God this was so awful, but is only the latest in a string of Emily Yoffe "advice" that has made me want to hurl. I read one column not so long ago in which she advised the mother of a 13 year old who had stopped eating lunch and was clearly developing an eating disorder and body issues that because she (the mom) was…

And supposedly they only did that to make sure that people actually read their contract. They did not care about the M&Ms, but there was other shit in the contract they cared about. Apparently if there were brown M&Ms, they knew not to work with that venue again because other shit would be messed up.

I'd like to be all "man, that sucks about your pup but violence is never the answer" but then I think about my dog coming home shot through the fucking eye and then I feel like your response was actually restrained based on what you probably wanted to do and violence is exactly the right answer in the situation.

Quite honestly, I think I am finding I have to convince myself I am a beta in order manage everything (and I don't even have kids yet...but we're trying soon). I've just decided not to join the ranks of the perpetually working I see from my cubicle over here in tech-land and instead work my standard 45-50 hours (as…

Ding ding ding!

My husband's parents did this! Quickie wedding in Reno followed by a "real" fake wedding that my mother-in-law's mom planned entirely about a year later. Basically my MIL was fed up with being told when and how she was getting married, so she and my FIL just said "fuck it" and went to Reno and did it their own way. No…

Dogs are gross and probably love these things BECAUSE it makes them smell bad. "Oooh! I made smells!"

Do you have a treadmill? There are trainers who will do treadmill training for dogs. It's pretty cute to watch them get up and use it.

Ugh. Those poor dogs!!

You know what my dog loves? Broccoli stems! It's the craziest thing. He goes nuts for them. So we keep some in the freezer and use them as treats. We can't give too much or he gets stinky in the butt-area.

Swimming's a good suggestion if she enjoys it but at this point for you guys it should be about enjoyable, quality-of-life kind of activities. Let her sniff around in a park or take her to the beach or whatever you both enjoy and you do the best you can on that borrowed time.

The only technique of his that's important is the "tired dog is a good dog" thing. Granted that's very important, particularly if you have a crazy reactive dog (like I do - he's also a Jack Russell mix so getting to "tired" for us is a bit of a stretch). The more exercised your dog, the less you're going to see…

Yo dude. If you are so concerned about your significant other acting like a dead starfish in bed, methinks you need a primer on basic female anatomy/erogenous zones because she's clearly just not that into it.

I agree. I just finished reading these (finally) and while I will say I've definitely read much better YA Fiction ("Eleanor & Park" FTW this year!), it does explore the aftereffects of violence/war in a real and heartbreaking way that I think is well thought out and well written. I'm glad it's out there. I think it…

My terrier mix has thin white hair and a pink spotted belly I blow raspberries on all the time. He actually seems to like it (but he also tries to tongue kiss me all the time so we are gross together!)

Yeah, you know what, after I wrote that I sat down and really thought about it and you're totally right. I had to think about the Wolf's song in Into the Woods and then I was like "Oh yeah, kinda rapey."
"There's no possible way
to describe what you feel
When you're talking to your meal...."

Oh nooooo. No, that's terrible. Jack is not a kid! That's the whole point! He's like 18/19!

I don't think it's necessarily rapey. Red chooses to go with him into the woods and "deviate" from her path. It's a sexual awakening/coming of age as it is in the original story. Each of the characters basically represents stages in life - a couple trying to start a family (Baker and his Wife), a woman falling in love…

It's a fairly dark play but the clitoris thing is Madeline being cheeky.

She was 17 or 18 at the time.