Well, in terms of the "medical whatever," the issue is more that the veterinary industry's services are out of reach for the average pet owner. One can provide a loving home for a pet that may have otherwise perished in a shelter or on the street without having a spare thousand bucks for their pet's veterinary needs…

you think pet owners should have tens of thousands saved up for their animals' health problems? Really? Gobsmacking. Pets only for the rich, says this person.

It looks like one of those demon-blocking salt rings. :(

I once had a friend refuse to eat a slice of lemon pound cake because I mentioned I'd used my homemade vanilla in it (like 2 tsp in the whole cake). She doesn't drink, and when she learned that my homemade vanilla is vanilla beans in vodka, she declined the cake. I explained that unless powdered vanilla is used, all…

It's less common than it's represented to be. There are plenty of Jews (like, y'know, me) who aren't of the opinion that Israel is right and correct and must be sided with in all things. A lot of it is generational: the older generations tend to be more fanatically committed to Israel At Any Cost than the younger ones.

Someone I know once described him as an overly botoxed cat. I'm still laughing.

She could remove the child from the building until it calmed down. Like most parents would do. Like my parents did with me at restaurants so my tantrum would not cause other people undue distress.

Taylor Kitsch as Gambit was painful.

I feel that if you click on a link that says

That's exactly why there should be a law that every person in America should work as a server for one year.

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

Sigh, I just don't get it. (BTW, totally knew it was you, a Southerner, Kelly, when I read "slap out of patience." Love that expression.)

I want the *last* line of my obit to be "May the Force be with you." Burn me in my Jedi robes, boys!

Um, did you just imply hippos are not graceful?

Once, during my high school lit class, it came out that one of our friends (this is an honors class full of presumably smartish kids) had not taken his contact lenses out or even used saline solution in his eyes for TWO YEARS. The contacts wearers among us were astonished (mine start to fall apart after about 6…

Me too. When my fiance and I come back from hiking, he's got bites head to toe - and I'll have, like, one.

Well, I honestly can't say why my sister would want them, if she doesn't especially like kids. I know two girls I grew up with, their mom openly dislikes children. She says they're fine and they exist, but she doesn't really care for them. Yet she had two.

Claire is from my state. I worked for her campaign when it was an uphill battle against Talent. In the trenches, Claire was always there—very cool, very down to earth, never artificial. I've worked on a few campaigns were I walked out mid-July because the candidate was just so superficial and dry. Claire is every bit…

"Positivity isn't helpful if you're lying." I wish this were emblazoned on everyone's Trader Joe bag.

The body of Christ is full of calories.