Hold up: did he just describe the perfect man as being a blend of Alan Alda and John Wayne? Did my mother write this in 1975?

Good lord that sounds like some really smutty fanfic.

Question: WHAT IS ON MITT ROMNEY'S FLAG PIN? Am I crazy?

ditto. :D

I think you're missing the esteemed commenter's point: did she really just compare BOOKS FOR GIRLS to the never-riddled-with-cliche genre of SCI FI? *gasp!*

You mean where has she mentioned her sister's sexuality? She does it obliquely, but here's a direct quote from a mediaite article:

My heart breaks for Helen and Nia. Especially because not only has Bachmann been outspoken against equal rights, but she has also specifically mentioned "gay members of her family" in her bigoted rampages. So Helen doesn't just have to deal with her stepsister being a raging bigot, she also has to deal with her…

New alternate slogan for GAP:

Exactly. I don't think it was "haha he thinks she's fat" it was "wow, way for both of you to cross the line, jackasses."

I disagree that Mindy Kaling's character is "defined" by her weight. Aside from the "lose 15 pounds crack" (which I think was clearly shown to be him crossing a line and definitely not-okay) and another joke about how great her ass is, her body isn't up for discussion. She meets a lot of cute guys who are interested…

Yeah, you've nailed it. It doesn't help that the transition from high school to college is particularly rough on the mediocre students who got As in non-honors classes without trying too hard. I teach college freshman, primarily, and their first test/paper is usually a *big* wake up call that college is a different…

No problem. Catholicism in Ireland is a bit tricky, so it's probably easier to think of it as a cultural identity rather than a religion. They might no longer go to church, but that doesn't mean they stopped believing the things they were taught growing up.

So, I kind of hate jumpsuits on principle, but SJP is WORKING IT.

"Less Catholic" is relative— I believe divorce was only legalized in the mid-90s. Plus, there's places like Dublin that are fairly secular/Europeanized, and then there's the west coast, where people are still very traditional. In fact, some people still speak Irish at home (one of my friends actually learned English…

I agree. I hope it didn't sound like I want this guy to be raped— I think it says something really unsettling about our society that his lawyer went straight to prison rape. We're taking away their freedom, but we shouldn't be taking their souls.

A guy I went to high school with was convicted of child molestation, and interestingly enough, his lawyer argued for a lenient sentence because of the threat of rape in prison (it didn't work). I agree that no one deserves to be raped, but I found the "He raped several children but if he goes to jail *he'll* be raped…

I don't understand why this isn't brought up more often, then. Because unless a religious institution is 100% self-insured (meaning they create their own insurance company, essentially) you've already subsidized *someone's* birth control.

Okay, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but: if an organization has a major insurer as their insurance provider (like a Catholic university contracts with Anthem, or something) aren't the people in that organization *already* subsidizing birth control? I mean, it might not be covered under their plan, but that…

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm at least two time zones away. BUT SOMEDAY.

Waist-wallet belt? Dodai, I think you misspelled "fanny pack."