The best thing is to get Smartwool socks as a gift. That's what my outdoorsy SO's mother gave me for Xmas and it was beautiful.

See, I was always under the impression that portrait just WAS Anne Boleyn. Dammit history, you're so much more interesting when people stop pretending they KNOW stuff for sure.

That's a great point too. For me it's also not wanting to brush my hair or put mascara on for work. Those are tiny things and I care that I look at least minimally put-together, so not taking a minute for that is a sign.

Oh em gee that is the best.

Ah thank you so much that's fascinating. And that is then the root of the word wife?

Yes please this bugs me so much because it's like degrading whatever thing "woman" is supposed to be modifying (in the sense that it is meant that way, not in the sense that being a woman makes one less of a senator)

Is it...a first edition of a particular translation? Depending on which, I'd still be down for that.

I totally agree with you but one of the things that got to me in my 5 years was that many of our a*hole regulars would try to just decide to make a new line because they "just want a coffee!" and that is a douchebro move.

As a fellow escaped barista...the venti skinny cinnamon dolce IS terrible because that shit is gross. Literally makes me gag.

I did! I did!

Yeah, see, call me cynical, but that's what I expected. This is small potatoes. Maybe it's a step, but it's certainly not "see, there IS a war on women!!!" level.

barn owls - the most terrifying owls. I love owls, but those things? heck no.

Hm. I'm may react more strongly than some people because my anxiety tends to be interpersonal/social anxiety BUT I also know I've gotten angrier and angrier the more informed I've become re: feminism. It's probably a complicated interplay.

I mean, beards are associated with virility (culturally, idk about like in reality but who cares, right?) so it is kinda the same...

I feel like that semi-conclusion is a good step, where he accepts that he doesn't know. Mr. Birdlady (we won't tell him I used that moniker) explained later that what he meant was that he knows I have a lot of anxiety issues and that he felt I was setting myself up for more and that made him upset. I told him I…

and here's a post on the contraception one: http://www.medicaldaily.com/birth-control-…

oh yay that research was reported on elsewhere so here you go and I'm not breaking any ethical rules: http://www.livescience.com/46141-penis-si… the only thing you're missing out on is the graphs made to look like the 3D model and the explanation that they had purposefully made them more like smooth cylinders in case…

Aw, it turns out the one I was thinking of in particular did NOT get published. Thank goodness because it really took the cake. But now I feel like I can't talk about it. Let's just say it was about penis size and involved a 3D printer. Like I am 100% sure their university had just acquired the printer and they were…

AS an ex Starbucker, I imagine the point is to introduce more coffee drinkers to it. They always try to get back to basic drinks in the winter and at least where I am it always seems to go spectacularly poorly. That said, I've heard good things about flat whites and I've enjoyed "European-style" cappuccinos at indie…

That's a good point. That's probably where a lot of the almost-feminists come from. That was me a few years ago, before an anthropology degree and an outspoken feminist best friend and THEN living in the world for a while. I think it was that combination in that order that made me the kind of feminist I am today.