Thanks, Senator Lucio! You're making the Democratic party proud for introducing this bill. I think it's such a GREAT idea that I'd love to see mandatory adoption counseling expanded to all pregnant women! Heck, maybe even the pre-pregnant ones!

I had horrible fatigue on hormonal BC (pill somewhat, Depo a lot) and got a copper IUD when I was 21 because I felt like it would get me to the magical age of 30 where I might find a doctor who was willing to sterilize me. I lasted 4 awful years with that thing- the fork twirling the spaghetti cramps, the anemia,…

I think the atheist/religious relationship problem comes up a lot with people with Jewish backgrounds. I've had a number of friends who dated seriously for years and where both of them were effectively atheists. However, the moment marriage came up there was always some drama around the official atheist member of the…

Maybe what this guy is really after is having the dog fish him out of the trash and eat him, and then vomit him back up.

If that were the only grade of babies available to sell at your baby store I'd consider a new baby distributor.

This. Ok, fine. you want to use man-height to pee? Then man up and lift the seat, ladies.

About five years ago I was working with some equine veterinary research. In order to do a population study, they would need something on the order of two dozen horses plus a few spares. They could be pretty specific and say "we need 30 horses between the ages of 2 and 5 years that are sound in the front end" and get…

I had bear and I wasn't too impressed, but like any game animal I know it's going to be highly variable. I'd eat it again.

Sooooooo, do they have a plan to make this less of a total failure than Head Start? I think 30 years of data showing that there are very few gains in 1st grade and no gains past 3rd grade would be enough to take the program back to the drawing board. It's so easy to gain middle class political favor by saying there…

If a child dies due to being left in a hot car by their parents, they are rarely even charged with anything because "they've already suffered enough". The fact that he got a fine is pretty spectacular. Really, if you want to dispose of a young child without much risk of legal action then 'little sizzler' is the…

My mother couldn't afford to. She didn't have enough money for food for the entire month when I was an infant and knew that formula was the way to guarantee I got decent nutrition since she couldn't guarantee that for herself. I owe her so much for making that decision.

Solution: stop registering your guns with the legal authorities.

Honey pie, if you're anywhere near Sydney and need a friend who's effectively been widowed for academic dreams (I left him over that and his craziness), drop me a line. We're all here for you.

I totally understand. I got mine done at 26 and it took 6 years of effort. I got a copper IUD when I was 21, thinking that it would get me into my 30's when I could get sterilized with less drama. Then I found out how AWFUL they are with the heavy periods and cramps like a fork twirling your uterine spaghetti. At this…

A-fuckin-men. I moved from right-side walkin' to left-side walkin' in a touristy town so I feel like it's warfare out there, kids. My half hour walking commute takes me through the area of town where a lot of university students live, and in the afternoons and evenings it's sidewalk red rover to break through the…

Definitely. People who live in bear country typically also don't give their kids future messes, I mean food, in the car. They wait until they get home just like everyone in the whole world did until the 1980's. Cars with baby seats must smell like bear heaven.