I smash em with a can. Thanks Alton Brown!

I bungee jumped on my 17th birthday with two of my best girlfriends. Not married, just being 17!

My aunt died of ovarian cancer at the age of 33. Despite not being Catholic, not having children, and adamantly stating her entire life that she just wanted dogs, the Catholic hospital opted not to perform a full hysterectomy, since the doctors wanted her to still be able to have children. When the cancer came back a…

I know at least in my case, it related directly to America having lots of distinct regions and cultures; I had favorite foods I couldn't get at college and my parents would occasionally mail me the makings of them.

If I ever hear that phrase, I'll let them know that my mother did indeed abort. She was 18 and pregnant and chose to have an abortion since she knew she couldn't handle it financially or any other way yet. It certainly made for a better life for me, who came along 7 years later when my mother was an established adult…

I swear by the foil method. [www.pinksith.com] Once you've done it a couple times it barely takes longer than removing normal polish.

I'm still kicking myself for not buying one. Or more than one—this would fit our annual family holiday "gift something lying around your house" exchange oh so very well.

Taxes are HOW THE WORLD WORKS, they are how you have roads to drive on and police to keep you safe and so on. I don't get why people don't understand this.

I found this at the dollar store. It had "2007" stamped on the back.

Not here, as I am not a scientist. But in the future we shall see!

One of my friends had this happen with one of her boys; he was (and still is) the troublemaker of the brood and she always said "I knew he would be, he was giving me shit before he was all the way out".

I'm a staff editor for a scientific journal. Basically I assign manuscripts to editors, find peer reviewers, make sure files are in place for publication, etc. Generally I have a couple hours' solid work in the mornings, as stuff from all over the world comes in through various timezones, then after that it's just…

How does one go about this, and what do they do with it? I'd rather go for science myself.

I find this to be pretty true at my job. Most of what I do consists of work in 5-15 minute bursts, then waiting for the next email. I do a lot better with Twitter breaks.

My engagement ring is a union-mined North Carolina emerald that a) is way better than a diamond and b) did NOT cost my fiance even 3 weeks' salary. And I love it.

A woman in a long, sparkling evening gown steps onto the balcony. She gazes out over the ocean as the wind tosses her hair. A single tear falls from her eye, the violins swell, and she lifts a forkful of baked potato and bacon to her ruby lips.

Emily reminds me of the fun, preppy lesbian couple I went to college with—they described lesbianism as "good clean fun for the whole family". It's about damn time it gets portrayed well!

Many of her recipes are abhorrent sins against food.

I agree! I associate them with sophisticated-cool and really like them.

That's a great way to not only shut yourself out from a huge new potential client base, but to alienate plenty of non-bigoted straight customers as well. (And criminy, if I was a wedding planner/bridal store/etc in New Jersey right now, I'd be putting up a rainbow welcome sign.)