As a lady with a ridiculously big butt that she has been trying to get rid of for decades the idea of WANTING extra fat in there is beyond me!

We're doing a bug blitz at work this week, and one of my coworkers was quizzing us about bugs (I'm a historian, I'm not really knowledgeable about bugs) and asked what the main difference between bees and wasps were. I said "wasps are dicks and bees are bros".

I've had to cut them out of my life except for the most distant and perfunctory contact. I have an uncle who was very loved by me as a child. I called all men that weren't my dad 'Bobby' because of my Uncle Bob. He was so sweet to me and so thoughtful and just the most comforting, gentle, loving bear of a man with…

"That's racist." "Not cool." Make it short, sweet, and impossible to argue. Don't get drawn into a fight, just let cousin know how you feel.

My advice to my students (college) - when a member of the family makes a racist comment at a family gathering, loudly say, "I've got to take a shit" and leave the room. Makes it into a politeness as opposed to a political issue. They stop saying racist things and you'll stop announcing you have to take a shit when…

This shelter is right near me and I have a tuxedo cat (who is fixed) I really want another kitten and now that I know there are oodles of tuxies right near me I don't think I'll be able to resist.

If I don't send my mother regular email updats, she writes a frantic all-caps email. "EVERYTHING OK WITH YOU? I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN AGES!!!!! WRITE YOUR MOM LET HER KNOW YOU ARE OK ASAP!!!"

Lindy I'm so glad you found the presence of Dog the Bounty Hunter as randomly diverting as I did.

i wonder if she can see Mecca from her kitchen window ????

When the kid's mother found out he was dead and let out that anguished, naked-soul wail of "I love my son and I'm glad he's dead?" My heart shattered. How could you live with loving your precious boy and realizing what he was?

Pedophilia is not a sexual orientation and it is dangerous to label it that way. It is paraphilic disorder. This is not about sexual preference but a reliance or obsession with children for their sexuality and dominance over them is part of that.

Shit, I don't think I even have ham flexors.

I find the whole fat-acceptance-backlash annoying and disingenuous. Every time someone dares to call bigger ladies attractive, skinny people come out of the woodwork to whine and play victims and take everything very, very personally. Do skinny girls receive hurtful comments? Yes, and that's not a good thing. But is…

I also read those lyrics as "No, really, some dudes dig this," which... why are we mad about it? Self-acceptance doesn't preclude the desire to have someone else find you attractive.

But at the same time, she states that if you don't like the way she looks then move along. I feel like a lot of people have been reading too much into individual phrases within the song without placing them within the greater context of the song itself. Everyone wants to be seen as attractive to the sex of their…

Look, I'm fine keeping my dog out of kid parks. But keep your kids out of dog parks if they aren't old enough to be there. I have had several - probably five or so - clueless parents who bring their toddlers to the dog park, set them down in the middle of rampaging packs of playful pups, and allow the kids to get…

He went to the Kristen Stewart School for Smiling.

It is offensive to me....if those are actual animal skins.

Well, that thinking is precisely why I put the question to you all. Brown on Brown cultural appropriation is not as cut and dry, to me anyway, as White on Brown cultural appropriation. This is why I wanted to talk about it, because the images gave me pause. As for the oppression comparison, I hope we can all agree…