Try not to worry about it. It’ll probably go fine. Some women do have bad experiences, but for most it doesn’t get worse than mildly unpleasant; it’s just that it's not something to make a woman do for no reason. If you’re happy about the pregnancy it’ll probably be an overall good experience. (The first time I had…

That bug is kinda cute. I think he should be something more disgusting, like one of these guys:

From what my friends in Madison tell me, part of the problem is that they keep running people against him that nobody likes.

Yup. I remember the ultrasound tech pointing out various aspects of my daughter’s anatomy while I lay there and thought, “Okay, if you say so! Looks like a gray blur to me!”

I’m finding all this outrage somewhat mystifying. Yes, it’s rude to propose during somebody’s wedding reception; it’s rude to propose publicly, period. But it’s far from being the end of the world. If somebody had done something like this at my wedding, it would not have ruined my day.

What’s wrong with a small, simple wedding? My parents (who will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in August) got married in a judge’s chambers with only a few people present. Afterwards they had a small party at their apartment (they were already living together; yes, people did that in the 1950’s). There’s one…

When you are a grownup, perhaps even with a child or two and a job, the only thing you will ever talk about with regard to summer is:

So if this helicopter mom gave her precious son a 6 pack of beer, he drank it and drunkenly stumbled and broke his leg, mommy is just as responsible for the break as her special snowflake? No.

Yeah, that’s pretty much where I am on this. I suppose the authorities are trying to make an example of these kids, but the flip side of that is that a punishment that’s out of proportion breeds resentment and distrust of the entire system, so it probably won’t even work as a deterrent.

That’s what I’m wondering. After I got to be about 13 I wouldn’t even wear a two-piece bathing suit.

Yes!!!

Are you asking about costume dramas, or more generally?

In case you want a better idea of what the paper actually says, the abstract and figures from the original article are here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal…

Exactly. Bad science reporting by Jezebel via Reuters.

Sexual selection is notoriously whimsical. It’s what gave us every weird secondary sexual characteristic in the animal kingdom.

Many people romanticize organic agriculture. But this article is about packaged, processed, nationally and internationally branded products. Many of these brands base their marketing on a story about a particular farm in a particular place, which is usually far away from the consumer — they tell you in their packaging…

According to the Guardian article, she was asked about it during a press conference. So she answered.

Hollywood isn’t responding solely to economic forces; it’s also shaping and manipulating them. Movies are a prime example of modern marketing, where the goal isn’t to find an existing need and meet it, but to create something and convince people they “need” it.

I don’t know anybody who equates “organic” with local.

It’s interesting to see how many of these brands have been bought by big companies just in the last few years.