True Fax: We have a new Ikea in the Denver area. I've never been because I am scared I will want to buy all the things.
But recently I heard they have an awesome play area for kids so I am going to take my son next week.
Tell me what I need to keep an eye out for while we are there.

One of my dear friends is named "Tracey Gaye". She is a good-natured Southern girl who favors playing piano in her church, twinsets and pearls. She's like a stereotype of a good person.
I've always loved her name. She was named after her mother's favorite aunt.
I have no idea how this relates to your comment. I'm bored.

Agreed. I think this is silly. I do think she is an awesome kid for seeing something that felt wrong to her and trying to make a change. But still, someone needed to pull her aside and explain the point of dictionaries.
Dictionaries are for giving people definitions and no matter how hurtful or inappropriate, this is a…

Agreed. I think this is silly. I do think she is an awesome kid for seeing something that felt wrong to her and trying to make a change. But still, someone needed to pull her aside and explain the point of dictionaries.
Dictionaries are for giving people definitions and no matter how hurtful or inappropriate, this is a…

Agreed. I think this is silly. I do think she is an awesome kid for seeing something that felt wrong to her and trying to make a change. But still, someone needed to pull her aside and explain the point of dictionaries.
Dictionaries are for giving people definitions and no matter how hurtful or inappropriate, this is a…

Try them with this dish. Heaven on a plate!
http://m.foodnetwork.com/recipes/107079
I first had this dish in a little place off of Huron and Michigan Ave in Chicago a few years ago. I think it is gone now which is too bad because that was a great little Italian restaurant.

If ONLY your friend would only start that tirade with "this isn't racist but Merry Christmas". Le sigh.
I don't get those people that work so hard to preempt being offended when no one else is offended at all.

LOL! It's nothing unusual. The biggest problem for me, and I am not even kidding, is that my son can't eat pork and I can't cook it in the house. My son and I go to church and he and his father go to prayers at the Jamatkhana. My son knows that his mother and father are different religions and it's just our life.

Christian here too. Married to a Muslim. We sign our Christmas cards "Merry Christmas" and include James 1:17 - Every good gift, every perfect gift comes from above. Mostly we do this because I make the cards and my husband doesn't care one way or the other.

Not to sound racist, but have any of you or anyone you know ever really lost their shit if someone says "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays" or is this just a made up something to be angry about?

I get that the heavy black eyeliner is her Thing but it just looks really, really juvenile. Phoebe Cates in Fast Times At Ridgemont High trying to hard to look grown-up and badass but really just a scared kid, juvenile.
Here's To Never Growing Up, indeed. I guess.

I get that the heavy black eyeliner is her Thing but it just looks really, really juvenile. Phoebe Cates in Fast Times At Ridgemont High trying to hard to look grown-up and badass but really just a scared kid, juvenile.
Here's To Never Growing Up, indeed. I guess.

Phhhhbbbbttt! This might be true but everyone knows Lita Ford will always be the hottest chick in metal!

Used to be? That's how all my gay men-friend in the South identify themselves.

Not me. I freaking love me some Vera Bradley. I also wish that I was living with The Goldbergs and that I had the mom's wardrobe and that yellow and white striped cabbage rose bedspread set. So, obviously my fashion choices can't be trusted.
But still, this kid? He is freaking awesome as I hope the school officials…

That makes my stomach turn.

Real Question: are rape laws not very strong in NZ? Is this just a case of rich, connected boys not being held responsible for their fuckery or is this a problem all over NZ?

I'm totally gonna start doing this. Fucking Walmart.

I do that every time. It's a silly superstition but I do it anyway.

WhatchutalkinboutWillis?