I think you observation is really interesting. Trump seems like the kind of person who will say whatever has worked in the past to get a response, either support from his people (whoever the hell they are) or the person he is attacking. It is upsetting to me that it is still acceptable and effective to put a woman…

After “Shondaland’s next project’ I knew that I will watch the shit out of that show. Love that woman and company.

Other than figuring out if you have mismatched libidos pre-kids. I’m on board with Dan Savage’s monogamish concept but I think it sometimes gets tossed in a little too soon and can paper over real sexual incompatibilities that will get worse with times that should end a relationship early.

I think him speaking out on Facebook is also a little personal PR. If I were related to the Duggars I would want to make absolutely clear that I opposed their fuckwhitedness. Also, I unfortunately understand the frustration of watching someone you love stay in a bad situation when you, he/she, and the dog knows it is…

I too messed up my hand while writing a thesis, no auto cad but tons of illustrator and arcGIS. Try some different mice! And for one day, just put your regular mouse away. You’ll get to know the new device (or not, some of them just won’t work for you). I’m a Wacom tablet girl, you use a stylus on the tablet but can…

I worked in a college department mailroom in the last, dark days prior to Internet porn. Dudes (it was an engineering department, they were all men) would get playboy and penthouse delivered to their work address. At least 5 or 10 out of maybe a hundred professors. I don’t think it occurred to them it wasn’t private,…

I didn't know what a Mouret Galaxy dress is so I looked it up. Damn! That is a gorgeous dress!

I had to be weighed to go skydiving (so they could calculate parachute required and match you with an instructor). They had it set up so no one could see the poundage, and the clerk handled it discreetly. I was cool with it as I was in blank terror that I had actually agreed to jump out of a fucking airplane. But,…

How do you find interacting with the cut hairs on your trimmed fella? I find even the cut ones too sharp, I’m wondering if I should suggest a kind of clipper.

I get that sometimes. I hate the upsell just in general. I have rosacea, so I always warn the eyebrow lady. They always ask me what products I use, have you tried this mask, etc. when my rosacea is well enough controlled that they cannot tell I have it, and when, outside of dermatologist recommended treatments, the…

I’ve always been wonderfully surprised by the kindness of strangers when traveling—I’ve had a post woman in Barcelona leave her route to lead me when it was clear (to her) that I had completely misunderstood her directions. I’ve had a middle aged man in the Tunis airport grab my bags and throw them on the checked…

Standard right-wing behavior. No problem with a program or action until it is a possible weapon to bash a favorite target. Health insurance mandates with coverage regulation, a Heritage foundation idea put in place by a Reblican governor first, became a march to death panels and socialism when proposed by Obama. Fetal…

In no way am I suggesting ‘junk science’ gets a pass. My argument is that most scientists are ethical people who believe in rigorously testing their hypotheses by the best methods available, and that dismissing their opinion out of hand because they are on an NSF grant or work for an oil company is bullshit. If you…

Ugh. I hate this argument. The accompanying suggestion is that technical people are all biased and the only way to make a decision is you make an even presentation of both sides to an unbiased magical unicorn who has never had any funding on a subject to make a judgement. Technical decisions are often not black or…

For me, I try to ask myself, ‘what would it take to change my mind?’. It is a way to challenge your assumptions about something you think is true, and to identify what you need to learn to be convinced of something new. And if the answer is that nothing will change your view, ever, then you have a belief, not a…

Commuting is a major problem for kids and adults, it is a factor that Desmond get talked about much related to obesity. In my experimental sample (n=1, me) when I have a ten minute or less drive to work, I weigh ~25 lb less that 30 min or more each way. It's the time and energy to exercise and my emotional will to eat…

Totally. We managed to spend time together for 10+ years w/o banging (ok, w/o banging a lot or recently for one of em). I think as everyone gets busier with kids and work your time becomes so precious. Much easier to make the case that you need some guy time with your guys than that you want to hang out with this girl…

Every couple of years I learn something knew about Dolly Parton and it all makes me love her more!

I used to have a lot of guy friends too, only now we're all married and I've noticed I never seem to spend time with guy friends anymore. A girls night (I hate this fucking phrase) is easy to arrange, as are couples hanging out, but I almost never spend time with my now married guy friends sans their wives and my…

I didn’t want to put a box over anyone’s face in particular, but I wonder how many women in this picture have gone without the hormonal or other methods of birth control, Pap smears, or mammograms they are actively denying other women. Also, how many of the young women will go on to have an abortion?