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Pre-digital era, my high school issued me a diploma with my name spelled incorrectly, despite the fact that I’d filled out a form. When I contacted them, they said they’d assumed I’d misspelled my name. I told them if that were the case, they shouldn’t be graduating me from high school.

gotcha. :-)

And if a woman were raped and wanted an abortion, you might ask her if she were legitimately raped. Why should she have to prove that? We already have laws to protect fetuses that could be viable outside the womb; as this article demonstrates, late-term abortions are rare and for cause. The more you try to define…

It’s amazing that it’s taken four years. My husband and I went away for a few days and when we came back, there was a giant new house under construction across the street, already fully framed, blocking most of our mountain view. It’s been a couple more months and it’s nearly move-in ready.

The wife’s family is adamant that the husband killed her and staged her suicide. Crazy crazy crazy.

I’m amazed nobody thought of that sooner. At the major international airport in my city, it would be so easy to wheel in a large suitcase bomb, set it off near the line, cause mass casualties and shut down the national airspace without ever entering the secure part of the airport. Hell, it wouldn’t even have to be a…

Unless you are unhinged and decide to shoot your dad because he beat you?

He got his gun from a locked gun cabinet. So even if a gun owner is “responsible” with his guns, we’re still fucked because teenagers can figure that shit out fast. (Says a former teenager who knew how to access her dad’s gun locker from the age of 13 or so.)

You know what would be useful? A new law that says every new piece of legislation be presented as a single, concise issue, every ounce of pork and sneaky verbiage eliminated. You want to vote to draft women? Great, but don’t include something about Guantanamo in there.

Good for you for opening your mind, especially while at a Catholic university! It’s hard when you’ve grown up indoctrinated to one point of view, so to break free from that, even if it’s only to say “I’m OK with you getting an abortion though I would never, ever have one myself,” is tremendous.

Hi, thank you for being a voice of reason. Last year one of my clients closed up shop practically overnight and never paid me $650 that I was owed (and my editor was owed $3,000+). Did I mention I had a CONTRACT?

I left my faith behind because it became incompatible with my views on how humans, and particularly women, ought to be treated. I encourage other people to do the same and to fight for autonomy from God, the church and those on earth who would govern their bodies.

The older I get, the more I can appreciate this guy’s way of thinking.

Downtown San Diego. I seriously found the most insane designer stuff at that place. I’m talking new-with-tags DVF, vintage Dior and Gucci, etc. It was years ago though.

I also recently found a gorgeous Prada bag (verifiably genuine) at the Goodwill for $20. I gave it to my mom for Mother’s Day.

The contract had some vague non-defamation agreement, and I also think it would be pretty easy to figure out who I am. (Not that I’m anyone, but I still enjoy my privacy here.) I know there’s a website that outs companies that don’t pay their freelancers. I’d love to see one that lists the pay at various publications,…

Right? If the signs don’t look something like this, they are not enough.

She wasn’t talking in terms of legality. She was talking in terms of what I find morally acceptable. If I think that abortion is murder in some cases, it’s very easy to make the argument that it’s murder in all cases, as many opponents of abortion believe. The procedure and outcome are the same if you’ve been raped or…

I was in high school when I took the class (at community college) and not sexually active yet, so that part hadn’t hit home. However, when I finally started having sex and experienced a broken condom for the first time, I realized that I could very well need an abortion someday, no matter how careful I was.