If you have multiple family members ask them for lists of stuff they want ranked by how much they want it. It won’t eliminate fights but it should tone them down. And it will make the decisions on a lot of things easier when you know absolutely no one wants 30 boxes of slides showing random vacations.

If you can, get an appraiser to take a look at it. Now they will assign a value that no one will actually pay, but interestingly you can donate it someplace (anyplace, like dump it at Habitat for Humanity) and attach the appraisal to the receipt you get and claim the full value as a tax deduction.

If nothing else, ask what items they think should stay in the family. Even the staunchest pack rat (not a hoarder just an accumulator) will probably agree that no one needs to keep the garage full of garden tools in the family. That can be a big help emotionally when clearing out. It helps that nagging feeling of…

Lol. Have you ever been at the Kohl’s customer service counter? It is a level of hell that defies description.

PREACH. Exactly what I was coming to say.

I’m guessing Matt Lauer, despite his namby pamby attempts to get O’Reilly to “apologize” doesn’t actually think Bill did anything wrong. Just like the sportscasters who covered Kobe Bryant giving an apology ring to his wife after the rape charges against him were dropped. He triumphed over that whore they implied and…

They take classes or get internships mostly. Almost every college runs summer programs for high schoolers. The kids I know, they were at camps (wilderness camps/theater camps/sports camps) for a few weeks, at least one 3 week or 6 week class and then filled in any free time with “jobs’ at parent or family friend’s…

These fuckers are going to kill people. And make others cling to the most bullshit of hopes (like the McMath family) and keep their loved ones hooked up to machines for no good reason. And responsible doctors will get so much pushback that suddenly homeopathy will be allowed in the ICU because they can’t take another…

May I recommend the Chocolate Therapy flavor. It sounds complex on the label but it’s just chocolate on chocolate with a very minimal sprinkling of chocolate cookies crumblies.

I mean I guess it makes sense since it gives one a sense of despair and hopelessness and Halo Top is all about eating the whole pint. But if things are that fucking bad I’m going to go for the actual ice cream not the chemical soup shit.

Like almost every retailer the Gap lost sight of the basics. As in producing basics that last at a reasonable price. I have Gap t shirts that I bought in high school (so late 80s) that are still going. Meanwhile the ones I got last year barely lasted one wash before getting wonky.

Ummm. Anti Choice people bring up Kermit Gosnell alllllll the time. He’s a terrible person and Pennsylvania fucked up majorly - they hadn’t inspected his clinic since 1993. That was governmental incompetence/underfunding though, not some devious plot by pro choice folks.

Right - and they’re amazing. But they already had boats, people gear etc. They were prepared for this because they got organized in the wake of Katrina.

Honestly, in practical terms no. Cause it’s not just the boats (although how would you bring 1000 boats into a disaster zone with few open roads?), it’s gas and flashlights and life vests and radios and qualified people to drive the boats and people who know how to navigate during floods and then a safe place to keep…

Sigh. Police departments should not be serving warrants in tanks. It’s unnecessary to over arm and play war video games for day to day policing. It tends to escalate every situation and also makes it more likely that cops will shoot because they’re so amped up with all the firepower. Some police departments have…

Near my grandparent’s retirement community there is a pack of turkeys that roams freely. Weirdly they are pretty gentle and will stroll along the walking path with the seniors happily. But they will randomly decide to harass cars driving along the road. First they mass in front of the car then they start running…

I’m skeptical of these tears. This is the guy from the Vice video and he was horrifyingly awful. I suspect this is a ploy that will play well with his followers. Casting himself as a victim will mean that all those supremacist assholes will want to redouble their efforts to “save” him from whoever the fuck they think…

Headline should read Virginia not West Virginia

There are an awful lot of us with similar experiences. And mental illness is so poorly understood/treated/talked about that I can’t blame the parents (even my own). Hopefully going forward we will figure out how to navigate this shit so kids aren’t subject to this crap without resources.

It’s exhausting dealing with a parent who is bipolar. Sure sometimes the whacky shit is fun and exciting, but the older you get (and I’m not talking like 20 I’m talking like after hitting 6) the more you realize the fun shit always ends in tears and bullshit. Never knowing which mom will be there when you wake up in…