Thanks. Actually I took an entire semester off from college to care for my dying grandmother and I also spent a year caring for my mom while she was on hospice. So yes, I can see where I am a complete dick. People who are seriously ill are frequently left alone with no one to help them with their actual needs of…

The most surreal moment I ever had was while working at Showboat. I was working this special high roller party- think fancy wedding reception. No one looked happy, they were sitting at tables and machines like zombies. Overhead, If I Had A Million Dollars was playing.

the fact that the title of this article has to exist is literally making me cry. If you are looking for an answer why, my honest opinion is that giving white men a gun and a badge is a fucking terrible idea. I don't care if there are good cops. There aren't ENOUGH of them. I will never forget sitting in my biology…

yes, I agree. No way should they get federal money, but I would not use my family to tilt at that windmill.

we drove to an hour away in an entirely different state so I would not have my children at our local hospital. It was a logistical nightmare but we were ok with it because better than going to our lady merciless.

RIGHT?! God. That's why people hate us.

I don't think it's that bad. She has an 8 year old and a 4 year old. I've done it with 4,2, and a four month old. If you want to go out to eat with kids you have to accept that it might be a pain.

right. This happened to us when our baby was two months old. My husband changed her in the front seat of the car. Even if it was not rude to change your baby at the table, wiggly baby+ biohazard= too many variables for me. Geeze sometimes you open that thing and it's everywhere. Why do you want to risk poop getting…

I feel a-ok with anybody hiding money from the government since they're so irresponsible with it.

I feel like this is within normal grandma levels of nutty. I mean possibly shady but seriously my friends grandma would steal ziplocks of soup from the old country buffet and mine watered down ketchup.

James Marsden.

It's the same author that wrote The Egg and I.

a food bank is always great, especially in the summer when the children are not getting free lunches

I am rereading Onions in the Stew by Betty Macdonald. Tomorrow I am making a completely from scratch coconut cream pie.

bitches gotta eat is fabulous.

Dead Like Me

I find that minimizing caffeine and eating lightly helps.

This really good writer named Samantha Irby is in Chicago. Her blog is called Bitches Gotta Eat. She is on Facebook under both her name and her blog and does fairly regularly mention places that are fun to go to or eat at which might help you feel more connected to your new city.

drawing on my past experience the odds of no one hanging one of those puppies out of the top of their checked pants is basically zero.

OMG. I'm torn. Evil Genius.