@bowleserised: Maybe there was more pragmatism in older ladymags, but my grandparents used to keep a 1942 Woman's Day lying around, and that shit was depressing. All the ads were about how to keep your man happy using brand-name salad dressing. And there was a creepy article about dealing with your parents that… Read more

@BabyJane: It's when your eyebrows go on a long journey of contemplation and religious devotion, leaving you looking like this: [tinyurl.com] Read more

@gherkinfiend: The UK stopped applying the death penalty in 1964. All EU member states have to have banned capital punishment to qualify to join. Read more

@LaFemme: Absolutely, it makes sense for her to have anonymity. But there are ways to put pressure on the Saudi government without revealing the names of asylum-seekers. It's admirable that Britain helps women who actually make it to Britain, but women in Saudi Arabia are still subject to draconian punishments. Read more

@morninggloria: You both pierce your eyebrows, you get a chain connecting them, and then you leave it like that forever. Cömmitment. Read more

@arodriguez.romero: True, but people are also marrying later (article says average is 36 for men and 33 for women in Britain). Also divorce rates are dropping, and the length of marriages that eventually end in divorce is rising too. Read more

@ellaesther: Yeah, the availability (or perceived availability) of greener grass is both good and bad. I think it can make people less happy with their choices, both romantically and cereally. On the other hand, I think it's on balance good that we live in a time and place where we have the opportunity to meet many… Read more

@stoprobbers: You can haz it — sorta: [www.cafepress.com] Read more

@schweppes: Right, I would bet that campus violence is under-reported, rather than over-reported. Perhaps especially among men, who face more stigma when they speak out. Read more

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: From the article, it looks like platypus chromosomes swap DNA with one another, as X and Y chromosomes once did. The scientists compared platypus chromosomes to the chromosomes of other animals to see what happened when X and Y stopped swapping and became totally separate, which is also… Read more

@hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: Interestingly, the article says rules are in the works to get bloggers to declare conflicts of interest as well. This is a tough issue because companies will send free shit to pretty much anyone with an audience, blogger and print journalist alike. But getting unsolicited product samples… Read more

@PilgrimSoul: Thanks for the fuller explanation — IE does sound kind of hard when you lay it out as being about way more than just "eating what you want." Maybe it would be easier if society didn't put big floating "good" and "bad" signs over every food? Would be interesting to do a study on adults who had never read… Read more

@NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: I totally got ganged up on by two girls in kindergarten (they got to be "Laker girls," while I had to be the "Clipper girl" — huge dis), but I think I didn't really connect it to not being cool or popular, or even really what they thought of me. I just didn't like that they were being mean — and… Read more

@inabook: I often think that if I could afford grass-fed beef on a regular basis I might eat beef again. Especially if I could get it locally and not, like, shipped in from Australia. Then again, I stopped eating meat before I learned how to cook, so I don't actually know how to prepare it. Read more

@hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE: Yeah I think that is a pretty good "translation" of the whole thing. Read more

@Treeless: Yeah, I have to assume a lot of this crap is just for show — to try to make her look bad and him look tough and probing. Read more

@amowls: I think it's also clear that a discredited Randall Terry is making a grab for power, and he thinks he can get more power/attention by slathering fake blood around than by addressing humanitarian issues like war, famine, AIDS. Read more

@AmericanSplendor: Right, also I'm amused by the idea of "well-managed dicking around." Like, is that just what the rest of the athletes/groupies do? Read more

@betterbearockstar: Love the first one! Read more

@AmaraBabali: That's what the shark said. Read more