Dang, you are good at making costumes! I know what you mean about not playing games for all the other stuff you can do... I love moddable games, but I know once I get into it I'll spend more time doing that than playing them.

Oh wow, I love it! Especially the sister of battle, holy crap she looks amazing. The year I dressed up was around the start of people doing cosplay for those cons, they didn't introduce a cosplay contest until a couple years later. The very few people that dressed up were pretty amateur, myself included. I really…

Jeez kid. Suck it up and go to a con where you'll be welcomed and loved. Disney has got good reasons to not let someone in that could be mistaken for their own actors. I can see why she'd be upset, but yikes... someone needs to give her a healthy dose of perspective. Have a good cry in your room and then move on.

I just cannot figure out how I feel about this. On one hand, I feel I should be horrified by this, but on the other hand... a helicopter cat. I think if he were to design a harness that a living cat could wear and fly in, then I'd be behind it 100%. I've had cats that liked to be swung about inside tote bags like a…

Good luck in college, kiddo. You're going to get exposed to all sorts of views and reconciling them with what your parents taught you is going to be hell. I predict at least two years of self-imposed misery with a strong streak of martyr syndrome, either leading to abandoning your views or clinging to them to the…

Not all, but I think it'd be very hard not to. One of the problems with super Christian households is they tend to extol the "all or nothing" mindset. I got lucky in that while I was raised in a super Christian household, my parents - especially my father - encouraged us to think and taught that the church isn't…

And God help you if you look young and vulnerable. I've always had massive over-protection instincts from my coworkers, save for that one place that shall not be named. My immediate team treats me with respect for my work though, because I'm smart and do all the difficult work around here. We've got a female boss…

The job I was the most comfortable at was when I interned at an oil refinery. Yeah, there were some concerns from my coworkers that I'd get stuff yelled at me when I followed them out into the refinery itself, but the only innuendo that occurred was stuff I could handle on my own, all ribbing and no further. I never…

I was often the only woman or one of a few at my classes at university, but aside from being far outnumbered, it wasn't so bad. I just 'clicked' with the boys somehow and in a couple classes wound up being the person they went to for help. I'm not sure how it would have been if I was the one needing help though. I…

Well, this is a timely article, Jez. Just earlier I was in a tech forum, craving some interaction with fellow developers. There was a discussion on how those evil minorities were taking jobs to fill some mystical quota. So I tried to explain that as a woman with a disability, I try and conceal my disability status…

Her glasses. I have the exact same frames. *happy dances*

Better than getting turned down for not bleeding fast enough! They don't find that out until almost at the end of the donation process, when you've got three people fussing with the needle trying to get the blood moving again. It's never a good sign when they warn you that 'this is going to really hurt.'

Is it O neg, by chance? Do they send you personalized emails and letters too? I swear I'm on a first-name basis with the donation drive organizer around here. "Hi, it's just me again, wondering if you'd like to show up for this drive here, it's real close to where you live and all!"

I'm not interested unless they have an "Internet Troll" flavor. Internet drama gets me through the day.

NO. Just NO. That is the most horrible thing I've heard in a long time. What an evil man.

I think I need to bake everyone 'thank you for not being a raging psychopath neighbor' cookies tonight. I must admit I kind of feel bad for her daughter. Can you imagine growing up in that kind of environment? Yikes.

I uh, wow. If you excuse me, I have some personal struggles of my own to go out and confront now. There isn't a single part in this video that isn't inspiring and amazing. I think the only reason I'm not bawling is because I'm too happy to cry after watching this.

Yeah, I'm a female in tech. I'm not knee-deep in it like I used to be, as I graduated from college with an adult-onset disability and my first job went to hell because of that. I'm a bit reluctant to claw my way back in with the hot-shot programmers because, well... I know I'm good, my coworkers are quite happy to…

I have my doubts about the casinos actually benefiting the schools. The entire thing has been pretty questionable to begin with, and that was the reason they gave for why everyone should vote to have them built. They keep touting the casinos as the magic bullet for fixing education and creating jobs in Ohio but…

Ah, it'll be fine! When that casino opens up in Cleveland, Ohio, they'll have plenty of money in the education system to hire those nurses right back!