There’s no way, *no* way that you came from *my* loins. Soon as I get home, first thing I’m gonna do is punch yo mamma in da mouth! –Buford T. Justice
Oh, the times my father repeated that movieline to me! Over and over. Sadly he was dreaming and this lazy, useless drop-out is his son. […]

Thank god this is an optional choice. To each their own, of course, but nothing depresses me more than people who choose this route because they think they can’t choose anything else. [via Waxy]

Seems our hero, London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji had a really bad idea. He decided to put a $12,000.00 engagement ring in a helium balloon and not hold on.
But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring — and quite possibly the affections of […]

This one’s for the ladies, courtesy of oxytocin expert Susan Kuchinskas:
Because vasopressin, a neurochemical of attention and defense, also seems to be more involved in male mating, men are likely to feel more bonded if they’re already invested in the relationship in some way, if they need to defend the woman from danger or there’s […]

From the New York Post:
In recently filed court papers, Elisa Kwon accuses her former beau Greg Calvino, 45, of reneg ing on a pledge he had made to not “use drugs, stay out late, frequent strippers or prosti tutes.” The 30-something Kwon insists Calvino had vowed that if he ever did any of those things […]

I don’t read Esquire on a regular basis, although I usually like what I find there. (Their regular web content is too short and blippy, though.) But A.J. Jacobs, the guy who wrote this piece about “Radical Honesty” occasionally reads Dethroner, so I’m going to link it because I think it’s a fun piece and […]

Here’s one woman’s four-page tale about the emotionally wrenching heartache and deep-tissue discussions she had to go through after discovering—while looking through her boyfriend’s web browser logs—that he purchases and uses porn. It’s almost touching, if it weren’t so pathetic.
To the author’s credit, she basically works it out by the end of the discussion with […]

If nothing else, putting together a big project like this gives you time to reconsider.
Sara and I just got engaged! [EST1976]

About 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, police say, they questioned Stanley Reimer. They say he told them he was undergoing money troubles and couldn’t afford to take care of her anymore. According to the court records, Reimer reportedly said he kissed his wife, picked her up and threw her from the balcony.
Police: KC man kissed sick wife, […]