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I agree - I work in a high level corporate job and I've noticed that women who get promoted to that level are usually tall and a specific kind of pretty - more like Katherine Hepburn pretty rather than Marilyn Monroe pretty. I think if you look too "Marilyn" a lot of people just assume… Read More

WHAT IF... they could tweak the formula to allow for a bigger size lot for a given store size?!? They wouldn't even have to have more spaces... just make them Costco-size spaces instead of Smart car size spaces. Ugh.

Weird... I really thought only old people and rednecks smoked these days.

One of my good friends from college grew up in Homer, Alaska, and went to high school with Jewel. He said despite her sweet sensitive public persona, in high school she was snobby and arrogant. I was pretty disappointed to hear that one.

The "coffee nap": If you're feeling particularly tired, have a cup of coffee then immediately lay down for a 15-30 minute nap. The caffeine will be kicking in just as you're waking up, so you'll be refreshed and energetic instead of just a caffeinated zombie. I do this over lunch… Read More

A friend who worked at a music store had a customer request "an original recording of Beethoven" and went on to explain he meant Beethoven playing or at least conducting his own pieces. He absolutely insisted that they existed.

I had a good friend in college who was a bit of a loose cannon - super hilarious, truly the life of the party, but sometimes had some anger issues. Still, he never seemed dangerous - until one time when he put my fiancé in an armbar and threatened to break her arm because he wanted… Read More

One of my college roommates studied textile chemistry. He was very smug about how important and in-demand his field was and how much money he was going to make after graduating. About five years after we graduated the textile industry quickly collapsed in the US and he was out of… Read More

The last cruise I went on had signs up around the pool loungers saying "unattended towels will be removed after 15 minutes". Seems like the best policy fix for this.

Because it's more than a little unreasonable (and creepy) to ask someone to commit to having babies with you before you even get to know them at all. By all means, communicate that expectation at some appropriate time in some appropriate way... but that way was neither.