The last text message I got is from a friend of mine who used to live across the country, but now lives in Chicago, making plans. She said, “I know you’re a bubble whore just like I am!”

I volunteer for dog training classes taught via the art of burlesque!!! MAYBE NOW YOU’LL PAY ATTENTION.

Maybe in a post-Clinton election. Post-Trump? Well. Our President’s literally endorsed this sentiment.

Legit. I’m ever more aware of bread and circuses now— I mean, what he said was shitty, but hell, we’ve given the current President-Elect a pass on worse.

IDK if you’ve seen the memes about the Book of Revelations, but the signal of the Apocalypse is supposed to be signaled by (seven, okay, full disclosure) trumpets, which is really too close for comfort to “Trump/Pence.”

Adding to this, should Barron have special needs, I think this SHOULD have been one of the major things taken into consideration by Trump and his family (assuming Melania is allowed to make any decisions) before he ran for the nation’s highest office, in the service of which a number of sacrifices must be made on the…

Ohhhhh poor girl :( I’m so sorry. That is a really difficult situation. She’s not lactating or anything, is she? I want to send you a box of wine haha. It’s such a rough thing to deal with. I hope you/your vet can find a solution or at least a way to ease the symptoms :/

You...tell me you’re joking. You get the post you’re linking to to “quote” Ashley, or nah?

Normally, I wouldn’t bite, but in this case— well, I disagree. I read the book and watched the movie, and I had a weird, VISCERAL distaste for her character in the movie that I didn’t feel for the Wendy of the book, who I felt was a strong person who reacted to, as you say, behavior that warranted a scared and angry…

Randi, this is possibly just building on the ot-ness, but are you sure it’s a false pregnancy? How do you know?

Yes! I have an illustrated version of “Animal Farm” that even a child could look at and understand as an allegory for what’s going on as all the rights she’s had are being stripped away!

My first vote was in the 2000 election at 18. I keep thinking about how fucked it is that every Republican candidate from then up until now seems like a pillowy cloud of safety compared to this. I never thought I’d see another election like that first one, and in a way I was right— I could not have imagined this.

You def still have time to brush up on your Orwell before the purges and book burnings!

This x 1000. Everybody think of the SNL skit from last week where white people discover unfairness, and triple it.

I hear what you’re saying, but I don’t believe in karma. His genuinely terrible acts exist separate from the fate of his elderly dog, in my mind.

I had a client whose dog had UTI-related MRSA recently and didn’t understand why her normal dog-walking service was unwilling to work with her while that was the case (and also to wipe the dog’s urethra and vagina after she eliminated). “There’s just a 10% chance! You said! Just wash your hands!” I was like,…

I’m (old and) in my last year of vet school with a background in animal behavior. While “Spillover” was my favorite from a work POV, “Monsters of God” was enthralling. Best writer in the general “bioscience” genre. Absolutely.

I know that I’m the nth person to say this, but it’s a fantastic book. If it hasn’t already been mentioned, David Quammen is the best writer on science and zoological topics that can still be considered “pop” and everyone should read all of his writing.

I have two Edelman boxes containing knee-high boots in my closet right now. You could totally fit that much money in them. The saddest part of this whole story* is that I know exactly how big that box is.

It’s a really hard and intensely personal thing, isn’t it? I think it’s peoples’ natural/awkward response to grief.