Johnnie Williams just admitted that he was expecting contacts from McDonnell in exchange for the gifts. I'm sure the same will come out about The Cooch.

Oh that is still under investigation. Soon I hope, soon.

Love the headline there:

FUCK YOU, retired Burleson County District Court Judge Terry Flenniken, you fucking piece of shit.

I find that YA has a lot of fantastic creativity that is often lacking in adult novels. I read plenty of non-YA novels, but there's often a briskness and simplicity to YA writing that is refreshing. I often refer to this quote from Mark Twain:

"this kinda makes me want to be a cheerleader - which is probably the highest compliment a fat nerd can pay anyone."

I'm a little upset that it's not mentioned that Jezebel also messed up in how this was addressed.

We live in a country where one of the justices in the highest court it is possible to have believes that there is a magic evil man running around the world and doing evil things to people with his evil magic powers.

This is a real thing that is true about the United States.

I went to one of those (second wedding for both bride and groom) and honestly it was cool as hell. Whoever your partner is, y'all do y'all and forget what anyone else might think!

"The health of strangers is none of my business. I cannot diagnose other people's health just by looking at them. If I have opinions or suspicions about other people's health I should keep them private and afford those people the same level of respect and personal agency that I demand for myself. If I cannot restrain…

Or maybe when people say mean things to you they hurt your feelings?

Yeah, I'm gonna have to second this. Obviously, heckling is probably the least helpful way to voice concern, but you know, it IS possible to judge whether or not someone is unwell by looking at them. In cases of extreme low weight, I think its foolish to think you need to go to 4 years of medical school in order to…

Really not fair to call that a breakdown. A breakdown is like, when you need someone to call emergency services for you when you are still on stage.

I know what you mean, but you also know what I mean, right? That the ideal of beauty in society is so fleeting that it can basically only be achieved for a few years... unless someone goes Madonna-crazy with looks maintenance.

I used to work in PR and doing things like this can be really a fun benefit with the job. I used to work for a large appliance company and when I was volunteering (separately) at Operation Santa Claus I found a "letter to Santa" asking for a fridge as they couldn't afford a new one. This letter was from one of the…

So? If they make plus size clothing that makes people look and feel good, why shouldn't they get press for that? I see no problem with this kind of marketing when the end result helps everyone.

They did seem to get their name in the story a lot...

I have never in my life even entered a Wet Seal store, but I think I'm going to go buy a t-shirt or something from them this weekend. Good job, Wet Seal PR people (I mean that most sincerely.)

Yeah, this was a fantastic move on their part. They hopped on it super quickly, too.

Actually quite cute. Wet Seal's PR people are pretty damn good :-)