Oh, for certain, people do have a predisposition to one addiction or another—statistically, 10% of the population. The primary predictor, which has been shown through several thousand studies over the years, is family history (genetics). It’s not the only predictor, but it is far and away more common in someone with…

So, if you spend some time around people in recovery, you’ll never find a consistent personality profile. Some of us are super intense, Type A, over-achievers, constantly striving to be Number One. Some of us are major isolators, who would rather avoid all human contact and couldn’t possibly care less about being…

Yeah, this is the sort of phrase that gets so engrained into the common language that eventually people don’t realize that it has no basis in fact. Unfortunately, there probably isn’t any way to erase this phrase from common usage, so I simply make sure I don’t use it at all, and hope for the best.

I would disagree. Lived there for almost 10 years and got 2 “reckless driving” tickets (automatic 25 mph over limit - 76 in 55). Straight and clear roads. Yes I was a squid but drove a 76 Maibu in the late 80's....not exactly a hoon. In general VA Cops and the driving laws are in fact DRACONIAN.

I agree. I don’t like people who treat service staff badly, or who bring pointless nuisance lawsuits, but she had a signed contract for these things so I don’t understand why the hotel would think she shouldn’t get them.

Obi-Wan didn’t need his ESPN app to know something horrible just happened.

You’d have been mauled before you finished the word “helium.” By us, not the bears.

Well, bears, helium is the second lightest element (as well as the second most abundant element in the universe). An enclosed container filled entirely with helium (a “balloon”) will be less dense than Earth’s atmosphere, where the concentration of helium by volume is only 5.2 parts per million. Thus, the balloon with…

USS America should’ve painted the pigs with numbers 1, 2, and 4. Leave the Kennedy crew looking for pig 3.

Biggest problem with the confusion between sadness and depression: depression, statistically, affects between 5-8% of the population, but the conservative estimates suggest that upwards of 50% of people in this country are looped up on antidepressants. People who need it for their clinical problem should have it.…

I wonder how long before Whole Foods puts these on sale as ‘Artisinal bamboo skewer water’?

Reminds me of the behind closed ovens where the English girl didn’t realize cheeseburgers had meat lolol

Hey, sure. Why not. LA twice couldn’t support one team enough to keep it from leaving. I’m sure three won’t be a problem.

Not a successful one if you eat these vegetarian dogs tho :/

You’re wrong. Also, maybe not fully up to speed on what constitutes racism.

It’s also sad that the murderers of two young black men are able to walk free.

Dumbest commentary this side of James Woods

Lewis published a book that recounts the events of a double murder and its trial in which his retelling differs from his own testimony in both scope and framing.

I particularly like that the thing he apologizes for, at least in the excerpts, is being a little too flashy with his clothes. He’s sorry he wore a mink and a Piaget, you guys. Please, find it in your hearts to forgive him for his crimes...of tacky commercial excess.

“Ghost writer”!?! Dang it Ray, did you kill him too?