Tulalip either sounds like a brand of chapstick marketed towards girls that has the consistency of vasoline mixed with sand and tastes like cherry cough syrup, or something that would be definitely NSFW.

I have to disagree. I've never been the recipient of an expensive gift, but I've seen friends agonize over how to handle the situation and it has never looked good. My mother was once given an engagement ring on her first date - how the hell do you reject that without driving him over the edge into…

How about "embarrassed to be seen with you"? That was my last attempt at a date. Once my disorder flared up he was GONE. I had to call out for him to slow down and not walk so fast because I couldn't keep up. And then he called back weeks later asking for a second date and then demanded to know why I refused. Um,…

That is interesting. I haven't had that happen to me yet, but I imagine when/if it does, it'll be pretty creepy. I wonder if Google+ is going to get a bad rep with women because the stalking is no longer covert and it'll give the impression of being less secure than Facebook. I hope not. I'm enjoying Google+ so…

Eh... I'll get a real camera one of these days. It's on my list of things to do. I hate the crappy quality of my cellphone camera, but it's so convenient I haven't set aside the money for a real camera yet.

I love how happy the woman looks in the second picture there.

That's a nice way of doing things! I'm not really one to give away books, so something like that never even remotely occurred to me.

Hmm, I haven't heard that study. I haven't noticed a difference in retention though. I usually read a couple books at a time and I've been able to flip back and forth without backtracking. Now, if I were reading reference books, I'd think I prefer those in paper format, as the kindle can't mimic flipping through…

How fast do you finish books? Personally, I started Water for Elephants and had it finished less than 24 hours later. Paper books become the biggest pain in the ass at that point, because you have to carry a dedicated bookbag when traveling, and every time you move you have to pack and haul that entire library with…

Sony makes e-readers?

My parents do a lot of work with a church in the low-income part of the city. One of the biggest problems they see is that a lot of people don't have transportation. Public transportation simply isn't adequate and the nearest Kroger's is out of reach. Walking isn't a feasible option. I did the whole 'walk to the…

Augh. It's stories like this that make me wish I could be a foster parent. I'm not cut out for younger kids and I'm not sure how I'd do with older kids, but I'd at least be better than that!

If I ever start a charity, it's going to be this: instead of receiving food stamps, low-income families can opt to be partnered with a sponsor family of similar size. When the sponsor family goes grocery shopping they buy two of everything and the extra groceries go to the low-income family. It'll relieve them of…

Researchers making a decision based on ethics to help more people... manufacturer allowing generic versions so more people can access it... my faith in humanity is restored. Well-done all around.

That is a beautiful name, thank you for posting that. I had no idea.

Does this mean their Android app will start working again too? I've stopped listening to Pandora entirely because of that thing.

My dad always told me to not use my car to jump someone else's, as (according to him) it ran a bit differently and was harder to jump than a normal. Now that I've got a normal car... I still don't know how to jump a car. I just let someone that does know how take over.

Oh good, a Scadian that'll understand the part of the story I left out! (too much exposition needed or else I would have included it)

Sometimes I wonder if the data cap isn't a way to kill off Netflix, since people are ditching their cable subscriptions in favor of it. After all, why else wouldn't they just use a pay-per method, where they wouldn't lose subscribers in situations like described and still make money?

Story time. I'm part of a medieval reenactment group that does fighting as one of the many, many things to get involved in. We use full armor and rattan sticks. It is insanely fun and I just got back into it last weekend after two years of being out for medical reasons.