I feel like the gist of this whole article was “if you don’t have kids, you have to be the bigger/better person and work extra hard to keep your friendships in tact.” I get it that children are a LOT of work - 24/7/365 for the rest of your life - but that’s your deal, dude. You wanted them, you’re raising them, then…

I don’t tend to get hiccups plural but instead I get one, large, gasping spasm in my diaphragm that comes on without warning and lasts for probably 3 seconds. If I have my mouth open when it happens, it sounds like a dolphin being strangled. And that’s pretty much what it feels like inside, too. Being squeezed like an…

As a cynical, old, marketing lady I can tell you why Peter Pan isn’t the star of the show: Pete has huge brand equity and these shows aimed at the toddler audience are considered disposable. You can have your Big Stars as a guest on these shows, but you don’t want to damage your brand/character by creating a series…

My husband’s dream is to open a restaurant with all of his favorite foods and burritos factor in heavily in his menu. He wants to provide small burritos. For the same price as a big one, you’d get 2-3 small ones (made with the taco-size flour tortillas) that are easier to manage. Plus, you can get more variety (which…

Best way to critique your spouse’s driving? Have major surgery! Now I am “precious cargo” and am allowed to say so. Every time he corners too fast or accelerates so he can “see the jerk who just cut him off” I just have to say “oooh, that hurts a bit” or grab the handle on the door and he downshifts into ambulance…

A change that I’m still surprised hasn’t been made yet is that usernames count against character limit. Regardless of how amazing you are at crafting succinct replies, when the user name is long it eats up a ton of space, so replying or tagging people of interest is difficult/impossible. This is ABSOLUTELY something…

Something that most emergency responders look for now is your medical info on your phone. Even with Apple’s notoriously strict lock-out mechanisms you can make this available in an emergency. If you fill in the Health profile, you can list your blood type, allergies, etc. Honestly, allergies and known health…

I live in an arid desert and have never seen a “firefly” with my own eyes. My east coast/southern friends are so blase about them. But they glow! And look pretty! But they’re all “but they’re still bugs - who cares?”

Ditto! We have a Roku player (which start at around $75 with no service fees) and there are more free sports channels than you’d think. Plus, most of the major organizations (MLB, NHL, MMA) offer their own “channels” - which function like apps on your phone - that offer some free content and other content is paid.…

I think Tom should file a claim against them. Because this is TOTAL GARBAGE and as much as I’d hope it wasn’t, this whole thing just screams of prejudice. If the details in the story are semi-accurate, then my bet is that Jess was matched with him on a dating site and when she found out he is a little person, she ran…

Room blocks are hard to get in Vegas or they require a really large block of rooms. I’ve booked more conferences there than I care to think about and I’ve had hotels decline our 100+ room block for being too small. So you may find the same problem with a small party.

My job forced us all from cubicles to home office, which most people bitterly complained about (working at home sounds nice but doesn’t always work out that way) but I immediately thought NAPS! I don’t sleep well at night, my circadian rhythm doesn’t sync with the 8-5 grind and so I routinely get only a couple of…

I have had a series of female bosses who were fighting (in their own mind, anyway) this stereotype by working like crazy and then expecting their direct reports to do the same. “I have 3 kids, a husband, and 2 dogs and I manage to work 12 hours every day - so what’s your excuse?” One manager even told a colleague (in…

This, exactly.

I was living with a boyfriend and we’d been together almost 3 years and he woke up one morning and said he had a saucy dream about some girl he worked with and it was so real that he had to go and ask her out because he felt like it was Fate. He gave me a week to pack up and leave our house, which I did and I told him…

This is what is driving the newest pop-up gym craze in my neighborhood. Tiny retail stores are being converted into these high-intensity, low time investment “gyms” where all the machines are tracked on a giant telethon-like board at the front of the room. As a group, you’ve gotta keep the ‘thermometer’ within a…

RE: no moms with daughters on Tinder: I’ll bet there’s a lot of mom-shaming happening in the background and ladies being made to feel that they’re not a good role model for their daughters if they’re trolling Tinder for a casual fling. Not to say that those ladies aren’t on the site, they’re just not calling out the…

I always choose window because I fall asleep almost immediately (air pressure and white noise knock me out) so I set myself up in a little cocoon and sleep the full length of the flight and don’t disturb anyone - no snacks, no beverages, no restroom trips: I’m a goddamned delight. However, if I ever get an aisle or…

I’d love to have a corporate seminar on this. Seriously. I spend 6-8 hours a day on conference calls where the audience is either muted (giving zero feedback) or constantly saying “uh huh” which interrupts the flow of information and, depending on type of phone/headset being used, actually prevents other people from…

To be honest, I think what a lot of “Millenials” are experiencing - and speaking out about - are practices that have always been around. Companies hire people and expect them to miraculously know how everything works. They’re hiring because they need help RIGHT NOW and if you’re not hitting the ground running, you’re…