On Did You Still Not Vote Yet? Here Is One Good Reason Why: Paul Ryan
@sarahpm Those conversations remind me so much of the heated discussions we had in the basement of my dorm freshman year. Grow up and learn to understand nuance, people.
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On Your Lunchmeat Vs. The Machines
I was once on an airplane with the Jared guy. At the terminal exit, we had to walk by a Subway. I giggled.
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On Here's Another Part Of Your Body Having A Child Will Mess Up
This happened to my sister with each of her four kids--tons of fillings each time, AND her teeth went crooked again, even though she had braces for something like five years when she was a kid.
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On Drinking While Pregnant
@twinkiecowboy I'm childless, but the last time I had a pregnant close friend, there was one particular (mildly seedy) bar we went to now and then because it was the only place she could order a beer without people giving her death stares or actually actively intervening.
Edited to add: Her coworkers gave her endless shit about caffeine, too, despite her staunch one-soda-a-day limit.
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On Drinking While Pregnant
@barnhouse The very real likelihood that I would turn both my body and my home into impenetrable fortresses if I had offspring is a big part of the reason I don't have any.
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On Gay Men Make Their Aunts Have More Children
Who the fuck is doing the copy editing over there? I feel like somebody stirred my brain.
"According to the Huffington Post, But after studying 161 females related to both homosexual and homosexual men, they now conclude that - instead of increasing the woman's promiscuity, the gene makes the women more attractive to men."
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On The State Of The Nation In Four Datapoints
@Jeremy Yoder@twitter It can only be digested when you are too drunk to function. But about once every five years, nothing else will do.
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On Name Any Conceivable Rationale Against Letting the KKK Adopt a Highway
You have actually completely convinced me with that rationale up there.
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On Look Back in Eyeliner: Three Girls at a Duran Duran Sleepover in 1984
It probably makes me hopelessly old to say this, but I think they're prettier now. A lot. (And I was 10 in 1984.)
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On How Did 'Forrest Gump' Ever Beat Out 'Pulp Fiction' For Best Picture?
For some reason I don't understand, a whole lot of the 18-year-old dudes in the freshman comp classes I teach were crazy about Forrest Gump last fall. They were definitely not appreciating any supposed irony, either.