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This article is breathtaking in its ignorance of what the system is designed to do.

7 years. 4H and FFA. Suffolks, Hampshires, and crosses. My middle sister raised a few Dorsets. She named her first one "Tony."

There are two things about this graph I don't like: First is the first prompt and the second is the Second prompt. 
 
When we ask people how they 'feel' or 'perceive' something we are ceding objective analysis to personal opinion about oneself. That is something we should generally avoid. We have all been in situations where we or others have felt a certain way about an event but have to come to grips with the fact that the way we interpreted it was the greater cause of problems than the event itself. And the way our culture tells people how they should react is not always in concert with the way we actually should react. For example, most women feel far, far, far less safe to walk down a street than their male counterparts. This is unfortunate. Not only because women feel unsafe but because if anyone should feel unsafe it is their male counterparts who are far, far, far more likely to be the victims of violent crime. But our culture informs women that they should be fearful and men shouldn't so despite the truth of the situation, we feel the way society tells us to without reference to the truth of things. 
 
How does the above play into here? The first graph is asking women if they feel like they need to provide more evidence of competency than their male counters. While I do not discount their feelings; their feelings about what is expected may not join up with reality. If they are getting the cultural message that they should feel that way, then it is only natural for them to feel that way. And as they are not men in the same position, they do not personally grasp the differences in the expectations placed on them vs those placed women. Now, does that mean that women aren't expected to preform more work for equal recognition? No. It in no way discounts that possibility. It just says that the survey is largely useless outside of knowing how people feel - it does NOT tell us if their feelings are justified. Such is the same with crime statistics vs women's feelings of insecurity. 
 
The second one suffers from a similar paradigm issue as the first. After children are born, men also get pressure to spend more time with them (as they should). I know I have asked a male colleague about him working less and spending more time with his family. So I wonder how much different the male answers to that prompt would be. And given the strong racial difference, I wonder if it is more an issue of Race and less an issue of Sex. 
 
Lastly, people thinking one should work less hours after starting a family is not the same as equating one's work to being 'just a hobby'. And conflating the two, as the article did, is not good and is bad reasoning / science!. 
 
La Rose. 

I almost shed a tear when
 
 
 
 
Also loved when Jay's helmet clattered to the floor.

Yeah, if I ever meet the guy who invented Taleo, he's going to get a really intimate tour of my power tool collection.

"So," The Bear said, "You come to my cave for the secret of Ursine steel , do you?"
 
"Such is my quest," The human said earnestly, hope in his voice but it was a hope he dared not hold onto too tightly. The Bears had guarded their secrets closely from humans, and with good reason. None of them had forgiven the actions of the human King Colbert the First and that mad monarch's reign had tainted human bear relations to this day.
 
The bear scratched his chin, "Not far from here, you will find a greedy and selfish ranger! A woodland warrior who has ever vexed me."
 
The human nodded slowly. He had heard of this fellow, a man by the name of Smith, "I know of him. It would be easier to defeat him with ursine steel," He said hopefully.
 
The bear laughed, "No little human, I do not wish him killed. Bring me Smith's treasure, bring me, his picnic basket."
 
The human winced. This would be no easy achievement. The Bear was setting him to a task that the bear himself hadn't achieved. He should have known. Any animal with the secret to Ursine Steel had to be smarter than the average bear.

Have you heard about a new phobia they have discovered?
 
It's a fear that the solar system is being trapped inside an impenetrable she'll.
 
It's called Dyson's Fear

Agree wholeheartedly with no. In fact, I had not heard of Cinema Sins until today. When I first found, TVTropes, I read a few pages and laughed. Then I realized I was starting to analyze what I was reading for enjoyment according to the pages I had read. Once I stopped reading TVTropes, I started enjoying fiction again. Others may read TVT and still enjoy their entertainment. Like Nolgroth, I don't want it deconstructed.
 
Moreover, for every trope there is a subversion. These subversions are also considered tropes by some. So you can't win. Everything is considered a trope, and thus all works are unoriginal and boring (according to some critics).
 
Tropes and cliches are in fiction because they work and let us know what to expect. Don't try to write to the trope. Don't try to write to avoid the trope. Just write the story the way you, the author, think it will work best. Consumers will decide if they like the way you handled it or not.

CinemaSins is like TV Tropes. I really dislike deconstructionism when it comes to my entertainment. It really robs the enjoyment out of the product. So I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. In fact, I would extend that "less" to "no."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm46-envrHo

Bacon wrapped pineapple stuffed with boneless ribs (AKA Swineapple)
 

No. If I keep thinking about the bad, the bad is all I will see. I refuse to let it beat me.

This hits a lot of my buttons so it's no surprise I hope she takes them to the cleaners and other employees join in for their share. This #### needs to be stomped on so hard it leaves a crater. 

7 years. 4H and FFA. Suffolks, Hampshires, and crosses. My middle sister raised a few Dorsets. She named her first one "Tony."

Week 5 Startingbigbywolfe 62Steve 52Bazza 39CaptnStrawberry 35Lady Pariah 59SKJAM! 83Enforcer84 42The Rose 108Psybolt 126Pariah 58BlueCloud2k2 68Hermit 105 Also, I like the idea posted that #1 seeds play #2 seeds of other league, so that's how we'll do the playoffs this season. That way, all match-ups in week 1 of playoffs are new, no repeats.

Three couples, friends, die together in a big car crash. Shortly, they stand before the Pearly Gates. St. Peter looks at them over his glasses. "Will the Jones family step forward." The first couple does.
 
"Mr. Jones," St. Peter says, "you have spent your entire adult life obsessed with money. Acquiring more money has obsessed your every waking moment and most of your sleeping ones. In fact, you married a woman named 'Penny.' No, you will not be entering."
 
Blinking, the two step back and go over to the side to await their friends. "Will the Browns step forward." The second couple does so.
 
"Mr. Brown," St. Peter says, "you have spent your entire adult life obsessed with alcohol. Acquiring more drink  has obsessed your every waking moment and most of your sleeping ones. In fact, you married a woman named 'Sherry.' No, you will not be entering."
 
They step back and join the first couple. Before St. Peter can say anything else, the third man says, "Well, no use of us standing around here. Let's join the others, Fanny."

Three couples, friends, die together in a big car crash. Shortly, they stand before the Pearly Gates. St. Peter looks at them over his glasses. "Will the Jones family step forward." The first couple does.
 
"Mr. Jones," St. Peter says, "you have spent your entire adult life obsessed with money. Acquiring more money has obsessed your every waking moment and most of your sleeping ones. In fact, you married a woman named 'Penny.' No, you will not be entering."
 
Blinking, the two step back and go over to the side to await their friends. "Will the Browns step forward." The second couple does so.
 
"Mr. Brown," St. Peter says, "you have spent your entire adult life obsessed with alcohol. Acquiring more drink  has obsessed your every waking moment and most of your sleeping ones. In fact, you married a woman named 'Sherry.' No, you will not be entering."
 
They step back and join the first couple. Before St. Peter can say anything else, the third man says, "Well, no use of us standing around here. Let's join the others, Fanny."

Three couples, friends, die together in a big car crash. Shortly, they stand before the Pearly Gates. St. Peter looks at them over his glasses. "Will the Jones family step forward." The first couple does.
 
"Mr. Jones," St. Peter says, "you have spent your entire adult life obsessed with money. Acquiring more money has obsessed your every waking moment and most of your sleeping ones. In fact, you married a woman named 'Penny.' No, you will not be entering."
 
Blinking, the two step back and go over to the side to await their friends. "Will the Browns step forward." The second couple does so.
 
"Mr. Brown," St. Peter says, "you have spent your entire adult life obsessed with alcohol. Acquiring more drink  has obsessed your every waking moment and most of your sleeping ones. In fact, you married a woman named 'Sherry.' No, you will not be entering."
 
They step back and join the first couple. Before St. Peter can say anything else, the third man says, "Well, no use of us standing around here. Let's join the others, Fanny."

Another golf joke:
 
Steve's business meeting ended a little early, so he decided to take in a quick nine holes of golf before going home. When he got to the course, he was told that he could not play unless there was at least a twosome. Looking around, he saw an old man sitting on a nearby bench. "I'll play a round with you, sonny," he said. Having no other option, Steve signed himself and the old man up for the next tee time.   The game turned out to be a lot of fun. The old man was a pretty good golfer, with a good sense of humor and a hundred stories of how good he had been "in the old days". Before he knew it, Steve was setting up his tee shot on the ninth hole.   He drove the ball solidly into the rough, and it landed right behind a huge oak tree. As he surveyed the situation, trying to see the best way to get around the big oak, the old man spoke up.   "When I was your age, I would've taken out my 5-iron and knocked the ball right over the top of that tree and onto the green."   Steve, feeling challenged by the old man's claim, strode over to the cart and took the 5-iron out of his bag. He lined up his shot, swung the club and   >> SMACK! <<   hit the ball right into the trunk of the tree. The ball bounced back and rolled to a halt less than a foot from where Steve had found it.   The old man smiled. "Of course, when I was your age, that tree was only three feet tall...."

No. If I keep thinking about the bad, the bad is all I will see. I refuse to let it beat me.

If Love's diapers were bought out by Hewlitt-Packard, who also acquired Kraft Foods, the new company would be called HP LoveKraft.

If Love's diapers were bought out by Hewlitt-Packard, who also acquired Kraft Foods, the new company would be called HP LoveKraft.

If Love's diapers were bought out by Hewlitt-Packard, who also acquired Kraft Foods, the new company would be called HP LoveKraft.

Me to wife: Do I need to go to the store tonight for that pork sale?
 
Wife: No. I'll go tomorrow to get it for last night's soup. [Pause as she realized what she said]
 
Me: Umm...
 
Wife: I meant that, you know. I'm really Lady Flash. I'll just run through time to get it.
 
Me (while thinking, you would look incredibly hot in red spandex but knowing not to say it): Aren't you worried about wrecking the timeline?
 
Wife: It's pork and it's already dead. Whether it's in last night's soup or tomorrow's sandwich doesn't matter.
 
Me: The timeline is a tricky thing. You never know what could set it off.

The Addams Family at the Whistle Stop Cafe
 
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, New Jersey