On one hand, it will be interesting to see which of the Big Four candidates fall below the 15% viability threshold in Iowa at the caucuses. I caucused once, and it was awesome. It was the only time my primary candidate won (Obama) and yelling my head off for two hours in a high school gym was surprisingly cathartic.

Oh my Dear Flying Spaghetti Monster!  It would be the greatest debate of all time.  Direct questions, followed with more direct follow up when the candidates tried to dodge.  A thing of beauty! 🙌

Hey Pumpkin! 

My mom is a similar case, and I had to follow a process similar to training a puppy. Violate a boundary we have previously discussed - I leave, you will be asked/forced to leave, or I will hang up the phone and not pick up again for a stated period of time. After five years of hard-core reinforcement, I finally don’t…

Solid take!

One more vote for not feeling well/sick dog/sick cat/sick iguana/sick parakeet/icy roads/sick friend/work commitment/damn near anything meaning you can’t come, or can only stay for a bit to say hi. Life is too short for a crappy family dynamic to ruin some of the few mandated days of freedom per year.

But you sound fun and awesome.  /s

We don’t have a television in our house. We do have streaming services that we watch on our computer, to be fair. When we are at my in-laws house and they have network television blaring in the background from sunrise ‘til I pass out from boredom/wine/a combination of both, it deeply reminds me why we don’t have a…

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MAILS!

Yeah - I wasn’t buying it either. Pete basically said, “Hey, that was a long time ago!” But he didn’t provide any examples of having learned from his shitty take in the decade since the shitty take was filmed.

Vote D all the way to the bottom of the ballot, every time, now and forever. But never forget that RBG and the other older liberal justices *had* a chance to retire with clear consciences - in 2014. They, as much as anyone, made this situation by not getting out when there was a chance to secure their judicial legacy…

Jez and other outlets have reported on the pressure-cooker environment these young stars in Korea exist in. The pressure to have cosmetic surgeries, the relentless press coverage of their every move, societal pressures to be one, very, very specific way. I feel bad for them. It seems like a gilded prison life, chosen…

Yikes.  Your mom sounds like a piece of work.  I hope that you do Friends-giving with better people now.  

The old ladder kicking game in full effect. Once they are up, they aim for your face when you try to follow. I’ve worked for so many Boomer “cool girls” like this. 🤢🤮

This is the real story here. Major media is understating this as padding, embellishing or exaggerating, but that implies that there is some basis in truth. Ex: Claiming to have graduated with honors when you actually only graduated. Or claiming to have graduated when you only attended. Or claiming an actual degree…

My exact sentiments to everyone out of the Top 5 right now. Let’s watch Biden, Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg, and maaaaaybe Harris debate the issues. Everyone else can GTFO.

We could learn a thing or 700 from you northern folks, if we pulled our heads out of our behinds long enough to listen. 😊

It might be cluster headaches, the male version of migraine headaches. My then-boyfriend, now husband had them in grad school.  He would have to take massive doses of Tylenol for a fairly long period to "break" the cycle.  He should definitely go to the doctor.

Scrolled down to make sure that this had been noted. Picoult is an awful, no good, very bad writer. I used to go out after work nearly every night when I was in my 20's. I would generally go to free/nearly free arts events. Sometimes they were amazing, sometimes not so much.   

I would also support V for Vendetta.  Maus, Persepolis and Fun Home are also great!