But isn’t insisting on his sobriety for the sake of their kids the opposite of codependency?

She should be shunned by the whole of creation.

It’s Mental Illness On Parade with her, day in and day out, and she just keeps getting rewarded for it.

He’s so funny I laugh at his face before he ever says anything. 

Brad Pitt’s so good at the game that he cheats on Aniston but Angelina’s the bad guy, and the FBI is called about an incident with the oldest son and Angelina’s the bad guy, and now she’s divorcing him because of whatever went so wrong between them so she’s the bad guy, and he’s admitted to having substance abuse…

Even the word mustard makes me want to curse God and die.

Oh no, now I feel terrible.

This guy. When he really gets going at the 1:30 mark he looks like he might have a heart attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfmp9Iagxhk

Doctrine & Covenants 131:

On the earlier post about the firing of Jay Asher, I commented about how I’d been harassed for years by someone in publishing who has since been promoted. In the hours since, someone sent me a list of predators in media, and his name is on it. All afternoon I’ve been pretending I made that happen by commenting here.…

I grew up in a tiny farm town, and moved 700 miles away 23 years ago. My sister still lives on the farm (she’s over 60) and every time I send her a gift or a card and write our old zip code, my brain makes a little oi-oi-oi-oi-oing sound.

I was talking about my *own* children. And Allen isn’t estranged from Moses anyway, ya bozo.

Why are you talking to me? I responded to a comment about Allen and Ronan, not Allen and Moses. If you’ve got something to say about Moses, have at it elsewhere.

Yes, and once Kinja stole two at instead of just one! It’s an asshole.

I’ve always noticed that, too, because if I were exiled from the lives of my three children I would lose my bloody mind in three equal portions, god knows. For the past decade or so, I’ve wondered if Allen’s silence regarding Ronan is because he’s afraid of him. Ronan is smarter, sympathetic, has the unimpeachable…

Jesus take the wheel. I worked at Barnes and Noble when the book they co-authored came out, and I flinched the entire time I was shelving it.

My husband and daughter (undergrad) and son-in-law (doctorate) are Carolina alums, and I did my graduate work at NC State. We are united in sacred loathing of Duke.

I never use my middle name (almost no one even knows what it is), but my kids all have them, and my youngest has two. I bet you’re right — my poorness growing up caused me to love names in general. Dogs, cats, kids, let’s name all the things!

I tried to give you a star but Kinja stole one from you instead. Please accept this verbal one — even though I’m a thief — for your perfect, concise comment.

Thank you for this excellent comment.