@shaken.not.stirred: not just attracted, but so aggressive and threatening they are scarier than WAR. obv.

dear ms. miller:

every time i read about this story, i think about the time in second grade my friend hatched a plan to dress up as a robot (in cardboard boxes, natch) and ask out our teacher. at eight, i thought it was the stupidest idea i've ever heard.

@TryScience: he never told me, but knowing him i'd guess he felt relief that i was no longer demanding he make a superfluous trip up and down the stairs every night.

i'm surprised by the conflation of nudity and basic physical intimacy floating around this thread: children have to be told they're too old to sit on laps and cling now?

i love the magical porn world this kid inhabits, wherein presumably straight women are successfully seduced using...images of naked women? on the walls? and in playboy?

@Thus Spake Kate is a Goth Detective: yeah, it's not chivalry anymore if you argue with the object of your affection (or whatever) to the point that she's uncomfortable. that's being an overbearing asshole.

guh. my fiance and i grew up on the west coast, went to school in the south- and northeast (respectively), and now live in the southwest. we have a lot of loved ones from all over the country, and hosting and feeding those loved ones for our wedding (because we want more people celebrating with us than we could…

@Underling: isn't it lucky for him that Thai women (apparently) haven't gotten the memo?

is dan savage's masturbation campaign sexist? it's a direct response to the fact that o'donnell calls masturbation "adultery". he's certainly responded similarly to men who say ridiculous things in public forums.

@Mariah W Warnock-Graham: yay! wilson, class of '07. where did you live?

@Mdm. Poulain: well, she may go into her feelings further on the actual show, and they may be more ambiguous. or they may not be. if she views sex between her husband and his other wives to be integral to the health of her marriage/family unit (as many people consider sex between their husbands and themselves to be…

@InABook: mine too. but, unlike in a "birthday party," those dinners aren't usually initiated by the "birthday girl" herself (or birthday boy himself), but rather by a friend or SO. generally birthday girls themselves throw birthday "parties," and cover all the costs. at least in my experience.

the right answer is: foot the birthday-outing bill for your unemployed best friend. this is foolishness. i have a lot of barely employed loved ones (i am lots of people's barely employed loved one), and if you truly want them with you, you cover them. problem solved.

@intangiblemango: seconded. i was startled how upset i was.

what editor let "bison" and "bear" sit right next to each other in a headline? i had to read it three times not to see a horrifying buffalo-grizzly hybrid in my head, rather than the fat chick they were obviously going for.

what editor let "bison" and "bear" sit right next to each other in a headline? i had to read it three times not to see a horrifying buffalo-grizzly hybrid in my head, rather than the fat chick they were obviously going for.

did the same 30% say both that pets were family AND that gay couples were not? or did 30% of survey respondents agree that pets were family and also, a possibly different 30% say that gay couples weren't family?

so, is she suggesting nervous college students should be able to sign up for straights-only single-sex dorms? because that's basically the only way i can ever imagine anyone being completely safe from being "checked out".

Why in the world would anyone think that the rest of the world gives a rats patooty about what the sex of the newborn may be – just another example of the yuppie perversion that adds to the perception of the "me first" generation…