Diet cereal is regular cereal with an official serving size of 2/3 cup instead of 3/4 cup, so they can advertise as being lower calorie than the other brand.

Me, too! I like what I see in the mirror, but if a photograph isn't professionally taken and retouched (hello, wedding album), then I usually look odd and unflattering in it. Result: I do not like pictures. My own camera has some landscapes from hiking which occasionally include my husband and a ton of cats.

Oh, man.

Come to Maryland! Every time they try to cut education the governor throws a temper tantrum. I think our budget actually increased this year.

Not going to college is totally an option, and a potentially good one for your finances. Saying that NO ONE who doesn't go to college gets a good job is absolutely not true. Some level of additional education is usually necessary, but college doesn't provide every kind of education. Other options cost less to learn.

Does anyone else think this is an ineffective presentation? I find so many annotations on the map distracting, and when I click on one (or see one in the comment), the image is imprecise enough that I usually can't be certain which state is being discussed. The accompanying description does not specify the state, so…

It seems like there should be some room to flex for the business, sure, but not at the expense of employees (if only because, in the long run, that hurts business). Hypothetically, I might be more likely to ask the single person to stay until 7pm, but I wouldn't expect to see them in the morning until 11am.

I would guess that's how the term "First Nation" came about, but I'm seriously both European-white in ancestry and pretty ignorant on the subject, therefore I should probably just shut my mouth.

Can I share my "witnessing awesome parent" story? It's a bit different from these others, but I was impressed....

What astonished me was how he still manages to express what he meant. The second paragraph by itself is pretty much a non-apology, of the "this is what I meant, I was misinterpreted" variety, but he had already taken responsibility for his writing in that tone.

After watching my family run a small business for years, it's my personal opinion that if this is going to "ruin your business", you don't have a very good business anyways. Your profit margins are way too thin for a healthy operation*.

Most Jezzies would know better than I, but I think mandated maternity leave is six weeks. That's only if you work at a large company that doesn't try to circumvent the rules.

Oh, the kitty sleeping on your legs. I squirm just thinking about it; I am very ticklish. I had a Siamese when I was a kid. I still sleep with my legs spread because of that cat, so she would sleep between my knees instead of on them.

I know nothing about child development or psych or anything, so I don't feel qualified to recommend an age. I was just thinking when I wrote that comment that "kids" could be interpreted as pretty much anyone under 18. I read them in middle school when I was 13, and I'm still not sure if I would hand them to a child…

My husband's comment on this was "You're balls to the wall if you piss yourself doing this." Metaphorical balls, I suppose.

Well, define "kids". 'Cause the sex is really quite graphic and, in the first book, violent. Hence the "boy, did I learn through reading" comment.

Yeah, in case people haven't noticed, it's the middle of the summer. It is hot out.

Yeah. I picked up Clan of the Cave Bear off the family bookshelf when I was in middle school. Thought it was a cool-looking pre-historic fantasy thing.

Honestly, you mostly want to treat them like adults. Adults that have to answer to you, and that you are responsible for training, but still adults. High school sports takes up enough hours to feel like a part-time job, and the coach is the boss. Energy is good, but they will smell faked energy and enthusiasm from…

Ah, yes, the Armchair Racists. People who don't want to be racist, and carefully read up about racism, but don't actually know many black people.