I think your guess is pretty close. If he really works in the oilfield, he would not be a pile of flab. I'm picturing a muscular working class guy with a beer gut, not exactly a football player but not a blob either. The real issue is not his size or his decorating ability (many oilfield workers basically live out of…

Apparently an acronym for That Hoe Over There. I had no clue either-had to google it. I guess the word "whore" has evolved from "whore" to "hoe" to "thot". Progress.

Two things: Marriage was different fifty years ago. Marriage vows virtually always contained the words "until death do us part" and those words were binding. To break your marriage vow was to break your sworn word and a sacred oath.

"...in this Bill...Cosby...sexual assaults...serial rape..."

First, I am so sorry. What happened to you is horrifying and I hope you are recovering.

I had that mother too. For a brief period, she had me convinced I didn't like dill pickles, any kind of dark bread, avocados and I forget what else. Turns out I like all those things.

In a perfect world, yes. You would call the family member out on their behavior, they would see the error of their ways and all would be well-or at least better. Unfortunately this is not always how things happen in the real world. Calling someone as bizarre as the woman in the Mother's Day story on her behavior could…

The sad thing is that many people who try to scam free meals (or other free stuff) could well afford to pay for it.

My rule of thumb is that if the prices aren't posted on the website, I can't afford to eat there.

I suspect everybody here in Oklahoma keeps their meth supplies in Royal Crown bags. It's not just a Wiccan thing.

I must be weird. I loved those little boxes of raisins.

Wow. It seems like her denial is complete. Unfortunately some people don't get the message even after Child Welfare gets involved, and after they have been through months of court-ordered counseling, so the kids grow up with other family members or in the foster care system. I can tell that you care about this family…

It might be possible to educate her. A local sexual assault program probably has information that could be passed on to her, but denial is a powerful thing. Sometimes simply the knowledge that allowing a sex offender access to your children can lead to a charge of Failure to Protect makes a parent rethink the…

Well, I suspect that what you are "supposed" to do is report to Child Welfare. This is never an easy thing to do and can have disastrous consequences-the children may end up in foster homes, their mother will hate you and everyone in the family will take sides, but leaving the children in a household with a sex…

Add to that: "He just made a mistake. He deserves a second chance." Or worse, "But now he's found Jesus."

Point taken. I think the point I'm trying to make is that, in a nation where 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men are victims of domestic violence, the Ray Rice costume is not only offensive, it's revictimizing. A Palin costume or Richard Nixon mask is less personal and less likely to remind someone of the time their ex…

Well, if revictimizing victims of domestic violence is your thing, who am I to stop you? Just don't expect those of us who have been victimized and those of us who stand against abuse to not care.

Yes. I was blown away by her performance in Frozen River. It's beyond tragic that the world lost her just when she was getting the recognition she deserved.

I know. Whatever happened to dressing up as ghosts and witches and wizards? What the hell do real life criminals have to do with Halloween?

I suspect the person from the NRA who wrote that piece of copy was not thinking of the victim whose rapist is her husband, boyfriend, co-worker or someone else she knows well. That slogan buys into the "rapist who jumps out of the bushes" myth.