The thing is, though, when you’re surrounded by people who aren’t strong swimmers, you’ve got to know how to deal with some panicky person grabbing hold of you and pulling you down. That’s part of every lifeguard training course I’ve ever witnessed or heard about. 

This is what happens when your government leaders are chosen for their ability to make “bold statements” and macho posturing, and not so much for their educational background or international experience. All of these idiots - Trump and his advisor/sycophants, tea-party groomed congressmen, David Clarke, etc. - don’t…

I made the mistake of checking out my friend’s ex-Army son’s Facebook profile. He likes to play the part of hardass vet who’s seen it all, but he spent most of his time in the service on bases in Texas. But these Parkland kids really have him and his sense of Freedominess all riled up. The conversation usually starts…

To quote one of their favorite songs, I can only imagine. 

Oh, but they will when it’s marketed to their local drumset/Jesus Starbucks/mega churches. I have plenty of geeky Christianist friends back home who go to these kinds of movies for their date nights. 

Does everything a woman does have to be made “beautiful and attractive”? I breastfed because it was healthy for my kids and could be pretty damn convenient at times. (Pack a bottle? Hell no - I’ve got these.) But it’s sometimes painful, it’s often difficult to do other things at the same time (one-handed typing never…

Don’t these people have any handlers who actually vet the people and groups they speak with? I used to line up media opps for the top people in the companies I worked for, and if I didn’t recognize the outlet or the organization, it was my job to make sure that they were legit. Not hard. 

Brings back memories of my mom’s “ladies league” pals. No-nonsense gals in super-ugly golf shoes and pedal-pushers who ruled the course on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. Smoking, of course. But the non-conforming club thing? Screw that. I love my “mixed bag” of weird clubs I’ve acquired from elderly relatives, including my…

(Whispers behind hand and braces for onslaught...)

Not a fan of the woman, but something tells me that TRump is just as much of a hateful asshole in private as he is in public. We all saw the look he gave her at the inauguration. Now imagine that lardass sitting in his barely-covering bathrobe, tossing off rounds of cruelties to her about how “fat” she looks and…

While epic plastic “enhancements” is a likely explanation, her new look could have something to do with her supposed kidney problem. My friend developed kidney issues and was prescribed steroids, which had a noticeable effect on her face.

My sympathies. My father (and mother) were much the same way, politically. The two of them have now joined the “choir invisible” and while I miss their opinions on some things, I’m afraid I still wouldn’t be talking to them much if they were still around. (Even a decade ago, my mom and I got into an argument over an…

Here I got my hopes up that the peasants had actually stormed the castle. Seriously, the outrage and terror caused by some judicious damage to the greens of golf courses nationwide would be delicious. Especially a tRump course.

I wouldn’t put it past tRump to throw in Franklin Graham. Is he a lawyer? No, but that’s not even really a requirement. Rump just thinks he’s a great guy, and super, fantastically moral. The most moralest. And the mouth-breathing Christian Evangelicals would just eat it up. 

Did eventually go to the ER a couple of days later, as I was still feeling awful. No sign of a heart attack, EKG was fine, but I still have pain in my chest and feel really run down. Usually I can calm myself down, but this has gone on for a few days. Not too crazy about running up another doctor bill though (I have a…

I’m out of town, and she’s always way busy anyhow. By doc-in-the-box, do you mean urgent care?

Question of the day ... is it a panic attack or a heart attack? I’ve had anxiety issues for ages, and have even ended up in the ER for things that were just chalked up to my brain being over dramatic (like terrible cramps and diarrhea the day of my first big press event at my new job). Chest feels tight, fluttering…

Kudos to the tall Irishman in the front row! As a person of not-great-height, I seem to have a magnetic force that compels tall people (and people with big hair) to sit in front of me. Sure, the answer would be to sit in the front row myself but a) I hate sitting in the front row and b) someone told me that if you…

Oh, yeah - she just grabbed this out of her closet, as some of her sycophants are claiming. So she cares so little about her position and her image that she even HAS anything like this in her White House wardrobe?