Ladies, if you can move yourselves & your children from the state of TX to say, Iowa, without disruption, please look into it. Obviously the grand state of Texas thinks it knows which situations are best for parents & children.

I'd love to hear the story of old man 76"s town drunk who supervised the jail. Sounds like something out of Barney Miller.

Every town or neighborhood has an Otis-type character. God bless 'em all. If you could have somehow believed your worth well before alcoholism took over your life Alvin, perhaps you'd still be here. But let's hope that you've finally found peace.

A wonderful gesture. And the cleats were the icing. Now, I hope some of his good karma can translate to Dodger wins. (I'm being greedy aren't I? I know. *Sigh*)

I understand the fence on which the mostly non-black responders here sit.  I sit on it too. Historically, blackface has been worn not as a tribute to black folk but to make fun. I remember an episode of Louie (?), where his daughter wanted to go full out and wear blackface in her speech about Frederick Douglas, down to...more

I voted against the measure not because I'm against consensual adult porn or am a prude. The industry had testing measures in place w/the County Dept of Health.  Besides, when have L.A. County voters weighed in utility workers wearing stronger harnesses or checkout cashiers wearing braces to stem carpal tunnel? What bo...more

Ok, you can live a healthy lifestyle and eat a cupcake. But I agree about the glut (no pun intended) of cupcake bakeries. And I loves a good cupcake. I can't blame anyone for reaching for their dream of owning a business. But they can't all be good. And they're not. Crumbs wasn't as good as my local places which includ...more

They're probably as uncomfortable as I am in those damn things.  And you can tell that they know they're being ridiculed. Leave those dogs alone!  Poor babies.

When a co-worker brought his new puppy to the office, I couldn't supplement the hours wasted cooing over that beautiful retriever. (C'mon, it was a Lab retriever puppy.  You try to keep it professional.)  I'm not sure I'd get much done now. But it's a problem I'd love to see if I could overcome.