I will tell you my friends and I do with our (probably) straight kids-we are straight, mostly married, liberal Texans, so adjust as you will. Because society (from our vantage point) has become more tolerant, our 5th-8th grade kids are far more exposed to and OK with homosexuality than previous generations. In my…

Yes-I posted a new comment but wanted to affirm yours, as well. My dentist friend said that floss is meant to wrap around each tooth. I use both, to be honest.

Twice a year-I thought-is recommended for dental visits. It's worth it to me to get that amazingly clean feeling. The dental floss sticks are helpful but a dentist friend told me that they are not ideal because you can't wrap the floss around the front and back of the tooth for extra cleaning. Lastly, flossing makes…

I would add to that animal abuse (is that considered domestic?). It takes a special kind of sickness to hurt an innocent creature.

I'm not saying anything new, merely chiming in: I finally watched the episode and I actually feel kind of sorry for Samy. He is culpable, too, but Amy is delusional, narcissistic and incredibly, breathtakingly rude. Oy, these people.

Farrah better not move to Austin. She is not wanted here and her dumb restaurant is just dumb.

We've sponsored a pig named Parker for almost ten years at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, which is similar to FARM. PSAS is outside DC and is the most wonderful place! They have open houses and you can meet all the rescued animals. They had a cow named Cowvin who was pulled as a calf from a dumpster outside an…

"The last EIGHT years of medical school..." ?!?!

This was my first thought but I was never a cop so I'm glad you commented. It seems that there are so many ways an arrest could go wrong, especially a drunk-driving arrest, that having someone keening at you from the car then getting out and in your face would be a nightmare.

It's OK, I'm old, too.

the fan girl is strong in the Tumblr. Lots of fan fiction and swooning over pictures. Just enter a celeb's name and tumblr and there is a community around said person. Or idea.

Thank you for these links. I am an American but lived in Dublin in 1993 and was stunned at the abortion laws...which were far more restrictive than they currently are even here in TX (where it is still legal, as hard as our illustrious governor has tried to restrict access).

Perry is trying to do something somewhat similar in Texas (trying to reduce state support for PP) but a non-profit just secured enough federal grant monies to make sure that all Texas PPs stay open. Take that!

PBS aired a fascinating documentary last year about Buckingham Palace. It was a behind-the-scenes look at every aspect of the management of the family and the actual building itself.

It was and we flew back in an Embraer, which was a first for me. No ATC chatter but hilarious flight attendants. :-)

I recently flew United from Austin to DC and back and felt very soothed listening to the air traffic controllers' chitchat. It made me feel that there were decent, competent people looking out for us.

Well, you're a huge dick if you think fetuses are more important than a living human being whose children watched him get shot. But then, reading your other comments, I'm not surprised.

My friend's uncle was murdered because he performed legal abortions on women. Legal.

Hahaahah!!! I did not expect that response from your dad.

I went to UT- Austin, where my dad and grandfather went. I was one of 40k undergrads so the only way my parents would have gotten a call was if I was dead. Seriously. (Which is exactly how I wanted it, to be honest.)