I use their products because I go to a conference that they sponsor, and I leave with a year's supply of goops.

I could get with it if "fairness treatment" had to do with ending systemic sexism rather than whitening skin.

You should be flattered. You must have that natural beauty they're always looking for.

The Pulitzer-winning story on this subject is absolutely heartbreaking and terrifying. Terrifying because it could happen to anyone. (This case is different - the mother made the choice to leave her children in the car. Many people do it without realizing).

This makes me embarrassed just to look at it.

What are you going to believe, photos and evidence, or your own medieval notions?

We had some local folks who were meth freaks and sitting in a car by a lake. The cops showed up, so they somehow had the genius idea to ask the cops to search the car for a large spider they had seen. The cops found their meth stash. Good thinking, folks.

Oh humanity. You're so very odd.

When you go into space, watch out for that damned sun. It's always moving around and getting in the way!

I think they were only talking about safety, but it was unanimous. It was just a quick conversation. I can't imagine that some of the Russian airlines don't make the bottom of the barrel rank. They seemed oddly admiring of US carriers. I wonder if they just have a nationalist bias.

$1,700? I could go to Paris for a few days, or be part of a fancy four-hour party? Ummmm.....

I sat next to a bunch of FAA guys the other day. They were arguing about which was the world's worst airline and they agreed on Philippine Air. Pay heed.

Sorry, I'm a little cranky today, due to a local drunk-driver-caused death yesterday. It was her first time, though she had plenty of regular traffic violations. We lost a teacher who is also a dad.

God forbid this guy should be listed under "world's worst." He only potentially killed people by driving on the sidewalk and didn't ACTUALLY kill anyone. Mmm hmm.

Preach. Yesterday a drunk driver hit and killed a man here shortly before 7 am. He was out for a run. God knows what she was up to. He was a popular teacher - also a father and husband. Fuck drunk driving.

Volunteer work. Is there a cause you are passionate about? Just make sure it's something where you work in a group and aren't stuck in the warehouse by yourself, putting labels on boxes or something.

When someone starts by speaking for you in the first 30 seconds, I hate to imagine where that shit would end up. Eeeech.

Hit him with the "Sorry, but I have a strict no-dating-at-work policy." Then give a sad smile.

For me, I waited six months, and the new dog made it harder. Suddenly I was doing dog things again, and that made me miss my dear old dog even more. It was really rough for about six weeks after I got the new one.

Pretty terrible. He already sounds dangerous, and there's no guarantee that you outing him will make him treat her any better.