Ears pierced when I was 9, and first experiments with hair color when I was 16.

I knew a family of three child actor/models. The youngest was prone to rough housing and getting toddler bruises and the other two weren't. Their Mom, despite requests from their agent, refused to restrict the kid. He did end up getting less print work than his siblings but oh well.

The Mom was a nut job for half a dozen other reasons, but on this point she always had the respect of a lot of people in our small town. Like, literally, she'd do something obnoxious and five minutes into the gossipy bitch session about it someone would say "Well, she DID pull Timmy out of modeling until he was older..."

I wore more makeup when I was 12 than I ever did in my 20s and 30s.

This is SO TRUE for me. Though I'd like to start wearing make up again. It might mean getting someone anyone to do a decent color match for foundation though.

I finally got my ears pierced when I was 20. But after some experiments with self-piercing got infected, I let them all grow over.

Started wearing make-up and got my ears pierced at 13 which would have been 8th grade.

I wasn't allowed to pierce my ears until I was 13, but the makeup thing? I remember mascara and eyeliner in 7th grade, but not really being interested in it until then.

The woman who my mom's school district fired as superintendent after only 4 months has been fired from her assoc. superintent/academin officer position here in Balto County (the fact she landed here of all places cracked me up): /http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-md.co.diaz29apr29,0,5713479.story

I found my shocking statistic of the day at the College Board website.

The difference in median income between an african american male who graduated from high school and one who didn't is only $600.

What's the stat for whitey?

ION, I'm cracking up listening to my coworker give directions to a cab driver who has her mother in the back seat.

The difference in median income between an african american male who graduated from high school and one who didn't is only $600

How uninspiring! As well as the white man's numbers, I'd like to see how a college education plays into that. I mean, if the high school graduate numbers include college grads and the difference is still only $600, why go into all that debt?

I learnt a shocking fact from manswers last week--just asking the apparent hooker if she's a cop isn't enough. A cop doesn't have to tell you the truth in that situation. Apparently the best bet is to ask if they'll do paid nude modelling for you (cops likely won't bother), and if they are willing to negotiate, move on (hookers likely won't bother).

My god, I have something stuck between my teeth and no floss and I can't get to it with my fingernails and there is no way this can end well.

The difference in median income between an african american male who graduated from high school and one who didn't is only $600.

I can see that. The job options for being only a high school grad are going to be pretty similar to somebody who drops out. Some kind of labor or retail position.