The commercial issue isn't as black and white as you're portraying it. What about "women helpless/man competent" ones? I can think of quite a few like that and they're not overt in their message. It's subtle. There's one that my company airs that I despise for how it treats the woman in the commercial - the car…

@Hestika - That's funny, I've never had a cop bust into the back window of my house and steal my brother's Nintendo.

Exactly. My guess is why they've gone for the low-hanging fruit is either because the real incriminating stuff either doesn't exist or they don't have the talent necessary to get to it.

Makes sense to me. I've worked in a couple different places and so far, the ones that both respect and include women tend to function better. I include the 'respect' part because one team included a handful of women - a fairly good amount for IT - but they were managed differently, had to fight for the same…

Good to know my boobs are the most important thing I bring to the workforce. Fuck that.

Civil disobedience? Not sure if that's what you're looking for but it's all that's coming to mind right now.

All I can ever think of when someone talks of going to Mars is ice skating on the canals. (don't tell me otherwise! You'll crush a childhood fantasy!) I blame my father for this. He read me Red Planet when I was six.

My dislike of Facebook is enough to make me want to try Google+. I love being able to connect with friends, hate the shitty UI and myriad of other features that make me feel like I'm on a slightly more mature version of MySpace that drinks boxed wine and drives a tricked out car with spinners.

As a Christian, my take-away from that entire scenario is that society has a responsibility to provide and support mothers in any form, including unwed and young. In Mary's day, that would have been a husband. In our day, that may be prenatal care, workplaces that don't penalize women for being pregnant, etc, etc.

I'm going camping. In August. I'm not terribly heat-tolerant. Aside from drinking lots of water and sitting in the shade, is there anything else I can do? What about cooling my tent?

Ever since I realized that Mary was an unwed pregnant teenager I giggle whenever someone starts ranting about penalizing pregnant teens.

I used to be on a medication that made me extremely drowsy and it was a constant struggle to stay awake at work. I'd inadvertently make use of method 2 simply because I was drugged out of my mind until my boss found out and was concerned. Took short-term disability leave, withdrew off those meds (they were…

Well said! I went from a 1994 Rodeo Isuzu to a 2009 Honda Fit and found all those little features you described in your first paragraph to be a wonderful and welcome change. They did not distract from the driving experience and even enhanced it by giving me more control over the car and my driving.

I'm not a fan of gadgets in my car. Call me old-fashioned cranky grandma, but I want a simple bare-bones car. Music and AC are my luxuries. I don't even drive an automatic transmission. I enjoy the feel of driving, I enjoy the physical engagement of the clutch, and when I drive I want to be focused on my driving…

It's not that easy to keep up with a mob. People moving everywhere, panicking, shoving. It gets hard to keep your footing. Personally, if I wound up stuck in a situation like that, I'd take being knocked over by the police and left behind over staying with the mob. I'm too tiny to hold my own in a mass of people,…

I find it rather disturbing that people would fixate on a woman being exposed when she is potentially injured. It's why I don't wear skirts.

That would take balls though. This is easier.

My only goal for when I turn 30 is to have reconciled myself to my adult-onset disorder and stop being so bitter about it. I've got three and a half years. I'm making decent progress, I hope. This year will be the first year I've gone on vacation since I got it and I swear I will accept my friend's stipulations…

Or use a G-Tab which has such a poor viewing angle range that only one person can easily see what's on the screen at a time. I had my movie all to myself.

I was being sarcastic. :) Hard to convey over the internet, I know, but I gave it my best attempt. I've yet to have a bad run-in with authority - yes, that includes the TSA, police officers, and even FBI agents. It's probably because I'm: female, white, and look really young.