Actually, I've seen profiles on the dating interwebs written even more ridiculously yet somehow sincerely. That whole "I work out all the time & talk about working out all the time (lol)" thing read 1000000% true to life, for me. But the whole last email about seducing her sounded like a joke email.

Agreed, to an extent. Movie reviewers especially will overpraise movies that veer significantly from what they're used to (like Boyhood), since they see so many movies and these ones jar them from expectations/boredom. But the Oscar voters aren't quite as avant-garde in their tastes as critics - just look at the…

RIGHT??? The screenplay for that movie was fan-freaking-tastic, and the energy and attitude of it were just perfect. Voters must have seen it as too silly, without seeing the meaning behind the silliness.

Didn't that change with Vatican II?

Ah but see, now that he's come out and said she's an assassin, his death would look suspicious. If he hadn't said anything, and one of her cronies took him out... who would know?

Now clipping is gross, but is the emory-board routine OK? ...asking for a... friend...

We turned it into a game for one of our dogs. Anytime there was rain, mud, snow, etc, we'd throw the towel over him and rub it around while he tried to "escape." He would get really excited for the "towel game" in bad weather and if we ever forgot he would pace by the door waiting. This didn't work for the other…

I was anti- clothes for dogs until we got a beagle who hates the cold and shivers uncontrollably when it drops below 40F, or if there's windchill/rain. The big problem is that she won't get her business done if she's too cold (leaving a mess inside the house later instead). So getting her coats and sweaters has helped…

I'd wonder at the unintended consequences of this type of policy - for sure teenagers would use condoms even less frequently than they do now ("why do I need one? I/she can't get pregnant, and he/she says they're clean and I can totally trust them"). Teens are dumb enough about preventing STIs now ("oh, he's a…

Strangely enough, it works with my dogs. I start counting, and barking or other behaviors stop. I think it's the tone of voice, because as smart as the dogs are, they do not understand numbers and counting.

I'm hoping this is a joke, but the cynic in me thinks you might be serious. Let's make teenage girls take long-term hormonal treatments, required by law. I'll only agree if the teenage boys are also taking drugs to prevent impregnating girls.

We used to go to our rooms when we were little to calm down (from anger or just being upset), and it worked as a place to tune out everything, do something like read a book or just let it all out. It was effective as a self-imposed time-out, though less so as a parent-imposed one.

Yeah I've delayed this long because it freaks me out. But then I realized that antibiotic use should also worry me, and between one serious drug for one or two stretches and slightly less serious drugs ongoing for years (plus the scarring), the serious one is now worth it to me. Thanks for responding!

I guess our dogs were better at making their needs known, & we were better at listening than your lazy-ass ex :) We could always tell the one was hungry or thirsty by the tapping sound of his nails on the kitchen floor as he fidgeted next to his bowls. This was mainly an issue after daylight savings time changes when…

That's not fair - lots of companies are so big, you may not know which departments are in the exact office you're applying at. For instance: You might be applying for a marketing job and find out IT is on the same floor, but finance is on a separate one. Or that this location is solely for sales personnel. I'm not…

I had bosses do this all the time in retail - if someone came in and handed one of us a job application, the manager we handed it to would ask us if they seemed friendly or not, and put it in the yes/no pile based on our answer. I felt so powerful as a high schooler when my manager put a post-it on someone's…

Pfft - Canadians.

"Maybe" - ha! It's the #1 benefit as far as I'm concerned. #2 is making it easier to scrape snow and ice off the windows

I could almost see forgetting normal chores - you mean to do the dishes, but get distracted by the game (not that it's OK, just that the logical part of my brain understands how it happens). But dogs are not quietly sitting in the sink - my dogs growing up were all well behaved and generally quiet, but knew how to let…

Oh if I ever get engaged, that will be rule #1 I lay down. Okay, maybe not the 1st, but at least in the top 5: Smoosh cake in my face, hair, etc, and die. Really, it's for his own protection because if he did it, I would not be able to hide my laser eyes of death from the rest of the wedding guests.