relationships can scar the hell out of people, especially if it's a person's first serious relationship. if things went south with the ex after they moved in together, this guy might feel that moving in ruins everything and is the beginning of the end. why risk messing with a good thing? or maybe he's worried that…

so...this research demonstrates that lad mags are written by rapists?

yeah, it's really disappointing. the G&M has run some really great content (e.g., their two series on mental illness) but Margaret Wente gives me hives.

i HATED her whole storyline and character on Gossip Girl. UGH stop ruining my show!

ACK! that wasn't a kiss - i'm pretty sure they were trying to eat each other's faces. so gross.

18% is still WAY too high. i always double-bag my birth control.

that was the first trial in this case, and he was acquitted. the judge said that what he did was "dastardly" (yes, seriously) but didn't constitute assault. obviously that judgement was complete BS so it was appealed, and now the prick has been convicted and is going to jail.

hey, you can get him a vasectomy for xmas.

Speaking of condoms, Jezebel should cover this story from Canada (I have no idea how to send tips with the new layout so I'm just putting it here).

Fellow SAD Canadian here. UGH I hate waking up in the dark. This last couple of weeks as the sun has been rising later and later, I've been getting to work later and later :/ Just crawling toward that extra hour. So glad it's finally here.

every time i read about asshats like this, i fantasize that i somehow turn into a vampire and use my powers for good by eating all these fuckers.

Seriously. Xena would totally disapprove of that footwear.

Yikes, me too. The up-close birth video they made us watch in grade 9 sex ed has scared me away from procreating forever :/

Easy comfy costume:

somebody call PETA

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that...is awesome.

It's not the skimpiness that's a problem (at least for me anyway). I do think some of them work (e.g. sexy guitar, sure. the hat makes it). But so many of these are just ill-suited to the way they've been sexed up. They could just be so much better. E.g., sexy watermelon...think how awesome your costume would be…

You'd be surprised how many sexy cops there are at "grownups'" halloween parties (ie, mid 20s to mid 40s). Funnily enough, no one ever dresses as a cougar.

I couldn't figure out what the heck that was without reading the description. Yellow and white with a shark fin on the arm? WTF? Is it some kind of tropical fish?