So, I went to a show by a stage magician/“psychic” years ago, and his whole shtick was basically the same as the main character in “The Mentalist” (although this was years before that show came into existence) - that is, he explicitly and repeatedly told the audience, “I’m not a psychic. Psychics aren’t real.…

That is a good argument for discussing sexual assault in every single community ever, and a pretty bad argument for NOT discussing it in any given community.

The extra fun part about his whole “constitutional rights” spiel is that the only constitutional right I can think of that makes even a glimmer of sense to invoke when it comes to releasing dash-cam/body-cam footage to the public (and it’s only a glimmer, because I can’t come up with any legitimate constitutional…

Yeah, I would be 100% in favor of a car that has actual features I, like most humans who use cars, care about (good gas mileage, good safety rating, etc.) in that shade of purple. It’s great. Cosmo should paint normal, non-gendered cars without stupid sparkly wheels that color and call it a day. 

I think the dick jokes almost certainly help the message get shared on more Facebook pages, though.

I have nightmares on a regular basis. If I have a flat sheet that’s tucked into the bottom of the bed, I tend to wake up in a panic thinking I’m being held down. If I have a flat sheet that’s not tucked into the bottom of the bed, I consistently kick it off the bed in my sleep. Having an item of bedding whose only…

Eh. That might be true if we were talking about people who don’t live their lives with photographers literally following them around any time they’re out in public, and who don’t know that any perceived physical flaw could very realistically end up on the cover of a magazine with a red circle around it. When the…

I dunno, I think it mostly looks like two women trying to “hug” while simultaneously also trying to make sure that they both look good in the photo and that nothing in any way messes up their hair, makeup, or dresses. It’s weird and awkward, but I’m willing to believe it’s the weird awkwardness of “I have to look…

That’s fine, and I think that’s a good policy. I just don’t think the occasional “fuck” or “shit” that wasn’t directed at students would be a compelling reason to fire a high school teacher (especially not an English teacher, who is very probably teaching works that include some profanity). There’s just a huge…

Yep. I don’t have any particular problem with “it’s debate, not masturbate” (provided that was aimed at the whole class and not any particular students) or calling coffee a “fucking thing.” Coffee’s feelings are not going to get hurt, and everyone in the classroom has heard the word “fuck” before. But insulting…

The problem isn’t “sometimes women are portrayed as eating junk food and still being thin.” The problem is that doing both of those things is a prerequisite of being a Cool Girl on television. The problem is that the “I eat a whole pizza and a carton of ice cream every day and still weigh 100 pounds” women on TV occur…

I liked that the US Weekly obit included this perfect quote from him, which I’ve paraphrased more than once since I first heard it:

Heh, fair enough. If he’s actually in perfectly good physical shape, then yeah, he’s pretty much just a goober.

I would potentially be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on the sneakers - I have fucked-up legs, and wearing anything other than good, supportive sneakers freaking hurts. Accordingly, I not infrequently have to wear sneakers with outfits that are not designed to go with sneakers. Maybe Johnson has a bum…

Hehe, maybe the next time I have to go to the ER, I’ll tell the doctor, “I hear lots of people tell you about their poop, but I’m not going to!” and see if that means they’ll be extra nice to me or something. :)

Uh, no shit she’s not white. Hence why she is a person of color. No one said women of color were white, because that would make no sense. They said that many women of color are not dark-skinned. Fan Bingbing is a woman of color. Fan Bingbing is manifestly not dark-skinned. And if you don’t like a picture of her from a…

This is Fan Bingbing. She is a woman of color.

Ha, I guess I’m weird. I get embarrassed by talking about bowel movements with my gastroenterologist when she explicitly asks me to do so. I can’t imagine just volunteering poop-data in the middle of getting a cast put on my ankle or something.

If I were in the Wyoming state legislature, I would have had a really, really hard time not doing this:

Yeah, that was jaw-dropping. I mean, “taking Junior to the doctor” would be a legitimate use of a sick day, too, but he didn’t even stop there! He went all the way to “hospital”! Because apparently Real Men (TM) would just ignore their seriously ill or injured child in need of medical attention because, gosh darn it,…