The state of California is in the middle of a gigantic fiscal crisis. The victim has expressed a desire to just move on. It happened over 30 years ago. I think CA should be putting what little resources it has to pursuing current rapists living within the confines of the state, posing a threat NOW to the good people of the state of CA.

... from another outlier.

Mom, CPA

Dad, PhD in History

Me, born January, MBA, successful career

Brother, born December, BS, successful career

The only thing is that I have wildly bad SAD, but I'm not sure that has anything to do with being born in the dead of winter.

...all time classic! Thanks for the laugh....

WOW, really interesting theory! Thanks!

Just... Not Funny.

I read his book and just felt kind of bad for him. He's an alcoholic and while things may be well and good for him now, in a couple of years, his liver will be shot and most of his relationships will be off the rails.

The poor guy's name is Stalin? He has bigger problems in life!

He sounds like a real gem though, despite his unfortunate moniker...

"Stranger Danger" is nothing new... when I was a kid in the 70's and 80's, there were the ads for missing kids on the back of milk cartons. I walked to school by myself starting in first grade. I had to cross a busy street to do so. When I was in the 4th grade, I started playing the alto sax and I carried it with me back and forth to school, uphill (only going home though!). My mother NEVER picked me up from school, even in inclement weather. Kids today will grow up to be a bunch of wusses.

What really struck me about the NYTimes article was that the kids were being chauffered everywhere, even just a few houses down the street. OK, I get that you don't want to let your precious cargo out of your sight, but what the heck is wrong with walking WITH your child to his or her destination??

I love it! Definitely buying more Totes / Isotoner products! I love what they did. World population is now nearing 7 billion... people should not be getting any special breaks for having children!

....Life becomes cheap. Quite plainly, we are bursting at the seams. Healthcare, among other things, is going to have be regulated if we insist on reproducing at will. You want 4 kids?? Fine, but something's gotta give and hard decisions are going to have to be made about who goes without....

Choices suck at all sizes! Unless you are tall and thin, nothing will look right on you. I am short and thin. I can technically wear anything from a 0 to a 4, but will it look good on me? No, because I am not a "standard" shape. So a 0 is baggy in some spots and tight in others. Same goes for a 2 or a 4. Yeah, I know, don't cry for me, Argentina... but I'm just saying that the ridiculous standard sizing doesn't look good on ANYONE! Except maybe runway models....

Actually, I'm a straight female, so no, I cannot recall a time when a woman has had an orgasm with me.

But funny you bring that up b/c I always thought you were a woman! So looks like we've had our gender bending for the day!

Anyway, maybe I'm just too serious, but I've always felt that sex is for horny teenagers, drunken college kids, and yuppies "trying to conceive"... no thanks!

Don't these people have more important things to worry about?

.... aren't we forgetting MALE genital mutilation?

Guess what, life's not fair! Some people will not be able to have children with their own DNA unless they can foot the bill themselves. Everyone in this country is not entitled to everything they want.

Plus, think of what this legistlation would do to premiums for ALL women, regardless of whether or not they even WANT to have children.

Utterly ridiculous!

re: The 25 year old letter writer who can't find a doctor to tie her tubes.... me neither, except I'm 35. I have offered to sign all sorts of releases, no dice. My doctor feels that being on hormonal birth control after the age of 35 is safer than making a choice I may regret. As if me adding my DNA to the current population of 6 billion is so freaking important.

Funniest! Comment! Ever! HA!

This may be slightly off topic, but Berlusconi's conduct in his marriage is entirely separate from his ability to govern. I have no idea what his politics are like, or what he is doing for his country, but his behavior towards his wife and / or mistresses should have no bearing on that.

I was outraged that the puritanical Americans forced Spitzer out of office, and the reaction to Clinton (Bill) was wildly overblown.

I don't know if the president of my company is an a$$hole to his wife and kids, if he cheats with the nanny, or if he uses call girls and goes to strip clubs in his free time... because that takes place in his FREE TIME! As long as he's not doing any of that while he's at work, who cares??

We hire and elect people on their ability to do the job for which they are applying / running, and nothing else.

My hubby and I eat about 95% of our meals at home. We don't eat processed food or take out.

We eat virtually the same amount each day. He weighs 225 and I weigh 110. The only thing I do different from him is run 40 miles a week and strength train 4x a week.

He would have to starve himself to lose weight, which I feel would be less healthy than what he is doing now, despite being overweight.