My mother was always a shy person, but she completely hit her social stride in her 50s. Making plans with her has to be done weeks in advance and she and my dad have eighty million things going on all the time. They're finally retired and they can do what they want - and they do a heck of a lot of it. I don't want to…

I like this point. There isn't as much venue for adults to meet potential friends as perhaps there has been in the past. People used to meet at church, at social functions like book clubs or Tupperware parties, people joined bridge clubs and bowling leagues, neighbourhoods had communal barbecues...endless things.…

People LOVE to pass off ancient jokes as if they invented them. Like, if you look at those gross (to s0me) zit videos and such on youtube there will invariably be at least one comment per video saying "I'm on the weird side of youtube again". I'm assuming those are the same people whose moms' coworkers taught La-a.

I really can't with Piper. That woman is a walking bag of reactionary bad decisions. I would love to have Poussey in every single scene - I LOVE that woman.

I have both the trich and the dermatillomania, and I find these kinds of videos can actually help for me. I watch them when the impulse gets really really bad, and it often seems to be just enough for me to get past that moment. I still get a feeling of relief and I don't have to make quite as much of a mess of my own…

SAME. They work better than anything else I've ever tried, and for not a ridiculous price.

I'm still gonna keep my eye on you. I've been fooled before.

I always get asked if I'm American when I travel. Once in Scotland a tour guide asked us in a very tight voice, "So...what part of the US are you from?". We said "Oh no, we're Canadian". He visibly relaxed and said "Ah. Then you have my sincerest apologies". What the hell did you guys DO to everybody?!

I'm not entirely sure such pants exist. I don't think I know anyone who has an easy time buying pants that fit.

The mittens are still a thing, slightly different from the ones in Vancouver, but I don't think I've seen any specific 'thing'. My father-in-law is a sports writer (Sochi is the 8th consecutive Olympics he's covered), and he said he's been kind of underwhelmed by the merchandise this year. I don't know if he meant…

He really did - to everyone's benefit!

From what I can gather, it seems to be an issue with ill-fitting pants.

The math borked my brain too. I seriously have no idea what's going on.

He's originally American and did represent the US several times, but he's coaching in Canada. Awesome by osmosis ;)

Isn't everything?

Sometimes I love being Canadian. Other times I really, really love it. This is one of those times.

Is there any problem science can't solve? The answer is no. No there is not.

Exactly. No one - like, NO one - is going to wander by a safe injection site and think "Gee, that looks like fun! I'm going to join the party!". Reducing the spread of disease and the incidence of drug-related injury is only a good thing, and these methods are definitely a step in the right direction.

I have had people literally back away from me, and I don't think they even knew they did it. My family has to secretly confide in people in order to explain what's going on. Mental illness is often seen as someone's failure - parents, the individual, the medical system, the legal system...it's always someone's fault…

I have a grand case of the bipolars, and I can tell you that the general reaction isn't a good one. I usually don't tell people because it only results in people getting weird and being all awkward, like I'm going to start chewing on their arm or insisting they dance with my invisible friend. I've systematically lost…