I am assuming that "get the shaft" was NOT meant to be a pun? Because if it were, well — it would have been a brilliant one!

I actually wondered if Degtyaryov has a wife/sister/mother who goes through this. I haven't in a long time — but I have and it sucks. And some people DON'T believe you and are quite unkind about it. I remember a female nurse chucking me out of the infirmary — it was so awful. She didn't have an ounce of sympathy…

Do you have laundry in your house? I have it in my building and I feel SO LUCKY. I have lived in buildings where there was no laundry whatsoever and I had to go to the laundromat. I dream of owning a home one day, one that has its own washer/dryer. That, to me, seems like the height of luxury!

I think you like option b because it sounds like plan b! ;-)

I was wondering if there is some problem in translation. The term "the fairer sex" hasn't been used in English since forever...is there a term in Russian that is untranslatable, so the interpreter reached into history and came up with this Victorian expression?

Doubling the painkiller stash! Not a bad idea. Except...when I got Crohn's disease I learned I could never, ever have ibuprofen again (unless I wanted to bleed to death internally and die). I shouldn't have worried, though. For some reason, certain women with Crohn's lose their periods (others have much worse…

I see your point. I do. However, it's unfair to tell women who DO have bad periods that they should not say anything about it because they make us look weaker as a group. Whether or not they make us look weaker as a group is debatable. Some sensible folk will think, "Oh, Aunt Jane has bad periods. However, Aunt…

The fact that Lindy West not only sat around thinking about this — but that she WROTE about it! — is so astounding, so incredible, that she has my permanent adoration and admiration. I think I love her! Her desperate plea, "Is that really what you want from your lovemaking!?" had me rolling on the floor! Darn! If…

I have a secret for you. Get the corset in a size too large for you. Just one size — but it will make all the difference in the world. You will be able to breathe, but still have whatever look your husband likes. Actually, my sister, who is an actor, told me this. She looks like a Victorian rose so is always…

I was thinking a little bit more about you — about the fact that you said you are not lenient (that can be a very dangerous thing to be because kids really need clear boundaries) but that you disciplined without hitting although you were abused yourself and I thought, "Wow. I need to tell this person again how great…

Why did you think parents had to love you when you had daily proof that they most certainly did not?

You are an adult. You are in charge of your behavior. Nothing is inevitable. You create the world around you by your actions and your choices.

Some people don't want to admit that you can be a great parent a raise kids without ever resorting to physical or verbal or emotional abuse. They excuse the abuse they inflicted on their children by claiming it was good parenting. When they see proof that people can be great parents without ever abusive to their…

WOW! I am impressed!

Will you be in your bunk?

Actually, I think he is a monster. He is what a monster is.

I know. We had to, in my family. I hope it never comes to that, with you and your family, but if it does — it gets easier. You are just helping someone who needs help, someone who did this for you when you were a baby (or, in your case, also when you were an adult). It's not the greatest, but you understand that…

Just what I said. You said it better!

No, that makes him a hot, racist, vile assclown. Just as that hot, psycho, terrorist, murderer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is still hot, even though he is also a psycho, terrorist murderer.

I have to say, this Nick Cannon sounds like a very nice young man. I admire him for writing this letter about Amanda Bynes — admire him IMMENSELY for it. He has health problems, doesn't he? Perhaps that is how he learned compassion at a pretty young age. Whatever prompted his writing this letter— I wish more…