted green lenses asked me where I got mine, then stomped off in a huff when I owned up to not wearing any.