Oooh, squeeeeeal! A "Christian Saudi Arabia"! That would be like a Ferris Wheel overlooking a Superfund Site! Wheeeeee...

ditto on the amen - my rescue canine made me more human...

"whine like little bitches"? This and Natty_Gorgon's, "Bullies be bitches when held accountable", make me ask whether this is acceptable wording at Jez?

My therapist at the time I was dating my bf with PTSD and delusional disorder showed me the "Power and Control Wheel" diagram ([www.ncdsv.org]) and told me straight out, but with compassion: "if you see a few things on this chart that apply, I have to tell you it only gets worse". Faced with that, I was able to…

You MUST steel yourself and watch "Hotel Rwanda". Don Cheadle is extraordinary and Sophie Okonedo is tremendous, and it's a story of love and family and remaining human when the world around you goes insane. I recommend also watching the PBS Frontline 2004 documentary "Ghost of Rwanda". Be forewarned that it is…

You all are aware of this vid, right? Whenever I'm in the need for a fix on back-cyst popping, I turn to it for comfort (If I haven't eaten in awhile, that is).

"gendered genres are bullshit" but you go on to praise a woman who basically directed a Dirty Harry/John Wayne movie [The Hurt Locker] so male-centric that I imagine the director of photography just rested the camera on his balls and shot from there [pun intended]?

Have friends who love Shelties! Their first one some a*hole who owned her before them had her vocal cords removed so she could only do a strange wheezy "snurff" sound. I don't understand people...

So is a golden mixed with a lemming a . . . golem?

You dog hoar! After all the faithful years your lab has given you, you shameless trollop, sniffing around another dog's bum and she not even in her doggie memorial urn yet! I bet you give the Other Dog her toys, too. I hope the new bitch chokes on them!

As the owner of a border collie mix (rescued and runt of the litter), I am highly datable since having Otter proves I'm the type of gal who values intelligence, loyalty, pig-headedness, a gleaming and well-groomed coat of fur, listening when I feel like it, having an affinity for farm animals, and establishing my…

The first :20 woulda been sweet with a Coppolan "Ride of the Valkyries"...

Good call. You might date someone, find out he's a real jerk, stay with him longer than you should because you love his kids, eventually dump him and move to another state, not see him for eight years and not contact him for the previous five, but yet one day he might still show up at your workplace [thanks, google]…

Not only is "no one making them look" - what business is it of theirs anyway? I'm 41 and mostly fit, but I have flaws (big thighs, flabby butt). I live by the ocean and it took me years to get ballsy enough to even GO to the beach, I was so self-conscious. But now, I think . . . what the hell did I waste all that time…

Yes, it is a tenacious porcine pet, isn't it?

Somewhere in the Universe - were it Merciful and Kind - Phoenix, Ledger, Dean, Renfro (in a small but important part) and the Lees are together in The Best Movie Ever...

"This old school mentality that a woman's sexuality is inherently intertwined with all of her accomplishments is tired and, quite frankly, bullshit."

Today is my 41st birthday and this article articulates much of what has been making me sad recently. I "chose" not to have children because of chronic depression since I was 14 (it wasn't really a choice, I just couldn't even take care of myself and thus couldn't imagine having kids). So now that I'm doing better my…

Yes, this is mirrored in the phrase I read in an old book: "he was a life-long bachelor" which lends mystery and dignity to the man's choice not to wed or have kids. But we all know the old phrase for women in the same circumstances: old maid...

My older brother is gay, in a state that doesn't allow adoptions even if he did want kids. So, it falls to me and at 41 (today) it's most likely not going to happen. I'm feeling so much guilt that my parents, who love toddlers, may never get grandkids, will never have that experience they obviously desire so much. The…