I can drive from my house to Monterey. I am aware of its size, the demographics of the city and county, and the San Francisco Bay Area in general. I am using a pop culture artifact and a tiny dash of dark humor to comment on a very real problem: There is a critical shortage of mental health professionals in Northern…

I find it incredibly realistic that there would only be one therapist in Monterey who is (a) covered by their insurance and (b) accepting new patients.

What the fickity fuckety FUCK, MAN.

Co-signed.

I went through the typical middle-school experience of finding myself suddenly voted off the island of a group of female friends — but in my 30s. Since then, most of my female friendships have had the depth and duration of a casual hookup. I like seeing familiar faces when I go out, but am not interested in putting my…

If they try this, the furor over Colton being chosen Bachelor instead of Grocery Store Joe or Stylish Nerd Wills will look like a tot-lot pattycake fight.

It was pretty fucking weird to hear Problematic Garrett be the only guest to acknowledge it looks self-sabotaging to reject two women who like you in favor of chasing after the one who said no.

Let us not forget Luke Perry’s role as the original love interest of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When debating Angel vs. Riley vs. Spike, consider that Buffy could have avoided a lot of needless drama if she had just maintained a long-distance relationship with Pike.

I LITERALLY ONLY CAME HERE FOR THE BRAD/JEN GOSSIP WHAT KIND OF MONSTER ARE YOU?

Rich can assume his readers are going to bring up the penis testimony inconsistency, so his question about it is entirely logical, not an example of taking Jackson’s side. Ditto with the question about whether Jackson’s bizarre childhood could innocently explain his need to be close to children. These are both…

In Congress as in pro sports, veterans don’t like to see rookies getting too cocky with other veterans.

A Chicago cop recklessly speed to the scene of an alleged hate crime against a gay black man?

“Old-fashioned police work” is an unfortunate turn of phrase for a Chicago police chief to use.

Honestly? I believe only a cis man would be this fucking clueless.

Ironically, there is less evidence to support the 50nmol/L limit as some standard of “fairness” or “femaleness” than there would be for limiting swimmers’ wingspans.

As a former nursing mom, I could get all technical about the differences between foremilk and hindmilk and the necessity of pumping for a sustained enough time to get both, but as a former nursing mom I just want to punch that employee in his nuts, which I AM SURE HE HAS despite the lack of gender specificity in the…

Kirpa has always been low-key, but this week her scenes had a hostage-video vibe to them. I was surprised she did not go running after Heather’s train begging to be let on board.

He seems like a nice guy who is working on some serious issues that he absolutely needs to make progress on before being considered Boyfriend Material.

My daughter’s middle school got tired of having to tell its kids to get off the swings at the neighboring elementary school, so they set up their own, larger set. Those things were NEVER empty at recess. I kind of wish they had put a reasonably sized free-climb wall nearby, or a jungle gym. Tweens are still kids!

I have known at least two people who had an overall positive experience with foster care. Both went into the system as young teens. One credited one of their foster families with encouraging them to go to college. The other has had a close relationship with her foster family for decades. It’s possible.