My (perhaps outdated) understanding is that collies are one of the breeds that has been bred for show dog qualities in recent times, and that collies from those gene pools don't have the smartness that characterizes most sheepdogs. Could be wrong, though.

Co-signed!

True pre-caffeine story: I skimmed through and thought I saw "Josh Malina passed away" and had a panic moment about my favorite pair from Scandal. DABBY FOREVER.

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who has no idea how to properly pluralize that word.

That's a thing? That people do?

Perpetual grossness machine!

Yep.

100% agreed. I like the business model, and the ability to throw my money at the very specific things I want.

Where, indeed. :(

Threads like these are why I keep reading Jezebel. Just a statement of general admiration.

I have the weirdest ladyboner right now.

If someone forced me to pick a role in that situation... man, I just couldn't, even theoretically. How universally horrible.

Thanks for posting this. It's excellent food for thought. I'll probably spend a good portion of the day chasing my tail mentally over the rights of defendants to a fair trial versus the damage done by defenses like this one, but I don't see that as a bad thing, honestly. It's worth thinking about.

And I'm imagining your namesake replying, which means your reply makes me extra-happy. High five!

I think the most telling quote is about using "femininity to intoxicate men". It's the same old responsibility-shedding bullshit we've heard all our lives. It's not the poor dudes' faults, they were just bewitched by feminine wiles! Can't hold a poor fella responsible, right?

Does anyone else find the Britney item weirdly poignant? Like, I dunno, I'm glad she found a piece of art that speaks to her. Sometimes a person really needs that.

I love Peeps and licorice too. Unite!

Wait, so who is The Most Important Baby of Our Time? Is it Blue Ivy or the ProtoQueen? Inquiring minds want to know!

Yeah, that's true. Sometimes those stories are the most memorable bits of jobs gone past, really.

I sort of love you for doing that to the people who demand smiles, haha. But I feel bad for telemarketers, really. It's a shitty job that very few people would choose unless they were hard up for employment, and "hard up for employment" describes a lot of people these days. I bet they HATE their jobs. :(