Seconding Nike+. I pair it with one of the many C25K playlists out there and run each week now. Since I run on the track at the park I can actually follow each lap and see when I went faster or slower and adjust accordingly.

For a first generation college student, no one told me anything I needed to know. I had never even heard about lifetime academics before entering college, no one taught me how or why to prepare for grad school, and no one gave me guidance how college would be different from high school. The only way I knew which…

I think this battle between the coasts v flyover land and cities v rural, are just thinly disguised classism (and racism) and people trying to show they have risen above the poor.

Don't forget the penalties against you if you have a job. First, you're taking at least 4 days off work just for travel time, wait period and the first abortion pill. Then you still have to have your abortion at home which is not a comfortable procedure or one you want to probably do on the job. With the increase in…

Do you not see a pattern in the news stories the media uses to portray women? Natalie v. her stunt double! Jen v Angelina! Fights between the real housewives! The only reason this story is getting continued press is because it appeals to the people who want to view all women as catty and bitchy. We don't all have to…

I'm not saying that women have to defend and love all women. I am saying this would be a non-story if it was two men (and not two who were running for President).

I'm glad to see you've all fallen for the trap of pitting women against women.

If you ever get a chance, visit Disney World during May/June. They have Star Wars Weekends and you can meet a lot of the original actors.

I left Monday after the wedding for my honeymoon and I don't regret it at all. We had a day to recover and a week just to be with each other and quit caring about all the things around us in the world. Everyone I know that has waited has never ended up taking a honeymoon at all so we lowered our wedding budget (not…

In St. Louis at least 5 cops were implicated in taking photos of a dead criminal and while the police want to punish them, the whole town wants to give them medals of honor because this was a black man who killed a white man. So no, people don't get it.

I had always disliked the Sartorialist for his unspoken obsession that if an outfit was on a slender person it made it almost instantly fashionable. He does point out good hits but there are a whole lot of just "clothes on a body" shots that seem to just display an ideal body type.

I'm becoming fanatic about doing this. I did it with coats and jackets, makeup, tupperware/gladware containers and my last office.

I thought so but I purposely didn't rewatch 1-4 so the awfulness of 4 was more present in my mind than the bliss of 1-3. This season was much better than 4 so it felt like it worked but I know in my heart it wasn't up to par.

Just be sure to watch Season 4 with a lot of vodka because they go way off track during it. Thankfully Season 5 recovers nicely so hold on for the end.

I loved that they had a woman (Natalie Maines) singing the original "God Only Knows" theme at the end. It brought the show home, the lyrics were never more appropriate, and it showed the voice of a woman triumphs in the end. It was a beautiful moment.

She clearly delineates between the social tiers and the racial elements. While it doesn't mean Katniss is necessarily a POC, she's clearly not a blonde pale Hollywood woman of age 20.

Yes, I'm so shocked that whitewashing characters is disliked here. How can that be?

I wonder if I ended up at your last job. It was so bad. I really thought about harming myself after working there 3 months. When I made the decision to quit, I cried for 2 days because I felt so relieved. I did have that moment of doubt afterwards but when I checked linkedin I saw 2 other lawyers left so I realize the…

In 2001, when minimum wage was $5.25 here Walmart hired me for $7/hr. I was treated fairly most times though, yes, I was denied my 15 minute breaks at times. I got a nice $500 settlement for that last year so I'm no longer mad about that.

At my PA's office, they blocked facebook so employees wouldn't get on during the day. Unintended consequence: they can't print out facebook as evidence of stalking or use it for jury cases unless someone prints things out at home or has a 3g network card. Pain in the ass.