Honestly, I think that the jury may have been horse-trading a bit where the majority will accept the not guilty on the predatory charges to get the holdouts to agree to guilty on these other charges.

I’ve worked in restaurants for years, and have seen so many people change diapers on bare tables in restaurants.  All of the places I’ve worked have had changing tables in the bathrooms and ALL of these parents have been offended when asked to use them.  

All due respect to your past assault (I have been assaulted too so I get it) but two of your worst flights were sitting next to larger people? Sounds like you should just pay for more room if you can’t tolerate people touching you... it’s incredibly uncomfortable for them- they don’t want to get into your personal…

I was on a Southwest* flight with my mom and we had taken aisle seats across from each other. A mother, let’s call her Chloe, with about a 2 year old child sat down in the window and middle seats next to my mom.

You win and I saw someone die on a plane once.

Note to all of us who “never really catch colds or flus” — yes I am one of you:

Do you really think your run of the mill strip clubber would recognize Constance Wu?

For me it’s just sitting at a high top. It puts my body in fight-or-flight mode. “Am I staying to eat a while or am I halfway on my way to standing up and walking out of here?!” I can’t relax.

I love eating alone. And one of my favorite things about it is reading a good book while I eat. Welcome to the 21st century! There are these wonderful devices such as e-readers, tablets, and phones, all of which allow you to read a book while you eat! They can usually be easily propped up with a salt shaker or some…

I don’t understand why people talk about soaking beans as if it’s some type of hassle. You put some beans in a bowl and cover them with water. After the requisite soak time you drain and rinse them. It’s about a minutes work. What’s the problem?

The Rancho Gordo pintos on the left tasted almost exactly like fresh, straight-off-the-vine green beans. As for how it is possible to taste this sort of freshness in a dried bean, I can only theorize that maybe Steve Sando is not just a pope, but also a wizard.

THANK YOU.

Is there ever a good time for cruising. Environmental nightmare combined with a closed system that makes any viral outbreak a health nightmare, and trapped with thousands of people on a ship to nowhere?

Damn. I just listened to the latest Dear Prudence podcast and was wondering wtf happened that Danny was suddenly estranged from his whole family right before his wedding. Obviously the rest of his family has taken the father’s side‽ ugh

Some of them work and lead to interesting interpretations—I kind of like the idea of making Frankenstein’s monster black, as it highlights the themes the story is already telling.

I grew up in a small town, we had one public school and one private Catholic school, but we shared the same buses. I remember being a (public school) kid and thinking “wow, all of these girls must be huge Britney Spears fans to dress up like her every day.” It wasn’t until several years later that I realized I was an…

The thing about Bake Off is that there’s no prize. You just win. And that’s it. You won. There’s no monetary or other kind of objective career advancement. Plus, they don’t live together, in some kind of forced artificial arrangement that will allow tensions or hard feelings to be created outside of the competition. 

I went to see my doctor yesterday for depression. I’m not sure if the nurse couldn’t help herself or it’s a state law or some shit, but after we did all the check in stuff, as she was leaving the room, she told me my BMI and that “diet and exercise was recommended.”

It makes me sick that this show is back on the air.

Aww, pumpkin, let’s find y’all a hobby that’s not silently judging fat people, you li’l creeper!