The part of the conversation I would like to see is the effect of raising minimum wage across the board to $15. If fast food workers get that kind of wage, what about retail associates and other "unskilled" jobs? I can tell you, as hard as it is to work fast food, its just as hard (or harder) to do manual labor.…

About 5 years ago, I had some ill advised platinum blonde highlights in my dark brown hair. When I met Mr. Hudders, he mentioned an attraction to redheads. Silly me picked up a box of red dye from the CVS and just went to town. My highlights were fluorescent orange, and my natural color was a pretty auburn. It was…

I do not tell most people about the extensive abuse that my father perpetrated. My lovely in laws do not know about it, only that I am estranged from my father. They have said more than once that I may regret cutting him off, and it takes every bit of my strength not to get very angry at them for suggesting it. They…

I do not have a relationship with my father. When I was 14, I found out that he had sexually abused my sister for many years. In turn, she abused me for many years, not having the ability to deal with what she was going through. i immediately, without a second thought, cut off all contact with him.

As a New Mexican, I have to be the dick who corrects this map. New Mexican food is NOT the same as Mexican food. We prefer our spicy tortilla/meat/cheese combinations with a thin film of questionable grease over top.

I'd be Biden's work wife, yessir. ;-)

I am headed over to the Wet Seal in my mall this afternoon to hand out recruiting flyers for my store. Being a retail manager, I have infinite sympathy for these people. It feels so shitty to be treated as disposable, even though that's incredibly common in this industry. Our Wet Seal is not closing (yet), but I…

My sister had dozens of kids at her wedding. It was basically open to all of her friends and their families. She also had tons of food, a massive slip and slide in the backyard, and the entire thing was totally informal. Her husband also had a child from a previous marriage, and a lot of effort was made to make sure…