Amen. I dye my hair (from browney mousey blonde) in an attempt to capture some of such glory.

I live in an NYC suburb, about 15 miles north-ish, and we do indeed have a homeless population. There are less than ten people at any given time, and we do have a number of shelters in the county. But, at least four of them have been homeless for over ten years and have no intent of changing their living situation, at…

Guys, Christmas has its origins in a pagan celebration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

In addition to what everyone else said, it's also started to make its circles around facebook.

Seriously. Whoever couldn't stop touching her face should be banned from the whole Adobe suite.

The people who fulfill their potential as human beings—they make a lot of people's lives better. All the people around them. All the time.

These are all big steps that will help you a lot in the long term, because even by trying and failing, you can at least get a better idea of a.) what you're really looking for and b.) what to do better to be happier. On the meeting people front: a lot of my friends who have relocated swear by meetup.com. On the…

Math is maths in the UK.

My best friend was really pushing his wife to do that, but she wasn't crazy about the sound of it. So, they hyphenated to both take the other's name, and had a nightmare at the DMV, because *both* of them were changing their name, and apparently, that doesn't usually go down in Jersey without a judge's intervention.…

I'm with you there. We all make mistakes, whatever the reasons and excuses. A one-night stand can be forgiven if the parties are willing to be open and honest and empathetic. It doesn't always work, but a year-long affair complete with lies and neglect is another matter entirely. That's not just about sex, that's…

Yeah, the days when we have a whole inbox full of "Transcript Unavailable" are not particularly fun. Those are the days I seriously regret having the extra number.

I'm not really into the documentary stuff so much, but as a videographer/filmmaker/dp/etc, there is a separation that happens when you shove a lens between you and your subject. There's a mode that you get into when you're shooting where you get very passive. I don't think I could watch anybody die, but I did spend…

Seriously, "kind of suck" is an understatement.

In NY & NJ, when I was working as a cashier (in HS and college), carrots would sometimes be allotted, but only for nursing mothers.

Loving the pop-up ad for internet therapists on this video....

It's not crazy! We went to see Lisa Yuskavage speak at SVA a couple of years ago, and hearing her talk about what it was like before the press flipped out on her (positively and negatively) for painting disgruntled nudes and ladies with faces full of pie gave me so much more perspective. The thing that's always stuck…

It's hard. You kind of just have to keep doing, and absolutely have real people around you who can appreciate not just what you're doing, but what you're trying to do. Remember that you can only get better at creating by creating. Remember you don't have to share everything and that sometimes you have to get some bad…

I think that you guys do a tremendous job of keeping that kind of stuff away from me, because this site is one of the few where I feel like I get to get away from that crap.

I'd heard that too, but some friends of ours met Brent Spiner at a con and had a great experience. Granted they paid some $$$ to get into the signing thing. They gave us an autographed Data as Sherlock photo for Christmas that year. He'd signed his name as smoke coming out of the pipe, and when he handed it to our…

That's awful. I'm so sorry you had to go through this. Something similar happened to me with a family member some time ago, and I don't really get it, he just gets more and more riled up as time goes by and his arguments get less logical and more and more hurtful. (eg- I must be pregnant or why would I be living with…