I'm guessing the Snowpocalypse was under way when this photo shoot took place.

Lab-wolfhound? Wow. Breed the calmest most laid-back breed to one of the most energetic nutball breeds. I'm guessing awesome is the result, actually. If I had the right home set-up, I would foster old wolfhounds. Yeah, they don't live long, but I like their attitude. "Squirrel! Ok, that was fun, now I think I'll nap…

I know, that's a new one. Whatever happened to the drop or two of rum in the baby bottle?

When I was younger and had more hair people said I looked like Jesus. (As in, I was far-less-good-looking version of the look Jared Leto sports.) My response was "No, Jesus was a Middle Eastern Jew of the first century. He would have been darker then me, shorter than me." Real Jesus would probably be sent to…

Sure, and my grandmother was an Armstrong, and very keen on her Scottish heritage. But a lot of folks are clueless. My own family name is very rare, and I only recently learned it is "probably Scottish." But there's a possibility it's French. This is what happens when your ancestors came over three centuries ago.…

She's a particular breed of daywalker. Mirrors do in fact capture her reflection, but only when she stands very still. It takes a while to fade once she starts moving.

My response to the people who say you need God to have a moral compass, the obvious response is that, if I could prove them to them there was no God, would they then start killing and robbing at will? Most of them would not, of course - it strikes as a very weak moral position to say, "I do this because I am told to,…

Where do you live? I grew up in the Deep South. While I take no joy in bashing religion, the notion that we are supposed to be quiet, smiling punching bags for the more enthusiastic atheist bashers (some of whom have their very own cable channels) also strikes me as wrong.

Well, being members of one of the most despised groups in America, some of us feel the need to band together. I don't go to those meetings, but I support them.

Ok, once more with feeling. The question here is what does "American" ancestry mean in context of this map? The OP equated it with Scots-Irish, which is mostly true, but the reason that white people in that part of the country would answer "American" instead of "Scots-Irish" or something else is that most of them have…

Meaning - that the people listed as "American" are largely folks whose ancestors came from Europe in the 1600s and 1700s - hence most of them don't know and don't really care about their European ancestry. They don't identify with it, they only identify as "white Americans," as they don't have a Greek grandmother or…

It's something of a stereotype, but it is also one that has played out many times, that some of the loudest homophobes have in fact turned out to be closet cases.

Can't help but notice the bunny and eggs in that one graphic. Remind me again which Bible verse that tradition comes from? "And the Lord commanded them to paint brightly colored eggs and have children hunt for them; And since some people are dense about symbolism, He did command them to think about the bunnies, and do…

True, but also a lot of these folks' ancestors came over so long ago, they don't know about them or identify with them.

This is the region I and most of my ancestors are from. A lot of whites with roots in that territory are from families that have been there so long they have no sense or even knowledge of their European ancestry. That big wave of European immigrants that hit the US in the late 19th and early 20th century did not come…

Anybody who obsesses that much about homosexuality, well.....I'm not saying he's a closet case. That would be cheap and easy. Very easy.

It's right there in the Constitution. Article (mumble-mumble), Section (mumble): NO COOTIES!

Very cute. But never forget - bunnies are evil. Don't ever turn your back on them. They are not to be trusted.

It depends. How close of a friend to Antonin Scalia are you?

Ok, the big guy is major win. :)