Why not dislike the behavior, rather than the person? You might not like looking at people who are dressed a certain way, but why not acknowledge that they may have other aspects of their personality that you might like?

I can't - between the pitch and the spinning I disliked it instantly. But who knows, maybe it will grow on me?

That comment and the one referring to his former girlfriends as notorious really annoyed me. They don't have the same platform for expressing themselves- who's to say they aren't interesting? And what about dating Clooney brings notoriety? is the assumption that they're floozies or gold diggers?

Yes. Or maybe there was subliminal content that brainwashed us - something to back up all that stealth marketing and the internet scavenger hunts.

I remember during the first season everyone was talking about how shitty it would be if it turned out they were all either: dead, or dreaming, or in purgatory. Then people got way into it and didn't really care because they just wanted to find out what the hell was going on. Then it ended and I wanted to punt my TV…

I just read what I assume is the source material for this post, the NYT article about the bulletin. I know there's a lot of conflicting information out there, and that article isn't helping anything - it's full of generalizations and information gaps, not the least of which is the author's oxymoronic phrase, "women…

I think the whole article reads like it was written by someone who doesn't have any personal experience of or knowledge about menopause. Then I read her source material, the NYT article about the bulletin, and I know why - it's full of generalizations and information gaps, not the least of which is the author's…

I volunteered at the North Central LA shelter for nearly 2 years. I worked with the cats, not dogs, but from what I saw there were private shelters taking animals within the first 72 hours. I came in twice a week and there were many animals I never saw because they came and went during my days off. A lot of animals go…

I volunteered at the city animal shelter in central Los Angeles for almost 2 years and they would let some private shelters come pick out animals within the first 72 hours if the city had too many animals to house. Sometimes the cages get filled up and they either have to farm them out or start putting animals down.

I see what you're saying and I agree- 16 weeks is probably too soon to know the extent of many fetal abnormalities. And the quote I found regarding 20+ week a abortions was focused more on specific abortion procedures.

I think maybe you misread the quote. It says, "...in the majority of cases, the procedure is performed on a healthy mother and healthy fetus that is 20 weeks or more..." Meaning that abortions at 20+ weeks are mostly not health-related. And as Violet Baudelaire points out the reasons women opt for these later term…

Yes! Also, the number of women who were afraid to tell their family or were outright pressured not to have an abortion is also really sad. Not surprising, but still sad.

What surprises me most about that data is the part where it says that the vast majority of women getting abortions at 16+ weeks were for reasons not involving their health or the health of the fetus. That's backed up in this article stating, "Ron Fitzsimmons, executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion…

Thank you. It's really unsettling to hear that term used in a pro-choice context.

I'm stuck on how he could say "may I ask" while at the same time asking.

I think that's James Astronaut - although I don't know who he is other than they refer to him in this article as an artist. She definitely outshines him in this ad, whoever he is. He doesn't really even look like he was in the same photo shoot, as if they just pasted him into the image as an afterthought.

Don't forget dogs. So many dog owners insist on letting their dogs off leash in parks and wilderness areas, turning a blind eye to the dog's behavior. It's not just all the shitting and chasing/killing small animals. Dog scent is perceived by other animals as that of a predator and accordingly, wherever dogs go they…

My questions, too. I wonder if maybe the diet isn't working because there's no way to enforce a super low-cal diet on someone who feels like they're starving - unless they can keep her under constant watch. Especially a child, who probably doesn't have the impulse control and self-awareness that a more mature person…

Yes - after has got to be worse than before. At least on the 24th people aren't partied out yet.

I think his point is "pay attention to me!"