So, I read the first two paragraphs then started scrolling down to comments and said to myself "word salad" then saw your comment and realized I am not alone. Thank you.

Also, this law is so absurd when we think of the logistics. First, how the hell would your brother in law even be suspected as not being born male if he went into the mens restroom? Like, are those men in there going to know and then going to rat him out? And secondly, and more importantly, if your brother in law…

This is really interesting, and does then lend itself to thinking of how a black person who is adopted by white people like your friend, how does she identify? How does her blackness inform her life? When she navigates the world, the world sees her as black, but as someone raised by white people, she doesn't have the…

Eww, what? mold?

Not Cameron? I think she's lovely. Also, Shep is so outrageous that I can't help but really like him.

It is so delicious and seems that it’s really going to go all out this season. I’m taking a trip to Charleston in May, I’m hoping to be able to find Patricia's house, and TRav's house and see what I can see....

So true. I work with government employees. The amount of ridiculous waste I see is appalling, and I don’t work with the social programs that actually help people, but I’ve seen enough to know that when government manages things, they tend to do a shitty, wasteful job. I don't know what the answer is, I'm very socially…

My daughter is 2, I always swore if I ever had a child I would not discuss these issues. The other day I was complaining to my husband about being fat, and she started repeating it. She doesn’t know what it means now, but it reminded me that I must be careful. The last thing I want is to give my child the same complex…

I’m 5'7" and weight 150 and wear a 10/12 (pants) It really depends on the size of hips I think.

My eye went immediately to the little black girl. It’s the way she’s positioned, the color of her shirt, the fact that she’s adorable. I don’t know, I think she definitely steals the show in this picture even though she's just standing there.

So like, did they have servants cleaning this up? Was it just left there? I just can't wrap my head around this...

Thank you. Same here. You worded that well.

Edited to add, I really had no concept of all the other pieces of this trial, and what it meant for Marcia, Chris Darden, etc. seeing it now as an adult has been very interesting.

Same. I had just finished my freshman year during the infamous bronco chase. Now, as a woman and as a lawyer I am absolutely mortified by what she went through. I can't even imagine having to go through it.

I’m as regular as can be and still have been caught a few times without a tampon or pad. I lose track, or I think I have enough from the day before (yes, I’ve been in the middle of my period and still leave home with no tampons.) Its silly not to be prepared at all times, yet I still have issues with this!

This makes me realize I need to get more prepared. The one thing I’m always without and always seem to need? A nail file, I have relatively thin nails, so anything can make them start breaking, nothing I hate worse that rough snaggle nails. The worst was when I was in the hospital having my baby, and I tore two. No…

I'm apparently a terrible mother. My daughter doesn't even own a dress. She's two. She runs around and gets in dirt. They are completely impractical. This is the way my mother dressed me as well....

Or, ancephaly, where the kid has no brain, or part of its head. Or where the brain stem does not connect to the brain...

I’m not a Christian anymore, but this story is always applicable. Hopefully, if these people give a shit about this kid, they'll just stop.

We are assuming he has no more college, and assuming he doesn’t. Had he stayed in Sacramento, he could easily have gotten a job with the state or county. Doing everything from dispatching for the higway patrol to working for the DMV, (these are two departments I work with, both of whom have many jobs that don’t…