Hey now. There's plenty of misogyny and repression in ALL Abrahamic religions, thank you very much!

Repressive fundamentalism in any religion is so awful.

What the story doesn't say is how insane Virginia drivers are (Maryland drivers are even worse). People routinely drive 90 miles an hour and try to drive others off the road. I have personally been terrified while driving through what is known as the "mixing bowl" because of the insane speeds people where driving at…

Yeah, the recipes for root beer seem to vary enormously, even when "real" ingredients are being used.

I do not know why but my sister and I referred to ours as "Maggie" (occasionally she would call it the "front butt") Not to leave anyone out of the party, we also called our butts "Oscar".

Nanjing is really good at fruit festivals. I think there might be plum one also.

I think you missed the wearing watermelon trend from douban last year.

Why didn't I think of this?! Dammit.

Yes. Maybe Berliners didn't know that the Wall would fall that night, but the moment was long in the making. From what I understand, the Monday Demonstrations swelled in numbers and influence far beyond Leipzig and peaceful protests cropped up all over the DDR (including East Berlin). Add to that the years of relaxing…

I have a tiny box grater I use to grate nutmeg. It's adorable.

My bf still gets annoyed that I buy honey from a lady who packages it in a Bear Shaped jar. It costs more but I don't care!

I read the headline and was initially like hmmmm.... I don't knoooow. Then the picture loaded and I started laughing; that is really awesome and a fun idea.

those aren't thongs.

In French, it's common slang (if a little old school) to call a breast a peach.

Okay, so this is a really, really odd story for me. As a little girl, my parents decided to call my vagina "peaches." So, when I was bathing, I'd get reminded to "wash my peaches." I never thought that memory would ever come up in life again. Thanks, China.

It's cute. I'd buy them, and then my husband would look at me the way he always does when I buy something just for the packaging or just because it's miniaturized. But I love great packaging! And mini-stuff OMG!! Have you seen the tiny cheese graters?!

Don't feel bad. I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Both of these performers are desperate to stay relevant. At this point I doubt anything is beneath them.

I'm a German teacher, so every year I have to explain that yes, there were two Germanys, yes, Russia was our enemy. That shouldn't be so tough to understand this year, though. Putin seems like an ostalgic (nostalgia for the Cold War era) kind of guy.

Actually, that's not true. People had television and radio behind the iron curtain, too, and antennae who could pick up West German channels. They knew what was happening. When Günter Schabowski announced that people would be allowed to travel to West Germany, effective immediately, Berlin wasn't the only place were…