According to the NYU website, it's tuition plus room and board, health insurance, textbooks, etc. It's still ridiculous, but it's not just tuition.

The conservative Republican* candidate for mayor in my city is pulling something similar. When asked if he'd back a human rights ordinance protecting LGBT residents, his answer was along the lines of "we don't need one because our residents are good people". I mean, on one hand, it's progress that they can't run on a…

It's nice to have them nearby - I live about 15 minutes out. I also love beach weather - even the sunny rain (but not the grey, nasty rain). One day, when I don't have to work a full-time and a part-time job to pay my bills, I'll join some community groups and expand my social network, because I know there are people…

Oh, god, the desegregation argument. I have heard that one SO MANY TIMES.

Oh, man. Nothing like living in Jax to make me miss Atlanta, culture-wise. To be fair, I know plenty of liberal/moderate people down here, there's just mostly in my cohort (or younger).

This is a little difficult to do in my corner of the South. Every older woman I know just wants me to know that "when I grow up" (I'm 35), I'll be conservative and understand how Black people and "the gays" and "the godless" are ruining our country, and how it's a shame that I have to work instead of being a…

I have a domestic cat that's as big as a mid-size bobcat. He's a sweetheart, but a pain in the ass to wrangle for vet visits and the like. There are a few vet techs that won't hold him during check-ups, even though he's never been aggressive - he's just huge. He's incredibly strong, and can break the skin without…

First, I wonder how the look will change now that Kim Manners has passed. Regardless of plot, I liked watching the episodes he directed (same on Supernatural - his episodes were some of the most visually appealing, in my opinion). HOWEVER. The X-Files has been practically dead* to me since they killed Krycek. And then…

Didn't Subway just get taken to court because their "footlong" subs weren't actually 12 inches long? And their argument was something along the lines of, "Well, Footlong is just a name, really". You can blame places like that for people asking how long "Footlong" food items are, I think.

I have a cat that will spin a TP roll for endless fun (or, at least until the end of the roll). Putting the roll on the "wrong" way keeps me from wasting TP as a cat toy (and from having to spend more money on toilet paper than necessary).

And giving Jenny McCarthy a national platform for her anti-vax crap.

I knew a lot of nerdy kids in school (including my sister) who might've legitimately misunderstood the question, because their brains worked differently. Even in the South, where people also love meat.

I took ballet for years, including pointe, and was pretty decent. Not "go to NYC and be a pro" good, but "win a few national competition trophies" good. I was much better at (and much preferred) tap. Still, thanks to ballet/pointe, I can laugh in the face of every rolling partner who tries to ankle lock me in…

I don't think we had one at Target when I worked there in the late 90s, but every Old Navy I worked at had a changing table in the men's room.

The Body Shop's Hemp Lip Conditioner. It works for hours (even in the Florida sun and overly-dry television studios). It also doesn't taste or smell like candy, so I don't end up licking it all off. It's $8, but on sale pretty often for $4.

The Body Shop's Hemp Lip Conditioner. It works for hours (even in the Florida sun and overly-dry television…

Honestly, I find their questions confusing, and I work in network TV. I can't imagine the people they polled would've had an easier time understanding them. Here's what I mean: they include FOX News in a list of NBC, CBS, and ABC news, but never specify if they mean the cable network or the news that comes on FOX…

In the college course I took on serial killers, we discussed how the perception of women by law enforcement over the past century or so has probably influenced investigations - like, how many weren't caught because women were never considered as suspects? One of the books was a 1898 (or so) edition of Cesare…

Me and raisins as a kid:

Another time (same window, different day), we watched the dude drive his truck around behind another building, and she walked all the way back there to meet him. And then they just drove by our window anyway. Part of what was so funny is that they clearly thought they were being clever.

Another pro tip: Don't forget that not being able to see into a window doesn't mean the person on the other side can't see out of it. I was in my supervisor's office one morning (small business, small office, everyone-knows-everybody kind of deal). We see these two employees drive into work together and park all the…