Brief and Bright Firefly

6/19/16

There are a whole subset of names that apparently were really common in Medieval Britain, and since everyone had pretty much the same name, there are a bazillion variants on them — William, John, Michael, Henry (like Jack, I cannot figure out how Harry is a nickname for Henry), Mary, Sarah, Margaret, Elizabeth, etc.…

6/19/16

You might.You are smarter and more powerful than you give yourself credit for.

6/18/16

When I was in college, there was a book series that spawned a TV show, “The Worst Case Scenario.” The commercials were all like, “WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE ATTACKED BY A BEAR???!!!!” “WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU DROVE OFF A CLIFF????!!!!!!!!!” Each time the commercials asked one of these questions, my roommate would…

6/18/16

This is a Canadian woman.

6/18/16

Fear tends to center the mind after a few hours.

6/18/16

I would have been too fearful to run, assuming the wolf would take off after me!

6/18/16

I too think about these type of things. I can tell you what I would do. HAND TO PAW COMBAT WITH THE WOLF. Because I am liam neeson.

6/18/16

This woman is so badass.

6/14/16

Thanks! He's a character- he's just lucky I'm not sensitive about it

6/14/16

I thought he had the wrong file tbh. He says it doesn't mean anything, but I swear he gets a kick out of it.

6/10/16

Ziff-Davis looks like it wants Jezebel and Gizmodo (and why not LifeHacker, Deadspin, etc.) but has no real interest in keeping Gawker itself. I think that would be a smart move. (Also, giving IO9 its independence from Gizmodo again would be great.)

6/9/16

Finally someone has done the right thing.

6/9/16

Totally. I’m a big, big proponent for birth choices (I’m actually a writer for a mom blog, so I sort of do it professionally). My c-section was an emergency c-section and I still loved the experience. My VBAC was also amazing. The mom guilt people tried (unsuccessfully) to foist on me regarding each was absurd.

6/9/16

Woo hoo! Mazel tov! Yeah, VBAC vs Csection recovery... I’m not sure if the difference is first time I did nothing but rest and second time around I had a toddler, or if it’s the difference between having pain killers and not, but while my csection recovery definitely took longer I’d say the VBAC recovery was more…

6/8/16

Having done both, I can tell you, from my experiences, that both have their benefits and detractors. If I were to have a third (#nope) I would go for another VBAC, no question, but if I were told “You need a c-section” I wouldn’t be even a little bit bummed. Actually giving birth vaginally is basically like taking the…

6/8/16

For those of you who have not given birth, allow me two descriptions of what that’s like based on my births, a c-section and a VBAC.

6/8/16