I like how you're just all over these comments insulting people left and right. Go take some castor oil and pass that stick that's up in your rectum.

It's like if Chuck Klosterman developed late-onset schizophrenia.

The IUD is still physically blocking your tubes, so you're probably fine. Is it even possible for insertion to not hurt? I took a huge dose of ibuprofen two hours before going to the doctor and I could still feel everything.

Yes I was and yes it did. But not to scare you - I was using a menstrual cup and one of the gynos I saw said it's possible for the suction to just kinda...pull it out. So don't do that. Also when you go back for your next exam/pap/etc you could maybe ask them to look for the strings?

In high school I volunteered at an animal shelter. You could spend all the time you wanted covered in kittens. It was the best.

IT HAPPENED TO ME! Last fall was a nightmare. The damn thing just *poof!* disappeared and next thing I knew I had morning sickness like a motherfucker. New IUD seems to be doing fine though because I check the strings obsessively. ALWAYS CHECK THE STRINGS!!!

Exactly. If you expect anything close to editorial integrity, you need to lower your expectations pretty far. Gawker is not a news site and Jezebel is not a feminist site. And they've said so plenty of times.

I miss Bat Boy!!!

Might as well read the Daily Mail.

I was gonna say Pauly Shore! "DizzAYYYY!!!"

Well, no one called him racist.

In Athens last summer, a lot of Greeks I met talked about how angry they were to have their economic plight so dismissively misconstrued by the international media. An entire generation is slipping into destitution the likes of which haven't been seen since the years of civil war post-WWII.

You're drawing a lot of false parallels there. Private businesses exercising their right to create an inviting and fun atmosphere for a group of people who do not even enjoy full civil rights in this country is not "discrimination." Tell me how it is you can equate womens' right to party with that.

See a magic show! For my sister's we went to Kiss Kiss Cabaret in Chicago and she got to be an assistant. She was thrilled, but then when my sister drinks she becomes kind of a grownup six year old.

Earlier it was Gin and Tonics with my anglophile mom, now it's New Belgium Somersault, which is decent but totally not the summer sipper they advertised.

They have a new one called Frozen Planet. I just finished it. Ice caves in Antarctica, orca hunting strategies, baby polar bears, IT HAS EVERYTHING.

BAWWWWWWWW!!!

Is it smoky in here? Why are my eyes watering??

In the same boat. Suddenly you're sitting at home with nothing to do like, "hey! I have something to say about THAT!"

Thanks for this post. I recently lost a friend to complications from alcoholism. This is him with the ukelele: [www.youtube.com]