FFS, has nobody actually read the series up through “Jo’s Boys”? Jo ends up in early middle age not just a writer but a FAMOUS writer and her husband’s just fine with it.

So news that tens of thousands of dollars worth of donor funds were spent making sure that CEO Wayne LaPierre’s wife got the full beat of her dreams with a traveling glam squad is just another layer of shit on the massive shit cake that the right-wing gun lobby has spent years baking.

Was about to say.....apparently she happened on her stylists from that chic new salon “Le Samuel de Fantastique”

Remonfs me of one of my favorite Dolly Parton quotes:

A friend of mine is raising two boys and her and her husband are doing such a great job raising them to be conscientious thoughtful people and then they go over to Grandma's and oh, look WATER GUNS.

YES. And I guarantee that every #boymom who says “well, my son has lots of energy/likes playing with toy trucks/makes fart jokes” because he’s a boy also uses that justification to excuse behavior that ranges from totally normal for a child that age (meltdowns and tantrums happen), to totally abnormal but justifiable,…

Just my childless teacher 2 cents, so take with a grain of salt. If you (as a woman) define your life as a #boymom, it makes my life as said boy's teacher a bit difficult.  These boys, as middle schoolers, are very emotional that their teacher doesn't adore them with the intensity of their mom.  I genuinely like most…

Exactly. #Boymom is the precursor to “Boys will be boys.”

My Mom had all girls and “boy moms” used to annoy her so much. They all seemed to assume that being loud, messy, and roughhousing was something only boys did. She would frequently point out that my sisters and I did all of those things (especially the story where my middle sister and I were fighting and fell onto the…

I really don’t carol, do u?

*Gourd your loins

Don’t forget your car.

“the establishment of a 401k program”

“I haven’t seen a betrayal like this since Kelly slept with Dylan while Brenda was studying in Paris.”

It really does, doesn’t it? This is where we are now. It’s bizarre that Rudy’s plea for calm looks incredibly suspicious. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE RUDY?

“with dozens of high-profile men, including... Britain’s Prince Andrew”

For Republicans, it’s practically a Cabinet department.

This district is in Luzerne County, PA. A few years ago, two judges were convicted in a “Kids for Cash” scheme, in which they jailed juveniles for minor offenses, like petty theft/shoplifting. Luzerne County voted overwhelmingly to elect Trump, and a few months ago, Trump held one of his hate rallies there. Do the…

A tremendous book and I like to think that the fact that it somehow may have contributed to shortening Dick Young’s life is a plus as well. 

Nice piece Charles, take your Base.