The mental image of a JC Penny manager saying 'thank you' and walking away from someone mid-sentence makes me smile so much. That is how you handle things with class.

The amount of jitter and strobe light/color in that video was borderline seizure-trigger. I need to go lay down now.

I'm struggling with this bad right now. As much as it hurt, seeing her reaction when I told her I was gay was probably the best step, because it made me realize just how toxic her influence has been in my life. It's not that she's a terrible person, it's that her involvement has been controlling my life to the point…

Sometimes I wonder if we'd be better off finding why medical care is so danged expensive and fixing that, instead of trying to meet the costs by subsidizing existing programs.

It's amazing what sort of loyalty a company can gather when they treat people well! I'd imagine the benefits in employee retention and morale more than make up for the monetary expense of this bonus. It's funny, I had one of my employers lamenting that they just don't understand how the client I'm at retains such…

Haha, that is awesome! We went to prom but skipped the after-party in favor of watching all the Lord of the Rings movies at someone's house and falling asleep on the sofas in our prom dresses. Seems to be a bit of a trend around here.

Both my prom dresses (we did junior/senior prom) were about $30 as well, bought off the Sear's clearance rack. One of my friends scored her dress for $8. A mom did our hair, we drove our own cars there, a dad did our photography. It was great how little money we all spent on it.

You are so not alone. The IV med I always had to be given burns when it's injected, so I could always feel it traveling through my blood because there'd be this burning spreading under my skin wherever it went. Guuuuuh I am so glad that stage of my life seems to be over!

IVs make me want to crawl out of my skin and run for the hills. I just can't get over the thought of having something inside my veins like that and I've had one too many 'whoops' moments with people trying to start IVs. The worst was in an emergency situation and the paramedic blew the vein. Thankfully, a very kind…

In fourth grade my teacher told me I was stupid and didn't belong in advanced math. (she'd make fun of another girl for her weight) I was so upset I finally threw up and another teacher had to step in to make her stop bullying me. I didn't get another A in math until we moved to another state four years later. Now…

I personally try and give locally, as I feel very strongly about using my money to improve the community. I do tend to give to churches a lot as a result, as I've found a couple that are very good at using their money for helping others instead of themselves. One church is in the low-income part of town and they've…

I can't even read the title without crying. I've just been on a hair-trigger about this stuff... I just see someone in uniform and I start crying. A couple I know had a son that went through this exact scenario, except he didn't make it home. I gotta stop there, I'm already choking back tears, I don't want to have…

I hope someone is asking why this person has 22 dogs, and if it's for a sketchy reason, that those dogs are not returned to him/her and find good homes.

My last move went really well. But right now I'm in a bit of a bind. I've got a heavy three-piece sectional sofa with recliners in two of the pieces in the garage. Bought it at a place that doesn't deliver and the guy that helped transport it to my house wasn't enough help to carry it upstairs - I'm too weak. I…

I was inside a men's prison for 8 hours on Saturday as part of a group going in for an educational event with the inmates. Everyone was incredibly polite and respectful, but the bathrooms terrified me. The inmates bathroom had windows all along the wall and no stall walls. The staff one at least had a door. I kept…

Music truck. That is brilliant, hilarious, and I love it.

I sincerely hope those quotes were taken out of context. Please, someone tell me they were taken out of context.

I have heard that some schools are requiring a computer ethics class for their CS students now. My own school did not require it, but it was offered. Yes, there is such a thing as being an ethical developer. This app is not an example of an ethical developer. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you…

I guess my time as a commenter has come to an end then. It's been good chatting with you all, but I've been on this site less and less as of late and this is enough to push me off for good. Even if I trusted Gawker to keep our identities separate (I don't) I wouldn't do it. I dislike being forced to associate…

Oh god, one of the bloodhound puppies that were across the street from my first apartment had that happen. They were all screaming and myself and my roommate were trying to get it free while the mother was attacking us from the other side of the fence. We got him free and then sat and talked to the mom until she…