My impression is that they are very good at the blood drive thing, and less good at the disaster relief thing.

I can’t imagine what I would do if my husband suddenly became an abusive asshole. I have read too many stories about crazy guys all of a sudden murdering their kids when their wives try to divorce them. I know the sane thing to do would be to escape, but I can imagine fear plus shame could be a strong deterrent.

What the everloving hell is going on here with people suddenly targeting you??

I imagine that Shanara has some mixed feelings about this too. She wants to punish Gloria, but knows by doing so she would be hurting her daughter. What an effed up situation.

The high res one looks a lot more like her, so I bet in person it is even more accurate. There is something a tiny bit off, like her hands are enormous, but it looks like that is her style. Overall I like it. The dress sort of reminded me of a Klimt painting (in a good way), but in higher resolution it is less flat.

In all seriousness, for most non-crazy Christians, praying for guidance is like meditation. I think they essentially sit and quietly think through something, and the voice in their head that says “this is the right thing to do” they ascribe to God guiding their actions. But most non-crazy Christians realize this is…

Love it.

Chris Mazdzer gave an interview after he won silver in the luge about how he had a couple of years of failure beforehand which allowed him to be totally relaxed. And he was definitely having fun the whole competition. I do think if you are older and had some big failures it gives you a little more perspective.

I know, watching on TV it doesn’t seem so steep, but that view is terrifying.

I thought the Russian women had beautiful artistry, but Kolyada was very meh, especially compared to Rippon.

I wish there was a way to transparently reward artistry in a way that didn’t lead to accusations of corruption or subjectivity. At least from a dancer’s perspective, it takes mastery over your jumps to be able to do them flawlessly at the same time you have the minute muscle control to perfectly coordinate complex…

Yeah, my non-white college friend has been NYPD for the last 15 years, and wow. I am friends with him on Facebook and he has devolved into a BLM-hating, racist crazy person. Beyond just getting a taste for power, I think it is unfortunately human nature. He is constantly hearing and promoting all the times cops are…

I love maxi dresses, but I am so short they generally drag several inches on the floor.

I don’t know. My mom refused to get me Barbies growing up because she thought they had an unrealistic body. The Disney Anna and Elsa dolls, etc. nowadays make Barbies look thick.

Yeah, it is weird to say things like “the n-word, the f-word” like referring to it that way avoids the taboo. But I generally only hear those euphemisms when someone is referring to someone else using the word. And, I don’t know how you could report on a story about hate speech (or teach a class about hate speech)…

I think it is pretty large and one of the articles said about 34% nonwhite. That said, you get into tricky territory saying that high schools should NOT do color blind casting, as the students are demanding. They also saying that schools should do diverse shows with multiple leads, which makes sense. But when you get…

I did mention to my daughter “Hey I have a big tummy and I am cool” but I really like your idea of the spa. I definitely need to keep a careful I on what cartoons I let her watch because the style nowadays is for the girls to be 90% leg, 10% head, and everything pencil thin.

I think about it a lot. Because if Trump does something truly awful (awfuller?) there are two scenarios: 1) 2018 Congress flips to Ds because the public realizes that needs to happen to impeach him; or 2) 2018 Congress remains as is because enough of the public is fine with what Trump is doing. At that point, a small…

I am the opposite. Coffee wires me up so much that I assume if I ever tried cocaine I would immediately have a heart attack.

My 7-year-old was complaining about being fat last night. I don’t even know what to do. She is not overweight at all, but has a little pot belly and apparently because of who knows what thinks everyone is supposed to have a perfectly flat stomach.