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I'll bet the man plundered her before running her over, too.

If she has a complete cardiovascular system, thought the child was an adult dwarf, and enjoys kicking people solely for non-ideological reasons, then I suppose we can concede that her statement might be accurate.

Can you blame the guy, though? Who doesn’t have a story of a friend or family member who realized they’d been overlooking their soulmate until that fateful day when he copped a feel and unloaded his magazine into the wall to show his devotion?

I’ve known people who have been through a few divorces and I marvel that they aren’t in financial ruin. How the hell do you get ahead when you’re dividing your assets every couple years? I’m glad Jessica Simpson could make it work, though. Remember when she got sued for a ton of money for not wearing her own brand of

Wow. I hope for that woman's sake she was drunk enough not to have to remember doing that. Not that she doesn't deserve to feel embarrassed. *shakes his head ruefully*

My friend used to be in an emo-band back in the early aughts, but eventually he and everyone else from the band moved on, except for the guy on keyboard who was still trying to eke-out an existence as a musician. (Total stereotype of an emo guy, too. Hair dyed black covering three-fifths his face, jeans so tight they

I knew a guy whose father came from Estonia, and he said their version of Halloween was kids dressing like hobos and knocking on doors for treats in homage to Martin Luther, when he was on the run from the Catholic Church and begging his way across Europe. Was the church you were dragged to Lutheran?

This gives me hope. When io9 released the news a few days ago that the rights to Octavia Butler’s Dawn had been optioned for television, I was worried that they might change the protagonist from a black woman in the book, to a white woman just because it might get more eyeballs. It is unfortunate that unless the

Yup. It’s a gamble. But if you can’t get his balls, and you aren’t Ronda Rousey, clamping down on a chunk of some dude will cause him devastating agony without depleting your energy, and without requiring a lot of training on your part. It also leaves a nice identifying mark on the guy when you go to the police. But

Nice work!

Well, it’s only if running isn’t an option. Plus, this lets you win the fight in a way that won’t completely deplete your stamina, so running will still be viable once you unclench your teeth.

I get scared when I am walking home at night because I am a girl who is bad at punching who also looks like she is bad at punching.

I hope people aren’t going to be Procrustean about what forgiveness means. It does NOT have to mean that you condone what was done to you, or that you don’t want justice pursued. For a lot of people it just means letting go of the rage and resentment you’re harboring.

Congressional hearings often remind me of my uncle, who thinks its cute, rather than infuriating when he says: “I’ve already formed my opinion, so don’t trouble me with facts!”

Any celebrity with Twitter and Instagram is about to be buried under a tidal wave of homemade handicrafts, and messages asking “Did u get my itam?! If so it would mean soooooo much 2 me if u wear it inna post k thx!” Man, I don’t envy them.

Excellent. This was a big blind-spot in ISIS thinking. They are so damned arrogant and self-righteous and drunk on their own noble bullshit that they didn’t think that perhaps some of these women wouldn’t be grateful for their new “marriage”. Couldn’t conceive that there would be some women who’d decide there are

I ain’t catholic, nor am I a fan of the church, but if the couple wants to keep the Bishop and his discretion out of it, they can always get married at city hall instead of, you know, have an representative of the church yoke them together spiritually as well as civilly.

Small conventions are the best. Once they started looking like trade shows, I lost interest quickly. I miss the days when my local convention was small and you could make friends easy. You could actually pick people out from previous years and tell them you remember last-year’s costume. I miss those days. Back when

No way Sarah Palin said this. I think Trig must have said it and it was wrongly attributed to her by the “lamestream” media.

I’d tell him off too, but to a troll, attention is better than gold. Given what you’ve been through, though, I hope he’ll recognize that you have a more informed opinion on this matter than most people.