the terrifying thing about SP is that she became and, to some extent, continues to be a figurehead for the anti-intellectual political mongers in this country who look at her and think, hey, she doesn't read newspapers, either and they picked her to run for Vice President! It's OK to be purposefully uninformed! …

Fair enough, lady. Fair. Enough.

as one half of a D/s relationship, I think it's great that he's headed for a dominatrix AND a therapist to soothe his wounded heart. He probably IS getting off on you reading it - but maybe (total speculation here) not for the reason you think. Perhaps what he likes about this is that it's total self-exposure, leaving…

this also assumes that many (most?) disabled people are unable to obtain sex through "normal" means, i.e. developing a relationship with another human being that results in mutual consent to sexual activity. Or, just getting consent and going at it however you like. You know, whatever. While I'm sure that's…

So the point of your first post was just to say that you shouldn't be held accountable for not cooking and the subsequent health consequences because you're busy and not rich? PLEASE just tell me what your point was .... I'm hoping it was something other than negating my point without proposing any viable alternative.

You're right you didn't say you were a victim - I'm telling you you're acting like one. That's my opinion. You may find my opinion offensive, but that's what it is. You're asking food processing corporations to take care of your health for you. They don't give a damn about you. Your alternative option is to make…

I did see that on my wool coat once and have tried to figure it out and.... le sigh... am apparently way too pedestrian for that. :)

Not to be such a self-promoter, but I'm gonna. I'm starting a cooking blog to address this exact problem. I'm hoping that it will teach people some really basic cooking skills (that it's taken me about 3 years to teach myself) so that we can all cook at home more often and more efficiently so that making something…

God, what I would give to know how to sew a damn button on (so that it doesn't promptly fall off again 2 days after I've reattached it) or fix a hem!!! Ah, the mistakes of youth.....

totally... although I wouldn't have taken it. I thought that being in the kitchen meant I was giving into some gender stereotype and giving up my feminist card. Michelle Obama is doing great work talking about nutrition to kids because it's making feeding ourselves good food a genderless issue. Or, at least, an…

I get all that and yet.... people have the ability to prioritize where they put their time and money. I work full time - as an attorney. I'm putting in 65+ hours in the office each week, but then I put aside time every weekend to plan meals and cook for the week. It's totally possible to do it. It's also totally…

uuuggghhh these types of reports make me so mad. The only humanly possible way to reach these dangerous salt levels is to eat processed foods or restaurant foods all the time..... which, unfortunately, most Americans are doing. I wish that we had better mechanisms to teach cooking so that people felt more…

so this strategy of charging people with higher health risks completely defeats the purpose of group insurance to begin with. You get a better rate because you're spreading the risk over more people (healthy vs. unhealthy or, as is probably more accurate, riskier vs. less risk) and giving a collective cost benefit. …

Why are we still debating the strict dichotomy of mommy vs. career gal? I mean, isn't the whole fucking point of feminism that we want to create a world in which women are realistically able to have both? Why are we still pitting women against women in these debates? It's not about women being more instinctively…

Good point, I didn't try to return them. However, with their draconian 14 day return policy, I really didn't feel I had the option. Yes, I know they have free hemming, but if you have a badly proportioned pant to begin with, hemming doesn't do much to save them.

2. Bought a pair, washed it twice, threw them out. Chicago water is hard, but why should that make a difference?

oooooo... buuuuurn. Good job to you, too!

trudat! I'm a red liner, so I get alllllllll the yoga mats. Then again, I don't get smacked in the face by anyone's ironic mustache in the morning. ;-)

well ok! I have no idea what you're really trying to say here, but feel free to swath your beanpole ass in overpriced, shitty yogawear. Good job!

oh if only I had enough fingers and toes to count the millions of reasons why I hate this company.... 1) convincing wealthy Americans that by purchasing yoga pants they are helping the world; 2) charging $120 for pants that pill and fade after two washes; 3) having some of the least forgiving sizing known to man and…