It's a bad decision that she kept making over and over again, perpetuating the lie. I imagine she got caught up in the attention but it was a truly harmful lie (for Oberst and sexual assault survivors).

Yep, they can travel with them just like any other service dog. Some other commenters have pointed out that they are more common for PTSD now than in the past (oftentimes for returned soldiers). The girl I knew actually had a little coat for hers that had a little strap (in addition to the service harness), she wore…

I have previously worked in disability services and have seen dogs used for anxiety and agoraphobia, even in case workers for other agencies. Those dogs may be smaller than a traditional "seeing eye dog" or seem more informal but they are still trained and registered as service animals. I have also seen dogs used…

I had someone do that not too long again at my part-time job. Only it was, "Why are you here? You seem to good for this and are better composed than everyone else."

Thanks for trying to "rescue" me, dude. I don't owe you my resume or justification for my job. (Master's degree, two professional certificates and a…

There's a dive bar here that has a picture of woman pointing next door on the men's room & a man pointing to the ladies room on the men's room. If drunk people can figure that shit out then I feel pretty good that people can figure out a gender neutral stall.

If you're talking local, you have to add the fries at Gernika.

The Food Lab has never failed me!

My cat does that every time I wear flared yoga pants. That batting instinct is strong.

I will be sure to alert my boyfriend that it's officially okay to have sex with 42 year old me. Which is good, considering that it happened this morning.

Exactly. Plus 'curating' drives me batshit crazy. I am impressing no one.

Just reading that horrifies me. I have had strong anxiety reactions to buildings before, thank goodness you paid attention!

I feel so close to you all now. Whereas before I was just the curmudgeon who was annoyed as all-hell at Forrest Gump.

I couldn't send the book to a friend fast enough, I wanted it out of my house. It's a good thing I didn't have my Kindle yet. I am not sure if I can stifle the hatred enough to see the movie. Maybe. But there had better be wine involved.

You missed nothing. My bff (a writing professor) and I laughed our way through this thing. And we laughed at the girl at the theater who had obviously seen it about 10 times and STILL insisted on clutching at her boyfriend and shriek sobbing before anything happened. It was sadly hysterical.

It's the new Wil Wheaton/Nathan Fillion holding twine!

The theme song would have to be the Old 97's 'Murder or a Heart Attack' ("And the whole damn complicated situation could've been avoided if I'd only shut the window...but I'm leaving the back door open til you come home again").

I can't speak to the college portion of the piece since I didn't go to school here but I do live in one of those towns. If we just want to speak to the town itself, I agree that it's pretty great. Not for the reasons GQ mentioned but there are other good things. The university has issues, as always, and has brought…

Well clearly she *can* be racist...

I like you so much already...

But Craig Ferguson and Kristen Bell are so funny together!