Are you dense? I'm white. I like Flogging Molly, Mumford, Dropkick, etc, and until now had only heard Starships from Nicki Minaj. And even I could figure out what this song was about. Just because she said the word rape DOESN'T MAKE IT A RAPEY SONG.
Are you just unhappy because a black woman is both sexy and angry?…

That experience is why I fell I'm love with them. As a ten year old city girl, seeing a stock dog trial while visiting relatives changed my life. I couldn't believe there were dogs smart enough to work like that, and so in tune with their human and canine partners.

you can already see the differences between abca dogs and and akc, and it's only been a few years. I have two border collies (abca/akc cross register, working bred) and they look so different from the akc standard that I have trouble convincing people they're actually purebred dogs.

why didn't I think of that! this has been a constant source of frustration, we don't have a closet for so our clothes are coated in fur. this is going to help so much

Me too! To all of the above! (minus the meerkat thing. haven't seen that quiz.) I buy malbec and shiraz, occasionally cab sav. But I wouldn't turn down a Riesling if offered.

All food. Meal times take a lot longer this way. In fact, by the time the dogs are done with breakfast, it's almost time for dinner. And since they have to interact so intensely with their food, they aren't chewing my chairs (they're weird. they like chair legs.) or barking at the neighbors.

I have a basket full of…

I will forever be haunted by a pair of Dachshunds at the doggie day care/boarding facility where I worked. So overweight that they literally couldn't walk. They probably had terrible back and knee pain. I had to coax them to stand up so I could support their back while they pooped.

The meal provided by the pet parents?…

Buster Cube! Or other food puzzles. It can be frustrating at first for the dog while they're in the learning curve. But after they learn how to use it, they have a real purpose (a job) and expend energy while they eat. If they don't feel like moving, they don't get food. And instead of trying to walk for hours and…

I read it as satire and chuckled the whole way through. Then I scrolled down to comments and thought, "Wait, what? She was serious? Nnaaawwwww. Can't be."

I watch Extreme Weight Loss sometimes (Why? No idea.) and it's nothing but "Our friends at Walmart have provided you with this generous gift to help you eat healthy and live well."

I was starting to get angry about all the product placement in shows like Bones ("My Toyota minivan has room for all of my art supplies!!!") and Lie to Me ("My Prius helps with parallel parking!!!")

It doesn't make you a bad person. I tried forEVER to adopt a purebred border collie from a shelter or rescue group. In the time I've waited for the breed rescues to call me back, I've gone to a (fantastic) breeder and got two awesome pups. Yes, it's been over two years since I contacted every rescue within a five…

I wanted her to be my mom. And then when I grew up, I decided that Old Lady Me will be fashioned after Marilla.

What is your experience with adopted kids? How are they treated differently? There are more forms of adoption than foster care situations.
I'm one of six adopted children in my extended family. And we aren't treated differently. Especially not differently enough to turn us gay.

But the fraternal birth order effect only holds true for biologically related siblings with the same mother. You could be the youngest son in your family of origin, but if you're an adopted biological first-born you're not any more likely to be gay.

There's a huge difference between a serving of steel-cut oats, and a serving of sugary oatmeal mix like Quaker Oats. I always thought oatmeal was kind of a crappy diet suggestion until I tried steel-cut with cinnamon and raisins. I can't finish an entire cup full of that. But I can eat the whole box of Quaker packets.

Thanks for that, because I've never seen the show and I thought the HBO people just really sucked at spelling.

"Natural" Makeup that took me half an hour.

This is why I keep a Black Box of Malbec on hand. Most of the time my thought process is "The day is over? I'mma drink wine in my pj's!"

That's a great idea! When we were looking for a new house, we didn't have that much time before we needed to make an offer. But we ended up doing something similar. The house was unoccupied and we checked to make sure there weren't any viewings scheduled. We ordered pizza, ate in the kitchen, hung out on the patio.…