This is a very complicated discussion. In general, most CAM is hogwash, but not quite all of it. Certain CAM treatments are just as effective as FDA approved or allopathic ones for specific problems. Acupuncture works just as well for post menopausal or medication induced hot flashes as medications. Hypnosis and…

Taking vaccination advice from cardiac surgeons is only a few very small steps above taking it from an actress. I know lots of cardiac surgeons. All of them know better than to give advice on things they don't know. I don't have a whole lot of respect for Oz either. He is presenting himself as a generalist and he…

I am a Jezebel feminazi cunt, and I am all for pointing out her history.

The cold never bothered her anyways?

My stepfather's browser used to look like that. I got on the computer to get some directions, two hours later I got off and told him I would come back later to get rid of the rest.

There's an interesting story Ford mentions in his piece, about a co-worker who thought his politeness at first was just him being a kiss-ass, rather than a strategy. I find it weird that people find politeness weird, though, or weak.

Exactly, if anything it's less logical in RoTJ that Leia claims to have any memory of her mother once the RoTS established Padme died shortly after giving birth.

I was prepared to go full-on Grumpy Cat about this, but the more she talked, the more I liked it.

Way to turn a crap experience into an interesting experiment, Ms. Sulkowicz. I look forward to hearing about how your campus responds, as well.

When this happens to me on a phone line, I find it so intolerable I insist on hanging up and calling back. Some people get oddly annoyed by this.

and some wear color-coded badges — available to anyone who wants one — that alert others to the wearer's social comfort level. A green badge indicates that you're happy to socialize with strangers, yellow means you only want to talk with people you already know and red tells everyone that you'd rather be left…

I think Wilde both understood the double-meanings of his word choices, and purposefully made their use ambiguous and silly enough in the play to obscure any direct referents. That wasn't uncommon at all in 19th and early 20th century Anglo-Irish literature, and even earlier — the double-meanings, not the coded words…

There's a bit in Emma where in the carriage on the way home Mr. Elton starts "making violent love to her" that never fails to make me giggle.

Can we just stop for a second and discuss the fact that the crown is worth $100,000. That's insane that they are handing out crowns worth that kind of cash. I assume (no actual clue) that the winner keeps it for a year and then passes it off to the next winner, but how do you trust someone to bring back a crown…

You can't avoid it anyway. To quote Tom Lehrer, "When correctly viewed/everything is lewd."

CRAP I LET OUT THE SECRET.

JM Straczynski is at it himself. If anyone can do it...

And I know, it looks like it does...

A huge part of why my family emigrated was to escape the anti-Semitism. My dad is a university professor and got a job in the US, but the plan was to just go to Israel and do whatever the fuck if that did not work out. Driving a cab in Israel was a better prospect than dealing with the anti-Semitism in Russia.

What's interesting is Russian immigrants (my sample is admittedly limited) despise Putin. We left to escape Communism. We were excite to watch our homeland move towards democracy.... and now this. The people who stayed clearly seem to feel differently for the most part.

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