I find the viewpoint this documents as disturbing as the viewpoint being shown on TLC's new "omg freakish adult virgins" show. Slut if you do, freak if you don't. I'm about ready to just go break my hymen with a sharp stick so I won't fit in either category. (not really)

I've got mad spacial skills. I can navigate with only a brief glance at a map and if I get lost I don't need to stop and look at said map again very often. I can maneuver my car quite well too. Got it from a father that was psychotic about making me get good at driving a Rodeo Isuzu before giving it to me and from…

Yes! That sure didn't take long to happen.

For something so expensive, that clock looks really cheap. Like something I'd pick up at Odd Lots next to the perfume that could drop a yak.

YESSSSS. This is fantastic. I personally keep quiet at work because it's none of their business that I have a girlfriend and that she's trans. I never talked about my boyfriends when I was still trying (and failing) at dating men, so it's not too much of a stretch to not talk about my girlfriend. My girlfriend is…

The reason I am upset about these ads is because there is a large set of things I should not do in the name of 'safety' because I am a woman. That is the ONLY difference between myself and a male coworker who routinely questions why I'm not okay doing some of the stuff he does. Because he's a man. He is safe from a…

Is there a legitimate reason she couldn't have been wearing jeans and a t-shirt underneath the tent? The cynical side of me asks if this would have made headlines if she had.

If I hear a child crying on the plane I feel bad for the kid, the parents, and the other passengers: in that order. My ears never popped when I was a kid and it hurt like hell on planes. I'd sit there and cry silently for the entire flight and even then, people would give my dad the evil eye for daring to take his…

I'm just kind of laughing at this, as my birth control was the subject of office talk today, in hushed voices, briefly. My doctors are trying something new and the coworkers wanted a refresher on 'how the hell this all started, anyway', which meant bringing up birth control. I hope they don't use my case as the…

That's what I kept saying about my roommate. Nine months later and he's still around. I've gone past "JUST DUMP THE ASSHOLE ALREADY" to "I'm moving out." I figured since she was rebounding from a broken engagement.... but no.

I think I have some people I should inform about this... I know of a small group of people that use the Donate button as a way of saying 'if you like what I'm making here and want to leave a tip, push this button.' I shall have to go warn them that they may want to pull those buttons.

I was just about to say something like this. Their guidelines are as clear as mud.

Lynn Jones, you are my heroine. Now set up a PayPal donation account so we can help you out while you're out of work.

I had a British friend explaining how she made fruitcake last night. She starts hers around July. I sincerely wish she were making some this year because it sounds freaking amazing. Nuts and dried fruit held together by months worth of booze? YES.

Thanks! And congrats on your own home too!

Utilities are going to be transferred from the current owner to me. I'll have to move internet over myself, but I've done that before. I don't have a landline or cable TV, so I don't have to worry about those.

Thanks for the advice! I was out of town this weekend so I didn't get to it until today. I do have some noise-isolating headphones and they do a pretty good job, but they don't cancel out all of it. The popular idea seems to be 'get a roomba' and the idea of having that thing chasing my pets around while I'm not…

I'm buying my first house. I've got the inspection done and am waiting on the bank to approve my loan and do the appraisal. Tentative closing is the 28th. It's a 1,600 sq ft bilevel with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bath and a fantastic back deck - it's elevated and extends down to the master bedroom so you can walk straight…

That is so terrible! Your poor dog... I just don't understand how people can do that to dogs. I'm so glad he's doing better now though and has a good home.

Getting teary-eyed here. Working dogs have a special spot in my heart. I'm just glad they're getting treated for this instead of just tossed aside like some people do with their pets. I look forwards for a day when there is no need for soldiers and military dogs, so people and dogs alike don't have to go through…