Also, what about those of us who physically cannot run? Supposed to stay inside all the time, or it'll be my fault if I get raped on the way to class, since obviously someone as weak as me shouldn't take the horrible scary chance of venturing outside?

They seriously say that, if your car breaks down in the middle of the afternoon on a business day, then it MIGHT be OK to leave the car and walk somewhere for help, but just maybe.

I feel for you Steph.

Iam back from the dentist. At home. A lot of the cramping and bloating I was having this morning seemed to disappear int he dentist's chair. I don't know if the whole unpleasant incident was over me worrying about the dentist, or if my body just needed all my focus on my tooth.

My mouth is very frozen,and I am trying to eat some yogurt. It's like I'm a baby, it's ending up all over, and some may make it in my mouth.

Supposed to stay inside all the time, or it'll be my fault if I get raped on the way to class, since obviously someone as weak as me shouldn't take the horrible scary chance of venturing outside?

Well, certainly.

I mean, I would never go outside after dark, for one thing. It was kind of a bummer when it was getting dark at 4:30, but I was never attacked, was I?

If the bathtub in my apartment is clogged for no apparent reason, should I or my landlord be responsible for the cost of Roto-Rooter?

(I suspect the reason is my pheromone-infused body wash, which seems much oilier than my previous ones, but I have no idea. I may toss it just in case.)

Hil, is it possible to post comments to that article? If so I recommend this:

Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed To Work

[oops, nevermind - the article is linking back to the victim-blaming "tips" on a university site (and calling them out for being horrible sexist crap).]

That's so awesome, Jess.

I'm sorry about the migraine, Steph.

Those rape avoidance lists generally make me crazy. Given that most rapes are by men known to the women assaulted, the best rape avoidance tip is "Don't inhabit a planet with men." Which would be inconvenient for all genders, and I'd miss quite a few people.

At my first full-time job I use to go to a park for lunch. It was a big park, and I had a coworker who would regularly warn me that I was going to be raped if I kept lunching there. She also tried to set me up with men for dates. I knew I was far more likely to be raped on a date than lunching in a park, and I finally told her as much. She no longer brought up either one after that.

Today I have a meeting on developing another website. I've just finished the Website Redesign from Hell, and three more have landed on my plate. Oh well. They're all smaller than the one that just finished, and maybe this time people will listen to me when I tell them their ideas will make us months late and thousands of dollars over budget.

Oh man, that caveman diet/lifestyle douchebag was on last night's Colbert. Douchbag!

FYI, ladies, he's looking for a meat-eating lactose intolerant woman with celiac disease.

Okay, I've been earwormed with song from the new Electric Company (tv show) all week. (Especially "soft g" and "silent e is a ninja.") And I have to confess, I kinda find Hector, one of the characters, to be kinda hot. So yesterday the Electric Company profile on Facebook posted about the new season and wasn't it great, and the very first comment read:

"Great but where is Hector?! Hello, moms need eye candy, too."

And then there are like 15 more, mostly on that theme.

God bless the internets, I am not alone. (In my defense, the actor playing Hector is a grown man - he's like 24. I think the character is supposed to be in high school, but they're not fooling anyone.)

Oh god. Fingerpointing meeting has been called for today. I have to leave at a certain time, so at least I have an escape clause.