Yeeeeah that was pretty much me in highschool. The guys would try to steal my disk and copy my code, so I'd embed stuff in there that they hadn't learned yet so the teacher would know they didn't write it themselves, in case they succeeded - and they did, and they got caught. I took independent studies in my junior…

I don't find it so bothersome to be included in that 'we', personally. I think it's a bit healthy to have to step back every once and a while and consider whether or not I'm directly or indirectly contributing to something harmful. I took the article as a call to mentally clean the closet and make sure everything is…

I am torn. On one hand, I lost interest at the word "Tazo" (I can buy and brew my own Tazo, thank you). On the other hand, I am intrigued by the loose leaf. I think I'd be willing to give it a try, but if it's just warming up water and dumping in the teabag - forget it. And they better have a good variety of tea,…

This sounds like a nice idea. I've always felt a bit uncomfortable going to the gym even as a slender woman. Now that I've got a disability I wouldn't dare set foot in a normal gym because I'm just too self-conscious - I wonder if a safe space based on weight could also extend to other sets of people who would feel…

That's awesome. I know there's a couple shelters around here that place animals with inmates, but it's more of a foster program than service animal programs. The men's prison I visited to teach at once had a couple prison cats. The one I met had this ridiculous name like Princess Boffins something something…

Borrowing wheelchairs... that's just disgusting. I "got" to cut to the front of the line at an airport once because my disorder was acting bad enough that no one wanted me walking and an employee brought a wheelchair... I was in tears because I was so embarrassed. I felt like everyone was staring and thinking,…

I'm just going to sit here and quietly rage. It's appalling enough what they did, but the ignorance they're displaying is incredible in this day and age. My dog gets mistaken for a service dog all the time, simply because she's a golden retriever walking next to someone with a disability. No harness, no jacket,…

I was hypnotized by a friend while in college once. He put about four of us into it and did things like tell us a penny on the floor is worth a million dollars but we can't get it off the floor. It was pretty hilarious when we came out of it and my friends were telling me how I was about ready to take the carpet…

I confess I get all teary-eyed at the thought of a single dad, or any dad that is committed to raising his kids. It's cause I'm such a daddy's-girl though, my own dad has been so awesome that I've got one hell of a bias.

I think you do have a right to be offended as well. It's incredibly degrading to anyone with a disability - what, do we grade them now? It's okay to have THIS disability but not THIS one, you're better off dead if you're that way - is that what people are saying when they say that? Why don't they just pat us on the…

I agree, the ban is inexcusable. That's what pisses me off - I suppose I can buy their reasoning for why some of the legislators would find her words offensive. Their reasoning - even though it's shabby and stupid - I'll buy, just for the sake of being able to ask then why did it merit a ban? I think there's a lot…

Okay... I'm still pretty suspicious on this reasoning, but I guess I can see it. I can see why this may be an issue, maybe it came across as a personal attack on some of the legislators or something. Trying to be generous with the reasoning here. But I cannot wrap my head around a ban, much less an indefinite ban. …

Is it a blanket ban of any kind of advocacy whatsoever? So if someone were to pose for a picture knowing that it would be part of a "hug more puppies" campaign while in uniform, that would get a reprimand? And if someone took a picture of someone in uniform hugging a puppy and put it on the pro-puppy-hugging…

I'm really surprised that such a thing exists - especially indefinably. Seriously? What is this bullshit? Why are they even allowed to do that to anyone?

If this show hasn't featured a house that smells like feral cats have been spraying the vacant rooms because the owners didn't think to lock the pet door when they moved out... than I have nothing to relate to with it.

I became a morning person when I realized that getting out of the door sooner means less traffic in my commute and I get to leave work earlier. It does make me very happy. I revert back to my night owl ways for the weekends though.

"Did I just ruin Brian Presley's life via twitter?"

We do, you can leave your baby with police, fire, or hospital I believe. I know a couple that adopted a baby that was left at the hospital. It was a very long and difficult process though, as apparently the courts don't want to give anything more than custody to non-blood relatives. Threatened to take the girl away…

So... when I have a movement fit (they look like seizures) my dog comes over, lays down next to me, and tries to hold me still with her paws. If she can succeed in pinning my arms down she'll sit there and lick my hands until the fit is over. If she starts acting anxious and won't leave my side, my friends assume…

I have never worn a skirt suit in my life. But I work in IT, and just showing up in a suit at all is raising the bar on interviews.