"(The Legislature's) intent ... was to provide law-abiding citizens greater protections from external threats in the form of intruders and attackers,"

Exactly. Socks and sandals living together on a willing person's feet are not important enough to give even a minimal number of fucks about.

I am evil for laughing out loud when I read this. My apologies to your cat.

The only thing that makes me almost as happy as that letter is that her dad was proud enough to post it to Twitter.

I think I went from feeling amused to creeped out to depressed in about .06 seconds.

Your explanation seems the most logical to me. He may have come from a poor family who fed their children on food stamps or simply a very frugal family who never went out to eat, and mom, or whoever cooked, simply cooked eggs the way she liked them or the way she knew best. When I was cooking for three children (and…

Yes. I love rare hamburger but supermarket or restaurant ground beef is not necessarily free from contamination. If you grind the meat yourself you'll be fine.

Yep. Intelligence and sanity are not the same thing.

My personal take on the questions:

I think if his issue was simply that she didn't meet his criteria for a partner he would have already moved on. The fact that he continues to date her yet mocks her and devalues her work (taking care of her father and daughter is the work she has chosen to do at this point in her life) shows me something else is going…

That's why her response is perfect. If he continues to try to text, call or message her, and she decides she needs to get a restraining order due to harassment, she can show the court that she specifically told him she does not want any further contact with him.

You raised the bar and took the cake.

Possibly the hardest thing for me to get my head around here is that people trust this asshole to invest their money. A woman can't turn her back on him without getting groped but he can be trusted with investments?

"I love sexually assaulting women, but this one knows my name and could file sexual battery charges."

we will throw your ass in jail and release you on Black Friday.

I did the same thing as a child. Chicken fried steak was not something we ate at home, but during one of our rare restaurant meals I chose it from the menu. My mom tried to discourage me by telling the waitress and everyone else within earshot that, "she's ordering it because she thinks it's chicken. It's not…

I agree. Whatever else Mr Vacca may have done, he raised four kind and compassionate children. Like you, I hope everyone involved gets through this.

Serious question: If he gets probation instead of time, will he still be allowed to own firearms? No idea what the law idea is in South Africa concerning felons and guns.

People who comment out loud on other people's clothing are just as rude as people who comment on somebody's size or shape. For all those guys knew you could have just escaped a house fire and been wearing the only clothes you owned. Your personal appearance was not their business and your response was completely…

In a state where a large stone statue of the Ten Commandments (albeit misspelled) stands on the lawn of the State Capitol, I think it took a certain amount of courage to do this. I'm not a Pastafarian myself, but Ms. Hammond has my support.