Winter driving is such a skill. I took my driving test in 12+ inches of snow. I went to school in a place where it snows a few times a year, but not much when it does. Every time it snowed I would take out some of my southern classmates, drive them to a deserted parking lot, and teach them how to handle a sliding car.

Man, people sure have a strange way of expressing their economic insecurity.

Because of that loss, there is serious pressure to cut budgets around the university

Last night, my own mother said aloud in my presence that Hillary Clinton never wears dresses because, “She has the ugliest legs. She has cankles.” Once I picked my jaw up off the floor, I told her that, fortunately, the attractiveness of one’s legs is not a trait I care about in my government leaders.

In Brazil (where I come from) there’s a multi-party system and we often talk about “the useful vote”- when you look at the political landscape, can’t find any ideal candidate (or your ideal candidate has zero chance of winning because he/she is polling at 5%) and there’s this one candidate who might win but really,…

Your friend is not overconfident. She is deeply insecure and she’s trying to use her intellect (badly, it appears) to prop up her self-esteem. And it appears she feels competitive towards or threatened by you. It’s sad and likely annoying. But being knocked down a peg is not going to help and will likely only make it…

The obvious solution is to do more day drinking. I find even if I do an extended, very alcohol heavy boozy brunch (say 1pm-3pm brunch plus go to a bar or friend’s house from 3 until 6 or 7), I have so much time to sober up before a reasonable bedtime (say 10 or 11pm) that I wake up feeling great the next day. Whereas…

If someone breaks up with you after a year-long relationship, sure it would be nice of them to say what isn’t working. But if you’re talking about how you got “rejected” when you asked someone out...this person doesn’t owe you a damn thing.