Here's my thing: I'm a vegetarian (which means vegans and omnivores both have it in for me, mostly).

Well, wouldn't throwing the word "naturally" in there clarify a lot? A man cannot naturally lactate. My understanding is that a man who wishes to lactate has to put in an insane amount of effort and time to do so effectively. It's not going to just happen one day (I have heard of cases of men emitting a very, very…

Not to defend the US, but we're hardly unique. I went with my dad back to Germany recently and I was really, really amazed at some of the stuff going on. Homeopathy is HUGE in Germany. It's just an accepted part of the medical framework.

I get how you feel. The crazy thing is that the Bible says absolutely NOTHING about abortion or anything relating to it. The verses that pro-life people generally cite are actually verses dealing with the duality of the spirit and body and don't actually speak to abortion in the way they think. I can get thinking that…

I have so many lemur pictures in my computer. They make awesome .gifs. Really.

Well if the rumors are true he helped set up Tupac, so that counts...

Lamar gave interviews around the time of the birth stating that he had basically given up his career to have the baby. Sherri and he had agreed that he would be stay at home dad to the baby. I'd venture that maybe he is still not working? If that was the case, he'd probably have an income of $0. He was pretty open…

The Daily Mail has an article that says that the baby has special healthcare needs that Lamar Sr. could not cover, so he applied to the state program to cover the difference.

I hate to have to say this, but...

My daughter is on a delayed vaccination schedule because of a long family history of auto-immune illnesses. Our doctor felt she was best served by spacing them over a longer period, and we were okay with that.

One of my acquaintances (I will not refer to her as friend) is anti-vaccine because she says it is not "natural."

Wilford Brimley!

My all-time favorite is Abcde. Ab-suh-dee. And yes, there are actual confirmed cases of this. Here's a recent one:

Thank God this has not come to pass in America; Utah would never be the same if it did!

But that wasn't my point. The Xenu story is so widely disseminated now that even most people who are entering Scientology at the point have at least heard of it and know that it somehow relates to their beliefs. Even if the church does not start with it, they are now aware that most new members have at least heard of…

The story of Xenu leaked several years ago on an online forum and has since become fairly common knowledge. Even the (very few) Scientologists I've ever encountered (who are generally nice enough) are aware of it, although they tend to believe there is more to the story or that the Church held back some of the more…

The point with Scientology isn't about trying. Many groups have said many things that were extremely objectionable. The crux of whether they are dangerous turns on whether they can get a receptive audience. The anti-vaccine movement has been around for a very, very long time. However, they have only recently become…

Well, I'd qualify your first statement: I think that Tom Cruise ATTEMPTED to shame Brooke Shields. She did not suffer it, and the attention Cruise got was overwhelmingly negative. Shaming is a dynamic thing in which the object of the shame can resist and refuse to feel it, as Shields did. That certainly made Cruise…

I personally don't think that Cruise's shaming of Brooke Shields was very likely to divert anyone from seeking help. I did not seek anybody who seemed to side with Cruise (even if they liked his points, he was such a dick about it that he probably was able to convince very, very few people). I have no love for…

I look at Scientologists this way - if they merely use their beliefs personally, they cause me no harm. If a Scientologist wishes to pursue "detox" instead of medical care, that is their prerogative. I know they run that museum in Hollywood that is supposed to "indict" the psychiatry industry, but I know of not a…