Not so strange. Someone I know had an orange tabby he named Greg, short for Gregory House(cat). And now he has a shorthair tuxedo whose name is Lisa, short for Lisa Cudd(l)y.

Mama cat is gorgeous. Look at those eyes!

Someone over on my FB commented that it would be the perfect tribute to her legacy to finally get the ERA passed.

And not a thing of value was lost.

Your mother sounds a lot like my parents. While they both have been low-grade assholes for as long as I can remember, I didn’t recall them becoming as virulently nasty and hateful as they have since they started religiously watching Fox News. Practically every night there’s the obligatory marathon of Megyn Kelly/Sean…

Dafuq? Are you serious? If so, just....rrgrh.

The goalposts. They just keep moving.

Oops.

Y’know, good question! I just saw him a minute ago. Either he ran out of champagne (blasphemy!) or he thought that bartender was too hot to resist. ;)

Welcome to Jezebel. I’m sure the cheese platter’s floating around the room somewhere. Enjoy yourself. :)

I did not know all of that about the tech fields.

I’ll agree with you on the technical fields; at least there you’re getting valuable (paid) experience in a really complex field.

Exactly. The reason my sis could do it was a) she still lived at home, and b) she had a job that was flexible enough to give her the time to do her internship. Otherwise, I doubt it would have worked out as well as it did.

Back in the early 2000s, my older sister did an internship with a civilian defense contractor during her last year of university. They ended up creating a position in the company so they could hire her on permanently, and she’s been with them ever since.

It looks like everything is silently judging...

I was sitting in the family room finishing some sewing when I heard that. It was such a facepalm moment for me.

I laughed at this way more than I should have. Well done.

Your poor dog. =(

My shitbag dad did this to me once during an argument when I was 19, and it was very scary how fast it escalated. Like, one minute we were just shouting at each other, then he had quickly crossed the room, pushed me against the wall behind me, and had his hands around my neck. I started screaming for him to let me go,…

Thank you for this suggestion! I may have to read this one.