If anyone happens to be wondering if my handful of German friends got me drunk on my last night in Berlin, the answer is of course. I did stop by my local open-at-night baker to thank him for always giving me rolls and pastries when drunk, and he gave me free donuts since I am leaving tomorrow. I am not quite fully…

My birthday is exactly a week before Christmas, and as such, is almost always the day that my office chooses to have their holiday party. This has happened several times over the years with various jobs, and it is generally uncomfortable and has occasionally gotten weird.

The most memorable, however, was several…

Tudor England, not Victorian England. Mary reigned in the mid 16th century while Victoria reigned for much of the 19th century. So Tudor-era fart joke or 16th century fart joke. As an aside, this courtier has nothing on William Shakespeare, the undisputed champion of fart and sex jokes of 16th century England.

Just for funsies, a quick correction: Victorian era: 1837-1901. Mary I reigned 1553-1558, in the Tudor era.

Seriously. People need to stop depicting rape of a woman as a way injure the man who loves/owns her.

I think what is also offensive about it is that Mary is not a fictional character, yes this show is historically inaccurate but to make up a whole plot about a Protestant raping Mary because of something Francis did is so offensive, it will all be about his pain not hers. A lot of historians do believe that Mary was…

The withering 'you put that ancestry bullshit back where it belongs because you should know better' look the professor gave him when he started to mention robin hood was so fucking satisfying

As I am getting married in Scotland I do not have this trial - I will be dancing a waltz, probably badly, while counting out loud to the beat... and then we'll properly ceilidh dance for the rest of the evening, swing so fast I can't stand up anymore and it will be excellent.

I imagine that some pro Darren Wilson fans are probably also Garth Brooks fans. This sends a pretty powerful message.

I did this, to a lesser degree. I am a rather heavy woman. A college friend's family met his girlfriend of only a few months and loudly criticized her weight within earshot of her (she was maybe a size 10). She broke up with him, despite the fact he ripped into his family about it, and the next time they came for a…

I just want to give them all hugs.

Reaching for the positive in this story: ROCK ON, OKLAHOMA KNITTING FEMINISTS.

"I shall avenge you!"

I know this is supposed to make us all "ugh, kids, these days", but honestly it makes me wish their parents paid more taxes.