If you believe drunk driving laws have not reduced accidents (I believe they have), why aren't you advocating for the repeal of those laws?

We ban alcohol for minors and for people who are driving, because those are the most immediate risks of alcohol. Let's ban the most immediate risks with guns: semi-assault weapons that can kill 26 people in 5 minutes.

The republicans are working on repealing worker-protection laws and blocking equal pay laws. That way employees will only have enough money for food, preferably just lentils. Solves that problem!

Moms: the cause of and solution to all life's problems.

Gotta add Jamal Igle! Total cutie.

No, it isn't going to put an idea in anyone's head, but there is an implicit endorsement of suicide in this assignment. The teacher didn't intend that, but to a 12 year old who has already considered it, this sounds like the teacher is saying it is perfectly reasonable. That is what could go wrong.

That's not accurate. A happy kid who has never considered suicide is highly unlikely to commit suicide just because someone else does. It's the kids who are already considering it that are tipped over into trying it. I worked for a decade on a suicide hotline.

Well, Jim Spady is the Vice President of a very popular Seattle burger place called Dick's Drive-In, so it makes sense that there is a focus on the groin area. (true fact, not made up)

Mission accomplished! :)

That is what I was acknowledging when I said it was unfair and that I have thought about my own bias. I wasn't pretending otherwise like many other commenters have.

Does he write YA sci-fi? I have to admit, I have passed over YA sci-fi books written by men. I read a lot of that genre (they're good!) and I usually assume male authors in YA sci-fi will skip over the in-depth character development in favor of more explosions. I have actually thought about this bias as I looked at a…

Mission: Dystopia

It specifically says it is co-ed, so boys are in on it, too.

The nap foam thing is narrower than a crib. If you put it in a crib and the baby accidentally rolls over the side, the baby would be jammed between the bars of the crib and the side of the foam. Babies can't right themselves or move their heads enough to save themselves. If their faced are pressed towards the foam…

All I ask is there be no earwig thingies.. I still have nightmares from that.

Considering she co-wrote the song, Mariah's rendition is THE rendition. :). She apparently makes a TON of money every year off that song.

Kids aren't being ungrateful when they're picky, though. Some kids perhaps. But for many picky kids, being forced to eat stuff won't change them.

There's a test you can take. Have you taken it? I have wanted to for a while.

I actually like peas, but many other vegetables are bitter. Spices are difficult, even sweet ones, because they can be physically painful for me. Tea is awful. Eggs are too strong. Only bland cheeses (and that is only as an adult). I'm a terrible guest but I do my best by drinking water at the same time I take a…

I guess.