Against all logic, taste, or understanding of what is right and wrong in the world, I strangely want these two crazy kids to make it. I can't make sense of the reasons why except that they are somehow perfect for each other in a way that I can't really hate, no matter how hard I try. And I do try.

I think the tears streaming down my face may be giving it away that I am not, in fact, researching labour law at work.

Generally, it's defined by other people trying to find fault with it.

OK, that's a bit of bullshit. No, attachment parents don't eschew carseats. That's a ridiculous bit of misleading reportage. Nor do attachment parents necessarily do without strollers.

I think at this point you're being willfully and deliberately obtuse because you're terrified of looking like a fool if you admit your argument, as it were, is seriously flawed and not actually based in what you charmingly refer to as "logic".

They aren't discriminating against people, cultures, subcultures or any such thing. They are saying that they will no longer be making their venue available for a specific type of event. They likely wouldn't offer their venue up for church services either, for not dissimilar reasons, and I think most of us would have…

Beautifully said. One of my favourite posts I've read on the subject (and I've read a lot). Hearted.

Bad for the eyesight, though. Which makes shaving one's palms that much more difficult.

That's still an unrelated measurement of readiness to wean. Some children are verbally gifted while others are delayed. There is no connection between a child's verbal acuity and weaning time frame.

That's a pretty arbitrary measurement of readiness to wean. Some babies start talking before their first birthday; others not until well after their second. Anthropological and biological averages for weaning are closer to 2.5 years; in some cultures, it's well beyond that. "Creepy" is a value judgement that isn't…

What a completely assholish thing to say. The fact that these two dogs bonded in a way that was beneficial to both was unforeseeable. In the meantime, most reputable vets don't recommend euthanasia just because a pet's illness has become inconvenient. They generally do so because it's painful for the animal, and…

BOOM!

I'm not going to lie—I've watched it hundreds of times in a row. I find it endlessly amusing, and make little voices for the penguin as he's waddling away.

Yeah, you better run, you fucker.

Ugh. It's so sad that Team Cake has to have this horrible scandal on its record. But what are you going to do?

Nice work! I haven't been on board with many COTD, but this one blew the doors off. Well done.

It's not an everyday occurrence, mind, but they aren't called "multiples" for no reason.

Not necessarily.

Oh, me too. I realize OSC is one of the über-Mormons who supported Prop-8, so I cannot like him on principle, but I loved Ender's Game. And I loved the Shadow series as well. OSC is a dick, but he creates such lovely characters.

True. I just wrote a term paper on media ecology, and Marshall McLuhan's interview in Playboy was the reference recommended by my prof. It was very well done.