The Doc Martens are the only thing I would really welcome back. In fact, I still have my black high-top ones with the Rainbow Brite shoelaces. I'd wear them again (after replacing the laces, that is).

Check out Sandra Fluke's testimony to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, she describes some heart-wrenching examples of just how badly things can go wrong without access to birth control.

Yeah I noticed that too. I'm guessing he had a cold or something.

I have to ask...you make Fruit Roll Ups from scratch??

Yeah, I've come to realize that we're pretty spoiled here in MN when it comes to restaurants. Especially in the Twin Cities, as you said. Not that I don't ever end up going to a chain, but I will fully admit that doing so is just being lazy and unimaginative, when you're here.

Just popping in to say, hi fellow female programmers!

More constructive, maybe, but your solution is more hilarious!

My husband and I did exactly this for our nieces and nephews this year! Last year they got money from us, and complained. We figured that if they can't even be happy with money, we'll just give it to someone who will actually want it. This year they got donations of a heifer share, chickens and rabbits, and flocks of…

My husband and I did exactly this for our nieces and nephews this year! Last year they got money from us, and complained. We figured that if they can't even be happy with money, we'll just give it to someone who will actually want it. This year they got donations of a heifer share, chickens and rabbits, and flocks of…

Well, yeah. You don't notice the cold after your third drink.

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Maybe I'm weird, but I think a vibrator turning ITSELF ON in a drawer would freak me out more than a giant insect!

But it's fun to complain, don't you know?

The overuse of OCD/ADD bugs me too. They are not verbs, and in my opinion, they are not terms that should be thrown around lightly. Lots of people struggle with these day in and day out, and for many, these disorders rule their lives. If I struggled just to leave the house because of OCD, it would really piss me off…

I REALLY wish more stores would do this. I am a casual couponer, and generally use them for things I'd buy anyway. My husband is picky about certain brands, so when a good store coupon comes up on one of his "must have" items it's disappointing when the shelf has been completely cleared the first day of the sale.

But if stores have to eat the cost of doubling coupons, why do so many manufacturers' coupons say "Not Subject to Doubling"? Why would the manufacturers care?

Ooh, I know exactly what kind of smell you mean. Never noticed it coming from a person (just actual sour towels), but I imagine it could cause some dry heaves. Ugh.

Also, when it comes to telling people that something needs correction, I like Miss Manner's rule: if it can be fixed immediately (e.g. food in teeth, skirt tucked in underwear) you should tell them. Otherwise, don't say anything. Someone mentioned telling a lady that her underwear was visible through her white pants -…

As a computer science major in college, I definitely encountered my fair share of smelly people. However, there was a certain type of stank I couldn't figure out: why some otherwise-normal adult classmates smelled like feces. Seriously, it was like they were sitting there in a dirty diaper. I can understand normal BO…

What I'd like to know is, what do you say when someone explicitly rejects your "Excuse me"? One of the strangest interactions I've had was at a grocery store here in Minnesota, where people will generally bend over backwards not to get in each others' way. A woman was ahead of me with her cart still in the aisle…