claiming the skit had not been in the competition’s script and had not been authorized by the board

My parents’ generation was raised to believe that formula was best. My in-laws were horrified that I was considering breastfeeding. My mother was more positive (she had breastfed herself) but she had heard again and again that breastfeeding was difficult and in most cases never enough.

Wear it as a badge of honor*. Now you have more room in your brain for useful things.

Eighteen times: 8 miscarriages, 5 stillbirths, and 5 live births. Of the live births, 2 died shortly after birth and 2 died when they were toddlers. The only one to live past age two died when he was 11. It’s an incredibly sad story.

I work in an office that is full of gossips. I didn’t know that one of my colleagues was a horrible, terrible, psychotic, human being that was bullying a couple of other colleagues until their ire turned on me and I blew that shit up. It then came out what was going on and I was one of the last to know, and it had…

“But, uh, everything’s perfectly all right now. We’re fine. We’re all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?” 

Next time, the Black Panthers — whose first public action was to show up on the Statehouse steps in Sacramento brandishing arms — should show up in force to surround these protesters to show their solidarity in support of firearm ownership. I’m sure these #2A people would really appreciate the boost in numbers, being…

I went to Scotland for two weeks and came back with a slight brogue.

It’s called the chameleon effect and people do it to empathize and relate to one another. People usually do it subconsciously. 

Should be pronounced Shite.

Love how Diesel Engines can look at a site, and he is the moral authority, but Stormy is on the site and she is a slut. Been a pet peeve of mine for my entire life. 

I also vote no. It doesn’t sound like you know she’s into Harlem history, jazz, or glitter, and giving it to her can basically come across like “Here’s the one thing I know about you: you’re black, so you’ll probably like this!” I’ve had this done to me as a minority in an office and it’s pretty offensive.

I will never forget this burn from Her Majesty on meeting Deputy First Minister Alec McGuinness (formerly of the IRA, who had tried to assassinate Her Majesty on a few occasions).

We’re about to go on a 10 day trip towards the end of July from the Bay Area! Crater Lake, Mt. Saint Helens, quick stops in Portland and Seattle, Olympic NP, and driving back down the Oregon coast, making our way to the Oregon Caves NM, then back to the Bay! Very excited---a good mix of camping and AirBnB.

Stay positive and try not on stress too much. My partner has PCOS and we we’re convinced we’d have fertility issues until it just uh, happened, 41 weeks ago. Now we’re sitting in a hospital postpartum ward 24 hours after birth taking care of this little human. It’s freaking me out, but in a good way.

She’ll probably switch her purse to the other arm (the signal for her staff that “this conversation is boring, interrupt it with some pressing matter that I must attend to”) in short order.

Oregon Caves, Crater Lake, Craters of the Moon, Arches, Dead Horse, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Zion, and Death Valley.

Complain to your state bar association. google your state bar association and complaint. They know they fucked up, they need to be held accountable. After you’ve cleared things up go on several review sites both yelp and other lawyer sites and tell everyone what happened.

Go see a doctor ASAP. It can be less scary things or more serious things, but you need tests. Personal story: MiL and SM both had thyroid problems that manifested through hair-loss. Both medicated and doing better now.

The first time in a while SNS is early enough for me to participate! This is Mishto, it’s his fifteenth birthday (around) today. He was rescued from a house that had thirty cats living in it, so no one was keeping track of the birthdays over there.