Oh, god, I hate those kinds of situations. I usually say something lame and indirect that the manager misconstrues like "I'm sure he's a good employee." I wish I were better at saying "You know, it really doesn't make me feel good about shopping here when you treat your employees in such a condescending manner." I'm…

Is your dad the Lululemon guy?

I quit with the alcohol, so I'm drinking Pellegrino with a splash of peach balsamic vinegar in it. The ironic part is that I thought quitting drinking would save me money, but this vinegar is so pricey that I'm probably spending more.

I am a morning person. What I cannot do is function after 10 pm. My brain feels shut down. My friends ask me out to a normal adult-evening event in the city that would involve being out til 1 am or so and I say "You really don't want me to come. I won't be any fun," and they remember"Oh, yeah, you aren't." So enjoy…

A ray of hope: my brother's SIL got married again when she had six kids by her two previous husbands (she was widowed and then re-married). So it can be done! She now has nine kids. She loves having a huge family.

Thank you for pointing that out. You are so very helpful.

The weird part is that these people honestly think they are in the right.

Re: Biebs

I know. I try to be optimistic, but it is hard. I have said that, were I a POC, I would never, ever trust a white person. Speaking from the inside, I know some of us are good, but I'm also unpleasantly surprised how often people have seething racism right under the surface. You give them three beers and suddenly…

That creepy security guard at work gives it to you when he gets you as a Secret Santa.

Or the opposite could happen. They could try to indoctrinate us and we could see through their hateful bullshit. My dad was a huge racist and it made me want to run as far from his beliefs as possible. I'm not saying I don't have a racist bone in my body, but I'm willing to look at my attitudes and try to change them…

Nice save!

I love me an ectomorph, but he's got too many tats for my taste. I'll vote with Club Idris Elba on this one.

I know it sounds crazy, but some of us don't follow celebrity gossip at all. I saw a Sears commercial online the other day with these women saying "We got into it for fashion, not fame..." and I had no idea who they were. They were Kardashians.

Melissa McCarthy used to be a Groundling in LA. My friends and I awaited her appearances with such anticipation. She always stole the show.

Dumb. Don't they know Nirvana smells like teen spirit?

Or Calzone. Which was described on one local pizzeria menu, much to the delight of my teen nephew, as "Stuffed Italian Panties."

I really must disapprove. This will result in serving your wines at far too warm a temperature. Remember, people, 12-18 C for reds (stronger and oakier warmer, lighter and sweeter served cooler) and 6-11 C for whites (sweet whites and sparkling wines at lower end, white burgundies/chardonnay at the higher end).

I love these students.

I can't hear you. I'm sitting down to my bowl of arsenic in my radon-filled basement. ALL NATURAL.