No. Saying we need to ‘do something’ is useless. Saying we need to do something about the guns at least recognizes the actual problem.

Oooh Me! Me! I have a great, story of how planning your life in high school doesn’t work out, but being a well rounded person and developing skills totally works out. (ETA: this ended up waaay longer than I meant it to. But it’s true.)

I finally found my true calling at 36. Always planned on being a journalist or English teacher. Now I’m a librarian.

Tell her not to think about “the rest of her life” or her “career.” Focus on the next six months. Allow yourself to explore the things that interest you and make you happy. Very few things in life are forever and ever. If you try one thing and hate it, you can always try another. My daughter called me last year…

“Watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable ... All women have a duty to unite when these attacks happen and the WHCA owes Sarah an apology.”

Don’t be ashamed because you need to go on unemployment or Medicaid. That money was taken out of all of your prior paychecks for this exact purpose. IT’S YOURS and is there for when you need it.

It sounds like you’re overwhelmed. Take one thing at a time, starting with your thesis since you have a deadline. Worry about the weight and other stuff later. I’m sure you aren’t ugly, the stress is just exacerbating the acne as well as the way you see yourself. Since you like your lips, splurge on some fantastic new…

Hugs to you. You don’t need to have money to invest to talk to a financial advisor, some are free and some charge, see if you can talk to someone about the best way for you to proceed. I know laws are different in each state, but there may be a generic version of the medication you need, but you might have to ask the…

You should stop being friends with those people. You’re spending $100 on moisturizer and they’re cheaping out on the wine? No.

Your kid committed what sounds like a property crime, probably some sort of vandalism. It happens. Either accept the consequences or hire a lawyer and try to prevent him being punished. Since no one is bringing charges I imagine that your kid is white and that no one wants to destroy the life of a promising young man,…

I’m so sorry. You don’t deserve that, and it isn’t cool that your parents don’t treat you with the love and affection you do deserve. It doesn’t seem so much a youngest child problem as a selfish, shitty parent problem. Also, if you would like for any of us to ooh and aah over your adorable kiddo, we will gladly do…

ELECTION PSA

In ‘Grief is weird, it’s been a month’:

Awww, little King Trash Mouth thinks he’s a good President.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a GREAT book. I’d add “And Both Were Young” to this list—more overtly romantic than A Wrinkle in Time. And now I want to look up your other ones!

So much Christopher Pike. He was the vastly superior teen trash writer of our time.

To me it’s reckless to not have your phone plugged in at 2:20

It crossed my mind whether I should edit that out, but I’m not ashamed.

I have such mixed feelings about Pete Souza’ work. On the one hand, these are beautiful, iconic images. On the other the hand, it’s impossibly painful to see them at this exact time. I’m trying to look on the good side, but it’s just painful.

You’d think! But it was a case of Young And Dumb - I had a buttcrack-of-dawn flight from the east coast with a 4am taxi, and I decided I’d just stay up all night and sleep on the plane. Except I didn’t actually sleep, I just kinda dozed fitfully and I was -not- operating on all thrusters when I got to my layover in…