And may I just add that the African American woman in the Flashdance-like top is GLORIOUS. (And that is NOT sarcasm.)

I actually have tears in my eyes. Kudos to Leslie and the rest of these ladies. I wish I could have been in this!

I just have to get off my chest (ha!) that my Christian, right-winging, Repub mother just informed she hoped I was voting for Romney. I...I...I...*headdesk*

I was just so grateful he was gone!

I'm officially a fan of Maryland! :) Now don't fuck it up by voting for Romney! (sarcasm, but you get my point, right?)

I've really got to start recording my three adorable kittehs as they tear-ass through my house, because they ADORABLE!

Nope. Not for me, at least. (I never had any witnesses, and knew how & where to hit so it didn't leave easily visible marks. When it did, I hid it with clothing best I could.) Last I knew, he was in prison somewhere in a mid-western state, and I was SO grateful to hear it!

I live in Podunk Nowhere, and my cable & internet provider is ABSOLUTELY a monopoly, with an old-school monopoly mentality.

I started out back in the day with GTE Mobile. Their signal service sucked, and they allowed themselves to be absorbed by AT&T. AT&T had better coverage, they honored my original GTE contract, allowed me ANNUAL upgrades, and let me know when better plans became available regularly. They also allowed me to switch my…

We had the same problem when we chose T-Mobile as our mobile contract carrier, except we were supposed to pay full price for one phone and get the other two for a quarter of the price, each. (This wasn't a "manufacturer rebate"-type situation, which requires that customers send in stuff. This was T-Mobile offer.)

Ironic, isn't it?

It was really, really rough for awhile. I used to have to pull over when I saw or truck or someone who looked him on the street, due to the severe panic attacks I had. After all this time, I have moved enough that I feel safe. Hubs is also well-armed and very protective of his family, and I am conscientious about…

We have, thank you.

I'm sorry you had to grow up in that environment. Our life has had its ups & downs, but we have been blessed that he just disappeared from our lives on my son's third birthday. He's 22 now, and he just arrived for a visit this morning! :D

When my parents had their last "sit down and talk to" with me, it was incredibly sad. At that point, they both KNEW I was being abused, and they just wanted me to TELL THEM so they could help. They would have done ANYTHING. I just looked up at them, crying, and shook my head and said "I can't tell you. He'll kill…

Exactly. Apparently since men aren't involved in conception *snort* and women are the ones (SLUTS!) who have to carry the children, only women are required to have the foresight to think about things like child-care, affordable health benefits, and flex-time, and stuff.

Yes, women, get out and VOTE!

Shhhhhhhh, be vewy vewy qwiet - they don't like it when you point out their hypocrisy or things like their flawed logic! ;) (That was tongue-in-cheek.)

It is the one they've managed to wage in a relatively short amount of time, and it has, unfortunately, been the most successfully waged war since WWII.

After my divorce, I refused to have unprotected sex with my first boyfriend until he'd shown me a clean STD test. He was also divorced, and had only had one girlfriend since, and also claimed to be "clean." Then it shouldn't be a problem to go get tested and show me the results! (We were both professionals, with…