This is Foxy, pretending to be a loaf of bread.

@Imogen Quest: Yes, that's exactly right. It's just very hard to get to that place. Even if you realize your thoughts are irrational (which many OCD sufferers do), it's hard to get rid of them—it's like your thoughts are stuck in a loop. And then, if you do start to work toward acceptance, you can get what's called a…

I just started going through HOCD this year. I'm 24, in a happy relationship, and have had crushes on guys pretty much constantly since I was about 8... but one day, the question popped into my head: "What if I actually like women, and I've just been so deeply closeted that I didn't have an inkling of it until now?"…

@Gingerlyyours: Love him!

@KalamataInterrobang: Women may have higher rates of attempted suicides, but men have a much higher suicide "success rate."

I was getting the messages all through school that liking science and math—hell, being smart in general—was unfeminine. When I was in 5th grade, there were 2 other girls in my gifted and talented class. By 6th grade, I was the only girl enrolled. I asked one of the other girls why she wasn't doing it anymore, and she…

@CandyBacon: Wouldn't the Darrell from MadTV method involve seeing a picture of the back of someone's head?

@anuran001: Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

@LadySoprano is a Fat-Fighting Superwoman: Probably 80% of people on Facebook are normal, but it's the other 20% who are creating the majority of the content. At least on my news feed.

@SuicaLove: Hah, same here. But on the plus side, now every time some random guy says, "'Scuse me, can I talk to you for a minute?" I burst out laughing.

Only a slight exaggeration.

@mosaiclobster: I thought I might have them but never came up with any conclusive proof, and I think that's part of the issue. You might be getting bites, but there's no way to prove that they're bed bug bites unless you catch an actual bed bug, and your infestation has to get pretty bad before that happens. So in the…

Re: #3, you don't need a new mattress, just encasements for your mattress and box spring.

My literary tastes skew less contemporary, but my short list would include:

@doit2julia: Maybe when someone makes a facebook group about it? I could join that club.

@Rats: Yup! Works just as well and isn't as irritating to the skin.

@Acquanetta: I suspect you could just lounge about and spout off aphorisms, and that would make you as attractive as you ever need to be.

@NMgirl15: One OTC acne medication that should actually work: Neutrogena's On-the-Spot acne treatment. My friend who has doctorate in pharmacy recommended it to me because it has the same active ingredient as much of the prescription stuff (benzoyl peroxide) in a lower concentration—but the lower concentration has the…

@Gigi: No, not social work, but I worked for a non-profit arts organization, and I suspect that's nearly as bad. I recently moved to an editorial job in the university setting, and the pay is much more reasonable. It's unfortunate, though, that in these organizations that are doing meaningful work, the turnover rate…

Wages have been stagnating since long before the recession. I recently switched jobs, and when I left my old one, my boss told me that the wages for my position have been the same since the mid-1980s—despite the fact that the job responsibilities have expanded. After I left, they hired someone with a master's degree…