Mr. Carter is Lil Wayne.

I really don't understand the social rules in regard to weaves. As a white girl in a mostly white rural area growing up, I never knew this was even a thing until college.

Other people's hair is so gross. Until I read the original article about the hair touching event a few weeks ago, I had no idea white people routinely asked to touch ethnic hair. WTF? This distresses me that it is apparently common to subject other people to this weird curiosity and get up in people's space.

It is crazy how negative the perceptions of stay at home dads are in my rural red state. Last Thanksgiving, my SAHM sister was telling everyone about a mom's group she started where the moms alternate supervising play-dates to give each other a break. Everyone was very positive about this until my sister added that…

In my Teutonic descended family we call this the "chucklehead."

Interesting. I just use Kirk's Castile soap.

What's African Black soap?

Yes, stay away from mineral oil based ones. I was just going to buy a natural oil based one, but they are really expensive while the the ingredients are quite cheap. The main components are locally sourced beeswax, almond oil, coconut oil, very strongly steeped chamomile tea from distilled water, and borax.

I recommend the first 8 books of the Anita Blake series by Laurel K. Hamilton. They were a nice mix of police procedural, mystery, paranormal with great world-building. After book 8, the author kind of went off the deep-end and turned the main character into an avatar of herself fucking every single guy she met and…

I make my own cold cream that I coat my face with every night. My skin has never been this smooth and radiant. Once your face gets used to the switch from oil-free commercial products to natural oil based ones, you will not break out. I have had one blemish in about 9 months. The lines on my forehead from furrowing my…

I was just about to add Forrest Gump to the list. Hardly anyone I know has actually read it, and they usually don't believe me when I tell them what was in it.

I am so excited that she is running. I volunteered a little time on her Secretary of State campaign because I supported her views and she went to my alma mater. Hopefully, when the election is closer I can do more for her campaign.

What a lot of other posters seem to be ignoring is that quite a few of the people going to college now should not be. In America we have a real dearth of qualified technical jobs, which high school guidance counselors seem to ignore.

I feel for you. Every one of the fiances my sister dragged home was required to sleep in separate bedrooms regardless if they lived together. My parents were pretty liberal in advocating BC to their daughters in high school but in their home they make the rules.

If it is that low for an in state (in province?) student, go for it. The socialized healthcare also sounds really great.

You don't have to move to Canada so long as your kids make good enough grades to be accepted to McGill. Even the foreign student rates are crazy lower than commensurate American schools. The best advice I ever ignored was from my cousin, a Harvard grad, who told me to go to McGill to receive a Harvard level education…

In all honesty, I would have drastically changed my college decision if I were a high school senior post-2008. I gave up a full ride to my state flagship university complete with a $500 a year stipend for books in order to go to my dream liberal arts college. I loved every minute at my school and know for a fact that…

SCOTUS sayeth, so it may be.

What you are referring to are racist incidents, not incidents indicative of a Southern person. Yes, many Southerners are racists, but not all of them. We have Paula Deen as the vanguard of this. The sins of those no account hoosiers cannot be laid at the feet of Southerners, however.

Such a fail in proper usage of "kin." Do you raise your aunt, uncle, or grandpa? No, well they are your kin. Kin refers to any family member; it is not a synonym for the chillins.