It prevents the kid from losing the cash or wasting it on things that aren't lunch, but also prevents the bullying that comes with those bright "reduced lunch cards" of the olden days. Now almost everyone just puts in a PIN, and the computer automatically deducts the correct amount. Easier for the parents too, because…

I know that at my kids' school, there is barely enough time for the kids to line up, get their names checked off, get their lunch, find a place to sit, and gobble down their lunches before they have to clear out of the cafeteria so that the next wave of kids can sit down.

Thank you. Jezebel is being passive aggressive with their concern trolling about our concern trolling.

Agreed somewhat. She definitely wants to please and is highly competitive, to the point that when I really think about it, I'm not surprised she went to those lengths, especially if she's getting regular "support" calls to keep her going. I got the impression that the boyfriend weight gain thing was disappointment in…

Daaaaaaaaaahling, when I was in high school there wasn't even Internet, we had to communicate via smoke signals... Or rather little notes on actual paper. Those were dark times.

My best friend from college and I first bonded when we learned we had worn the same dress to prom (before we knew each other, obviously).

Pro athletes are so often completely devoid of personality, it's fun to see someone actually get passionate about something.

There's a myth (entirely promulgated by the right wing) that the pay inequity between men and women is SOLELY due to women being more likely to take the Mommy Track out. While there is some truth to the fact that a woman's lifetime earnings take a hit with each year of work she takes off to stay home with children, it…

Yes, excellent point! I'd forgotten that detail. Yeah, I think the factors that lead to unequal pay are certainly much more complex than, "well, you took some time off for the baby and that's the only reason."

Of course unmarried poor males do not contribute to the problem at all.

Didn't they already make this movie with Mandy Moore??

It is pretty sickening and sad at times.

another issue at play here was this: he was replacing thurgood marshall. bush knew that he could never get a more conservative justice than a yale-educated black person replacing another black justice. this is more complicated that i am explaining it, but this has a lot to do with idea that there should be at least…

Ahem! It gets better when you get to Pueblo (mostly).

I think Colorado Springs is a whole different thing. My company has operations there and that place seems VERY red state/pickup/NOBAMA to me.

I remember having the same feelings as well. I was about that age, and so I was just heading into puberty. Ultimately, the court of public opinion concluded that sexual harassment was wrong, but that it shouldn't stop you from becoming a Supreme Court justice.

But today, as an African-American woman who went through…

I'm old enough to remember it very well indeed. It certainly did mean he lacked the judgment to be in the Supreme Court.

Totally agree about sweat being good for hair. It's a natural conditioner. When I'm showering, I skip shampooing if my hair will look better that day without it.

One of the interesting things about this - it's not mentioned in this story, but I've seen it elsewhere - is that one of the law professors who helped initially draft the law isn't supporting this interpretation of it. It should be noted that he's a professor of law at SMU, which is a seriously monied, private,…

I feel like there is some ridiculous inability to discuss the differences between a living person in a coma and a brain dead person in this country.