I saw a documentary on the above famous coffee spill and the elderly woman in question had hideous burns between her thighs and her belly, multiple infections, and literally lost her quality of life. There was more to the story: the coffee literally scalded her skin off. I'm not saying that there are no frivolous…

Check out Gitti Sereny's book, Cries Unheard. She is living a normal life and has a child and a husband in England under another identity. It's a fascinating case.

Thank you.

My mama made cinnamon (known in our household as "cimmamom") toast so thick with butter and sugar and cinnamon that it caramelized on the top. If that ain't artisan I don't know what is.

Mooncat, can you enlighten us on Wisconscin's laws re: juveniles? I'm across the country from ya'll so I may well be preceding on the wrong information. My understanding is that Wisconsin is pretty progressive.

You know, it depends on the state. I may well be barking up the wrong tree in ignorance of Wisconsin's laws: it is certainly possible that an adult offender has more options. It'd be good if we had someone in the legal field in Wisconsin to give us more insight.

No , you're spot on, because it's very much like that crime, except that the basis of the Parker-Hulme murder was a thwarted sexual attachment combined with fantasy ideation. It's a good example because both girls grew up to be functioning adults (one is a famous romance author under another name) who understood the…

That's a good point. I agree that six years of loose confinement is inadequate. In my state, juvenile detention is a temporary holding; after convictions the offenders are sent to various rehabilitative units or if found culpable as adults, to a juvenile work camp. They can't be mixed with adults. I believe (and am…

I'm a hardass about these things but they should be tried as juveniles. They are so young they think Slenderman is real and they can go live with him. They are disturbed, and I don't argue that. They are unable to separate reality from fantasy. They are dangerous. But they're not acting from a basis of pure…

I am woefully undereducated in this but is it possible that no child is truly male or female until that child becomes self-aware and realizes his or her true sexuality? Would the ideal thing be to raise children as gender neutral until they themselves choose a sexuality?

We love you, Levar. Didn't you know that? We really do.

That's not cynical, that's a great thought! I'm thinking about what a lifechanger that would be for kids who have this disease or other issues like portwine birthmarks...it's hard enough to get through school with the usual garden variety issues. Hope Cover Girl is listening.

I'm a very pale Caucasian and have it. All I have to do is go out in the sun without 70 spf and I have a new patch on my face. Only my face and neck, of course they couldn't be on my ankles. To me, they are noticeable because they look like a "clean patch" on my skin. They also have a different texture, almost…

Good on you for simple fact checking. Logic wins again.

I want your whole post on a Tshirt and I will wear the hell out of it, with the biggest tiara I can find.

I know an extremely competent and dangerous SWAT team leader who wears Victoria's Secret under her tactical gear. She would probably wear a tiara if she could get it under her helmet. You can't judge us that easily, world!

How do people get so lucky that they live where there are SEA LIONS roaming around? How cool is this? WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THESE INSTEAD OF ALLIGATORS, GOD?

So we're at Marineland, the dreadful 60's forerunner of Sea World, and standing around the aqua-green concrete tank are little kids, my little kid among them and ONE of the kids gets to climb to the crowsnest and feed Flipper IV as he leaps to the top of the pole. Somebody's daddy slipped Wally Walruskeeper a twenty…

There's a scientific name for those little lights. I believe they are called "birds". Many people do think they are angels. There is a scientific name for that too. It is called "bullshit".

We have a wonderful debriefing team at our department. Let me get you an appointment because I think you're going to need some therapy....