The current generation of parents, myself included, has enabled this by abandoning the simplistic, tyrannical, and unjustifiable, yet ultimately effective and useful, “because I said so.” I knew it was bullshit when my dad said it to me, and it would still be bullshit if I said it to my kids, but damn if that shit did…

I feel like this is a supervillain origin story.

The other day my wife was still in bed and I was almost done brushing and I realized I was using her toothbrush.

I think it’s fine Elizabeth Gilbert is dating this guy, people react to grief and move through it in different ways and it brings people together in different ways that maybe others wouldn’t understand. I will not forgive her for writing Eat, Pray, Love though.

There are no 18 year old Jennys anymore.  It’s the Madison Era.

Not so much me, but my son, who is still struggling (He got frostbite on his thumbs by sneaking out of the house in Sub-Zero temps in search of cigarettes, dressed for a cool spring day).

Shitcanned as a euphemism for getting drunk might be actually be hyper-regionally specific, limited strictly to my mother’s house. 

Was this actually active shooter training, or just a plot to get teachers to quit at public schools so they can justify school vouchers?

They should have gone full crazy and used simunition.

In fairness, how else would people know that being shot is a bad thing?

They are not soft. Especially at velocity. And you can and should to regulate the velocity of the pellets.

After reading this, I want to quit teaching again.

.... obviously they’re NOT soft, Bob, or else people wouldn’t be complaining.

This issue is NOT the dog’s fault, it is the owner’s fault and if it can’t be resolved neighbor to neighbor and calling the police doesn’t help, this is the result. People are inconsiderate assholes and most inconsiderate assholes have horrible animals that they don’t try to train and control. I happen to live next…

I like name Birdie, old fashion.  

The porn industry is such a wasteland. It’s actually difficult for me to find porn that I actually like, and often when I do I get five minutes in and something happens that really turns me off. I’m also disturbed about how much of it is really rape-y. Even if there is no violence involved, there’s almost always a…

Tech culture is sexist as fuck, but are you really claiming gender bias on automated voice recognition? hahahahahahaha OK

Oh definitely. I think it strikes a chord just because it’s so personal in nature, and the intent one would need to pull that off is immense. And it sounds rather uncomfortable to force yourself to speak like someone else for, I’m guessing, the better part of fifteen years.

Of all the sociopathic and reckless bullshit this chick did, the fake voice is the least offensive to me. I get it. Tech is so sexist even voice recognition software works better on lower voices. I mean, even our iphones are telling us they’ll only listen and take us seriously if we speak like men. So yeah, I won’t…

I can’t be the only person who read this headline and thought “to her other home” rather than “the other daughter.” No offense to Bella, I didn’t know who Olivia was last week, either.