RIP, Greg.

As much as I enjoyed the 60 degree weather today, I'd be perfectly okay with snow in November too.

Whether this was a "real world issue" or not really depends on your perspective. It may not have been a "real world issue" on the scale of the issues you mentioned, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a "real world issue". Yes, the media hype surrounding this case greatly sensationalized it, but try telling anyone involved in it or anyone whose lives were affected by it that it wasn't a "real world issue".

That weather wasn't our normal weather, no matter how much you say it was. Again, it's great if you enjoyed it, but a lot of people didn't. Doesn't mean we all want Texas weather. Just means we want our normal, which we didn't get. No need to take yourself so seriously.

I've lived here my whole life, but that doesn't mean that I liked what we got for the first half of summer this year. It also doesn't mean that I'm itching to move to a place where it's 100 degrees everyday for three straight months and frankly I'm tired of people telling me and others like me that if we like hotter weather so much, we should just move. Most of us weren't calling for Texas-type heat and humidity. All we wanted was normal weather for Seattle and anybody that has kept track of the weather this year could tell ya that we weren't getting that for more than half of the year. If I remember correctly, I think we had lower than normal temperatures in every month from January to July this year. Again, I'm happy for you that you were comfortable with it, but some of us weren't. We wanted what we're used to and didn't really start to get until August.

While I'm disappointed that we didn't hit 90, I'll still take the heatwave that we did get considering how long it took us to get one. I know that a lot of people who comment on this site about the weather would prefer it if it never got warmer than 75, but for hot weather fans, the last two years have been fairly depressing. I was still seeing my breath and wearing a heavy coat or a thick sweatshirt in the middle of the afternoon in July because it was barely reaching the 50's. I'm not saying that it needed to be 90 degrees everyday for three solid months, but enough was enough with the cool stuff.

Has nothing to do with lack of modesty. A lot of men simply aren't taught to treat others, particularly women, with respect anymore. Maybe some parents should spend more time teaching their kids about respecting others and the choices they make than trying to shield them from every little thing they don't want them seeing. It would be a lot more productive to society and wouldn't cost a dime of taxpayer money.

I don't think she looks anorexic. I've seen much skinnier women than her. I'm with you on the tattoos though. Never been a big fan of those and don't find them, especially the larger ones, attractive on an otherwise attractive woman, but that's just my preference. I know there are people out there that find tattooed women very attractive and that's cool.

Some people are about less government unless they can make money off of it. Then they're for as much government as is necessary to make them that money.

People that want to rape, kill or beat women don't need an invitation to do so. If they see someone they think they can do it to, it wouldn't matter if the woman was wearing a bikini or an ankle length, long sleeve dress, they're going to try it. I'm getting kind of tired of the "Well if she's gonna dress like a slut, she's gonna get treated like one" sort of excuse-making for people who commit crimes like that. Nobody deserves to get attacked regardless of what they're wearing and nobody should have to change what they're wearing just because other people can't control themselves.