Thank you for this! The only item I must get when I attend The Great Minnesota Get-Together is a corn dog, preferably a foot long.

Counterpoint; the best meat is fresh caught and grilled Salmon.

Cheryl seems like the kind of woman who would write a really vague facebook status and then get dramatically upset when people ask her for details.

Don’t feel bad, it’s cheaper and safer than a DUI!

I had the same experiences guarding. In 10+ years I didn’t jump in once. All of my saves were while I was out enjoying the water myself. I notice this stuff because I can’t help myself from watching the water like a guard...It has now been close to 13 years since I last worked in a pool.

I so agree, especially about the part of each of us having our own little paranoias! Mine is having a dryer lock because when I was a kid I got stuck in a dryer (leading to a lifetime of intense claustrophobia, thank you) and I am insanely worried about the very random possibility that my kid will get stuck in a…

Your philosophy is: “Parent appropriately for the situation”

YES!!! How is it that so many of the women who were completely permissive moms back in the day have turned into nervous wrecks?? I can’t tell you the amount of panicky advice I used to get when my kids were tiny from ladies of a certain age, many complete strangers. It still happens sometimes, and I always think, “I…

You know what’s funny? I’m a 70s/80s kid and I got all of the independence I could ever want back then. But now that i have kids my mom and MIL fucking hover over them and helicopter the shit out of them. It’s like they don’t remember how they raised us. I’m constantly reassuring both of them that i’m not a bad parent…

Yup.

Hoo boy. I checked my daughter’s breathing every night until she was three. No exaggeration. She’s 11 now and I’m getting better at giving her what I hope are appropriate boundaries. Boundaries that will let her explore and learn independence while still having a general idea what she’s up to. She’s going to middle…

Yes, leaving a nine year old alone in the middle of nowhere is a reckless, stupid, traumatising way to “teach” a child...

for a country that values independence (for certain peoples) the states spends a lot of money terrifying people on all the dangers out there. Yes, leaving a nine year old alone in the middle of nowhere is a reckless, stupid, traumatising way to “teach” a child but parents nowadays micromanage children way to much.…

I’m in the camp that thinks people should parent how they want to parent, so long as it isn’t abusive, and everyone else should mind their own business.

MAGA: Motorcycles Are Going Away

The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!

People must simply be stopped at the Border and told they cannot come into the U.S. illegally.

You know, particularly on the “high end”, the restaurant and food service industry is owned and managed by a higher than average population of people who identify themselves as LGBT, especially on the east coast. Same for waitstaff, bartenders, and the chefs and his/her kitchen staff. Many of the employees in the…

Not if her brother’s been to visit!

The hero for our time...