I toggle between having "Pinot Noir, midsize car" and the theme song ("They're alive, damn it! It's a miracle!") playing in my head constantly.

...and Save the Last Dance!!

YES i need this to happen

I want to listen to an audiobook of Jaden Smith's tweets, narrated uttered by Jaden Smith.

I went to one of these (alone! big mistake) thinking it would be fun and cutesy. No. It was terribly, terribly depressing. The desperate sales pitches made me really uncomfortable, there was minimal free food/drinks, and worst of all, NO FASHION SHOW. Plus the girl at the "special gift" table was really bitchy with me…

Yes, good point. "Corrupt" was probably the wrong word. I meant more that he was just a bad cop, someone who wielded his badge as a weapon and demanded "respect" (submission and unquestioning obedience) from people he denigrated.

I'm not sure how I felt about the episode (for one thing, the situation was resolved ridiculously fast, but then again it's TV), but I also thought it was clear that the police officer's speech was meant to reveal him as a horrible racist. He didn't plant the knife as a desperate bid to protect himself from the…

Ugh, yes. So creepy. It's like The Handmaid's Tale come to life, except they're doing it to themselves.

If you place your kids in the hands of experienced caretakers

I posted this article in another thread - very worth a read. Some fundamentalist families adopt multiple children as a way of demonstrating their faith, despite being completely incapable of providing adequate care (also some of the parents are just horrible abusers). It's heartbreaking how these people treat children…

Slate also did an in-depth story on a girl who was abused for years and ultimately died as a result of her adoptive parents' horrific "discipline." It was heartbreaking. Of course the parents were fundamentalists who collected children they couldn't care for in the name of "salvation."

Rand Paul knows what's up - he's seen Legally Blonde.

Sorry to be a party pooper, but I think it's rude to have sex in the back of a cab. The driver is just trying to do his job, and you have no idea if your activities are making him uncomfortable. It's pretty dehumanizing to say "the space of the cab" enabled your threesome and go at it like the driver isn't even there.…

I'm sure there are other sources, but Orthodox Jewish wig stores are a good place. If you're in a big city, there will definitely be one in your area. Look for real hair wigs, which are expensive, but a million times nicer and more convincing than synthetic.

Most Orthodox women I know would not be caught dead in that travesty. Step up your wig game, Scandal.

lol someone commented "Obama, of course."

Give them out at the wedding! So cute.

There are cases of women being prosecuted for scarification practices that are considered child abuse under US law, but are culturally significant in other places. It's a fascinating topic, and really shows how culturally-dependent our laws are, even in seemingly black-and-white areas like child abuse.

Haha Reign is serious bizness!! I find Francis terribly boring, but I'm not really rooting for Mary either. She's always plotting behind his back in order to "help," but it backfires every single time. She might be the queen, but she's no Catherine. Very true that Conde keeps being like "but I lurrrrve you" even…

Yes! Narcisse is so sketch, why do they keep giving him more chances? Conde is hawt and so nice and I just want him to be safe from religious persecution/his creepy brother!! I finally like Kenna and Bash, so I'm hoping she doesn't have an affair with the creepy Conde brother. Francis is SO BLAH that he's probably…