I got burned pretty badly by mentors. The ones I had as an intern were fantastic, but after that it was not good. My first mentor was assigned by my boss and he believed women shouldn't be working in male-dominated fields. He had an even lower opinion about people with disabilities and would tell me things like I…

Also a no-no: do not use a fake id as an intern on company outings. Definitely do not do so when seated at a table at the bar next to HR, who hired you, and thus knows your age. No, I did not do this as I was over 21 at the time. The other interns, however, did.

Love Helena Bonham Carter's outfit. It's just fun. And I have to confess - I kind of like those open-toed boots. I don't own any, but for some reason I just like them.

His reasoning is dumb, I agree. I don't mind single sex dorms either. My dorm had two half-and-half floors and one all-female, one all-male floor. I was on the all-female floor and I was pretty comfortable there. It was before I got truly comfortable with other people seeing my body, so having that atmosphere of…

The thing that bothers me the most about my faith is that we're taught not to say anything bad about other Christians, because of some stupid interpretation of 'judge not' and 'plank in your own eye', that -anything- said ill of another is 'not Christian'. I take serious issue with that because it allows things like…

I'm right there with you. I'm terribly paranoid about my poor dog, I can't imagine what kind of mother I'd be. The neurotic kind, I'm sure.

I get super-judgy when a baby cries on the plane. I judge the people judging the parents. People need to just pop some headphones on and appreciate the fact that they're old enough to pop their ears so they're not in pain for the entire flight.

I've said it once, and I'm saying it again because that's all I can think of with this case anymore. Special hell. Dear God please let there be a special hell.

You know the other thing I'm noticing? We're using a lot of language we typically use to point out how criminal abusers behave. They groom, they target... my own first boss exhibited such behavior where he isolated me from people that could help. Kind of chilling if you think about it - is the workplace a socially…

It's incredible how a bad boss can hurt someone. When I got out of college I had both a terrible boss and an adult-onset disability. I used to set out extra food and water for the cats so they could go a couple days without anyone around in case I decided to just go ahead and OD on my meds and kill myself. I was…

I kind of feel that we're all one big community. Part of that is because I went through so many diagnosis: seizure, myoclonus, dystonia, crazy, before they settled on PNKD. Movement disorders are just so poorly understood that our labels are more like... descriptions. I just tell people that PNKD translates to 'you…

I have a paroxysmal dyskinesia. One of the symptoms is dystonia. I know what you're talking about - some days I can do anything, other days I cannot walk or hold a fork.

Oh my goodness, that sounds TERRIBLE! You mean your parents didn't indulge in your every whim? They actually claimed to know what was best for you due to age and experience and then ACTED on it? I'm so sorry. I don't know how you managed to mature into a stable adult.

Please tell me how you do this. That is an incredible difference and I want to know how.

Regarding your third thought... I'd be tempted to put money on them using the sexual harassment women face as an episode plotline, the gist of which is "OH GOD AM I GAY NOW!?"

So I was listening to Irish music on Pandora one day and this song comes on and I'm listening to lyrics and realize it's talking about a woman being kidnapped because she wouldn't marry the guy. The song goes on to tell how he tried to rape her, but she fought him off all night and in the morning told him to be a man…

They're relying on herd immunity. So their kid is too precious to "risk" but they want everyone else to "risk" their kids for them.

I wasn't aware 'imbecile' was a religion now. Interesting.

Hey, it's not THEIR kids who are at risk. *gags*

I'm right there with you. Logically, I'm okay with humane animal testing but I certainly don't like it emotionally. I think it's because the animals can't consent, they can't say 'sure, go ahead and stick a needle in me and take my blood' like humans can. I guess the best we can do is make sure the animals are…