Are we related? Because this is my mother and father. I’ll admit my Mom is bad with clutter and throwing stuff out. Dad complains about Mom’s clutter, but has tons of crap himself. Yet he acts like his stuff is totally fine and only focuses on my Mom’s stuff or constantly blames her for the whole mess. Mom doesn’t do…

I love genetics so Imma jump into this. There’s one problem with your thought exercise. It assumes that the DNA of each gamete (egg or sperm) is identical. Or even that a chromosome from a parent is perfectly identical to the child. They are not. The DNA in each gamete is not a perfect exact copy of the parent’s DNA an…

I completely agree. I’d go further and say that they were covering their asses in case she talked about the horrific conditions she was forced to live in (to honor her vow of “poverty”) and the horrible way they treated her with absolutely no option to stand up for herself (to honor her vow of “obedience”). It doesn’t…

The design is from the movie Talladega Nights starring Will Ferrell. Kurt Busch drove this car (the one pictured) at Talladega in real life for fun/publicity/charity or something like that.

“...she involved herself irreverently and perverted her path of life arrogantly to the way of carnal lust and away from poverty and obedience, and...she now wanders at large to the notorious peril to her soul and to the scandal of all...”

I’ve seen better.

“While in hindsight it may appear to be an easy call, it was not that simple in the moment.”

You’re not that far off.

That’s awesome you got to hear Ann speak in person! I don’t doubt that it did haunt her. I got the sense from the book that she felt a lot of guilt (about not seeing him for what he was, but also feeling sad about her friend...at least initially). Have you read newer updated versions of the book? Ann added an…

I’m really confused by the tone of this article. The pure charisma and likability of Ted Bundy is well-documented. His crimes and horrific actions are also well-documented. I feel like the teaser sets up the audience to see these two sides of the man. Who else, but a former teen heartthrob (the handsome one you would…

I heard this on the radio while driving into work this morning and I am still so angry from it. All I can say is the two radio hosts (man and woman) were absolute garbage because they did everything but say “the bitch is lying”. No actually, scratch that, they did say that people make things up and go after money (so…

I learned at an early age that some people do not give a fuck about public parks. My father and I had a favorite picnic site in a national park when I was growing up. It was very popular because it was kind of secluded, you had easy assess with a car and you were close to a very nice swimming hole that naturally…

You’re 100% right, but the Democrats should capitalize on this disagreement between Republicans and insist on a new bill that they like more if Trump won’t sign this one. This would definitely force a shutdown, but because Trump didn’t sign the first bill the shutdown will be blamed on Republicans. The wall still…

I’m so happy to hear that the only person on this planet truly qualified to comfort Dr. Ford was able to reach her and do just that.

As much as I agree that gender-typed toys are not particularly good I do not agree with this proposed legislation. Gender-typing toys at a drive-thru is a symptom of a much larger problem: The distinctions that society creates between the gender of “boy” and “girl” are, by definition, self limiting (to the detriment…

Thank-you for sharing! Maybe being forced to write an obituary (and make a purposeful decision to not include a key part of her life- the life of Eudocia Tomas Pulido) was the catalyst necessary to write the Atlantic article and tell the full story. 

Wow that is very interesting. I didn’t realize this. Here’s my guess:

Yes! I vividly remember that article. It was written by the son of the woman who was the nanny’s master. Her nickname was Lola. I had no idea about the obituary. The Atlantic article provided a unique perspective told through the eyes of a child taken care of by Lola and then as an adult who was horrified to realize…

Why am I so surprised that he drinks from a glass like a toddler drinks from a sippy cup?