I’m in the middle of that episode of Revisionist History. Radiolab had a similar take in their Border Trilogy episodes that came out in March. Also worth a listen: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/border-trilogy-part-1/

I switched from Blue Lizard to ThinkBaby because it was cheaper on Amazon - they are very similar, both are tough to fully rub in but all the better sunscreens are like that. ThinkBaby might be slightly easier though, and it works great!

Are you sure that’s not from Guy Fieri’s fashion label, Slammin Jammin Gnarly Threads?

We already use “they/them” as a singular sometimes, when you don’t know the gender of a person you’re talking about. Like, “We don’t currently have a department head, but once that person is hired, you’ll be reporting to them.” or “Turn in the form to your teacher. Then they’ll give it to the principal.”

I find it a little amusing that the book was replaced by Red: A Crayon’s story, which reads as a pretty obvious metaphor for being transgender (Blue crayon with a red label is unhappy because he can’t accept everyone telling him he’s red.) It always seems in situations like these, the people complaining do nothing but…

Lady on the left is doing one of the best “Oh honey... bless your heart” faces I’ve ever seen.

I literally saw the “Dad of the Year” comment on a friend’s Facebook page the other day. She posted a picture of somewhere she had traveled for work and somebody commented, “Saw your hubby at Back to School Night last night. Dad of the Year!!” Pretty sure she was serious. My husband would be so pissed if that was…

Thanks for the review, this was pretty much my impression from the trailer but a lot of my mom-friends were really excited about it. It’s very popular to say things like, “Oh I’m being such a bad mom right now, it’s 7 o’clock on a Friday so I’m putting on Frozen and pouring myself a glass of wine.” This is not “bad…

The story where her mother-in-law tells a joke is in this episode of This American Life (which I can’t believe I was able to find so quickly): http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives…

Us plebes just don’t understand her craft.

Yep. My best method of estimating medical costs is having a lot of friends with the same insurance I have, and asking them how much they paid for a similar procedure. Worked great for childbirth and ear tubes. Unfortunately I don’t know anyone who’s had a hernia repair, so the cost of my husband’s surgery next week is…

Seriously? This literally happens once a week.

Any West Virginians want to weigh in on whether they say “Bless your heart” in Charleston? My husband is from there and I can’t picture anyone in his family saying that.

They must have taken it down, or at least made it private.

Looks like they have an Amazon registry, probably from their commitment ceremony since it’s dated 2014: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/registry/we…

They’re from a sweetgum tree so you’re right, just move the space a bit - sweetgum balls.

Song for the Dumped by Ben Folds Five

What annoys me about those billboards is that they picture blissfully sleeping newborns. Like, who’s even considering shaking that perfectly quiet peaceful little being? They’re not, they’re shaking a screaming, colicky, red-faced little monster, and that’s what should be on the signs. “Don’t shake babies - not even…

Niki Whipple.

I’ve lived in South Carolina for about 20 years and I just don’t understand how he kept walking by that flag and just not thinking anything about it. It’s been talked about for so many years, it’s highly emotional on both sides. But somehow there’s this large group of people who were apparently thinking for all these…