Alternatively, if you can’t unshrink it, with a little tailoring, it can become clothes for your dog. Or nibling (niece or nephew).

When he was in his 60s, I lent my very sensitive dad (who didn’t know he was sensitive and thought instead he was a typically masculine intellectual) a copy of a Pam Houston book (Waltzing the Cat, I think). He cried when talking to me about how he’d never read a book like that before. Not just a book by a woman but…

What if they are a total a-hole?

If they can just forge a note, they should do that. If they have to show up with a grown up, they should show up with any willing grown up who maybe could look like them. I’d happily take take any minor who is white and has brown hair. I bet plenty of health care professionals would happily look the other way. 

Drill brush makes the scrubbing take two seconds.

There is nothing surprising about this, and yet it still stuns me that a group of people could weigh out what is worth protection, a boss’ ability to masturbate while chasing employees versus the ability for workers to not be assaulted in the workplace, and decide, yeah, that first one.

I find that the trouble with identifying mansplaining (and many other subtle forms of sexism that still have a big impact, like how salary negotiations go) is that it isn’t always 100% clear that the fact that you are a woman is the reason something is happening to you. But as a woman, I get things explained to me…

Still, FairVote’s data indicates that such victories are the exception, rather than the rule.

“None of the above” doesn’t need a majority to win. The rule should be that the winning candidate must get 50%+1 when “none of the above” is an option. Lots of elected leaders would have to really step up their game to get 50%+1 when “none of the above” is an option. 

“It’s not a political meeting. It is a bipartisan woman’s group.”

Even better is when your car key FOB remembers your seat so it starts moving the seats and mirrors to your ideal position while you are still walking to the car. Then you get the exact ideal positions without the wait.

Wow. Road rage shootings. You are more compassionate than I am. Kudos, I think. I’m trying to process this example.

There is a relevant cognitive bias called “fundamental attribution error,” which essentially is to assume people do things because of their character and not because of their circumstances.

I would recommend in both cases buying from a private party instead. First of all, private party cars are cheaper. Second, negotiations on price are waaaaaaaaaaay less obnoxious. Third, it is no longer true that buying a car at a dealer means the car is in good condition. Even the certified pre-owned designation means…

Good hypothesis. I thinks it is generally true.

If comfort and safety are priorities and the budget is $30,000, I would definitely buy used. At the highest trim levels, cars are dramatically more comfortable have the most forward-thinking safety features.

It took me 18 months but I got my dog to swim comfortably after previously only being willing to be ankle deep in water. I did it by throwing sticks further and further. I had to get really exact at stick throwing. And when I missed and threw it too far, she’d look at me like I just stole from her. But she is a little…

I feel like just treating it like any other piece of fabric is also an option. A person can be a good citizen in meaningful ways while ignoring the symbolic ways and that is okay. I would perhaps avoid handling the flag in a way someone dislikes in plain view of someone who is sensitive about the issue, but that is…

Garlic paste is also great for cooking, both the good/fancy kind in a small metal tube or the worse/cheaper kind in the big plastic tubes, especially for daily drudgery cooking.

In more progressive states, CPS will get involved for psychological abuse as well.