I'd be pretty pissed too if such a picture existed of me! At least your mom changed her mind about it - better late than never.

Huh, you mean putting up with harassment from rabid extremists day after day is exhausting? Go figure. What really pisses me off is when these nuts bring their young children and force them to hold signs.

The Jonas brothers? Kill all three. It would be a mercy.

But were they doing these sordid things at state-sponsored events? Because the Missouri State Fair rodeo is a state-sponsored event.

Oh, of COURSE the person wearing the mask was a school superintendent. God Dammit, Missouri.

Zooborns is a fun website, and they sell great books for kids. The Zooborns board book is a favorite around here.

Oh, it's not just you. The whole thing has me shaking my head. Bizarre.

Pfft, where's your sense of adventure?

How could you post this and leave out the best one?!

Mmmhmm, I saw comments like that too. Some dippity even said "Well, if it isn't true, how come there hasn't been any comment from the girl yet?" Oh, I don't know, maybe because she's a minor who is in the hospital and her family was just murdered?! People are awful.

According to the Reuters article, the horseback riders that spotted the pair actually talked with DiMaggio. Just small talk, but can you imagine how hard it would be to keep your cool while doing that? I'd freak right out.

Forget that. I want to know where he got that delightfully squashy cat.

Last week, when I was sitting in a doctor's waiting room, the Today show was on. I watched it with a sort of horrified fascination. I honestly hadn't seen the show since it was Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. So, quick poll. Who here watches morning news programs like Today on a regular basis?

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my cat recently - it's incredibly hard. Sounds like she was in pain from the cancer. Just know that you did the right, unselfish thing.

Seriously. How the hell does a dipshit with THAT name get any responses?

Ha! I actually thought that was kind of a cool tradition. . .

Not that there's any excuse for it, but I could sort of understand sisterly shade if they were close in age. But no, Roberts is eight years older than her sis. A twenty-four-year-old woman mocking a sixteen-year-old girl. What an ass.

I wouldn't worry if I were you. On a scale between zero harm and dead children, I'd say taking pleasure in someone's technology incompetence is pretty low on the scale. Nice to see that Jenny's every bit as qualified for a job in IT as in healthcare.

If you don't mind my asking, what kind of stuff made it easy to tell when you were the designated "black friend?"

Of course, there's no way to measure this, but I wonder how many of the "friends of color" actually KNOW they're some white person's super special pal. "What? Ben R. says I'm his friend? What the hell, we worked together in the campus coffeeshop eight years ago. Then he sent me one Christmas card, right after…