I smoke a pack a day, but people in my family live a long ass time. Two centenarians, great uncles and great grandfathers that lived into their late 90's before it was relatively common... Even the obese chain-smokers live into their mid 80's!

In a strange way, you can almost interpret this ad as progress. Thirty or even twenty years ago, an ad insinuating that the viewer might be gay would never have made it to print. At least the subject of homosexuality is being treated in a less hostile way.

Can. 1055 §1. The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring, has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the…

A scotch and soda at 5pm is not going to adversely affect you in any way. In fact, light drinking can help to temporarily lower blood pressure and relax you after a long day.

A scotch and soda at 5pm is not going to adversely affect you in any way. In fact, light drinking can help to temporarily lower blood pressure and relax you after a long day.

Can we please address reclining etiquette?

It's pretty simple, don't give them any money. No one should look at their friends as sources of "easily accessible capital".

I believe the words "mental illness" are being bandied around too easily. The term is easily attached to random acts of violence committed by a single person, yet never used to describe collective violence.

We are conditioned to be terrified at every moment. Where it be gang violence, "foreign devils", mass murders or terrorists, those looming specters turn us into cowering slaves. Our culture of total fear just breeds these excesses, where it be the carpet bombing of Cambodia or the wholesale massacre of children.

Cell phone radiation is non-ionizing. There simply isn't enough energy to remove electrons, therefore non-ionizing radiation simply cannot cause DNA damage.

The point remains valid.

Do you read it differently? And how do you pronounce it?

That isn't what I said.

These shows just reinforce class distinctions.

To "@" symbol is still read as an "A"...

The Illuminati are usually considered to be Jews or Freemasons, with shadowy connections to the Knights Templar and European Royalty. Shape-shifters and reptilians may come into the equation for added credibility.

I didn't actually mean what you think.

Some countries, like France, have the age of consent set at 16. Had Clash bedded a 16 year old after a couple of glasses of wine in Paris it would have been entirely legal (yes, even the alcohol part).

I don't know the price of healthcare in Hungary, although I do know the cost in France. I highly doubt healthcare costs are higher in Hungary. I spent six years in France without being integrated into the health system. Paying full price in France was still cheaper than my old American copay. I doubt that the…

The Harajuku girl example is an interesting one. It is an example of cultures borrowing from each other. The Harajuku subculture is not purely Japanese. They have taken certain European styles of dress and have modified them in a fun way. Harajuku is uniquely Japanese, but it has been influenced by European styles of…