I think Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate we’ve had for president, probably ever. I voted for her. But I think she is a polarizing figure and the best thing for Dems is to put a different candidate forward in ‘20. There are plenty of qualified and smart Democratic women and people of color who could run.…

When Donald Trump was running for president my then 2 year old said “who is that?” and I told her and she said “he has an icky mouth, I don’t like him.” Whenever she sees him on television she makes a negative comment about him, generally direct and to the point, lately it’s “I wish I could make Donald Trump go away,…

Here’s another big thing - socioeconomic status has a very large impact on student performance. Socioeconomic status and SAT scores have a positive correlation. Economic policies like big fat tax cuts for the wealthy that widen the wealth and income gaps in this country filter down in so many ways, including impacting…

I was at the Farmer’s Market with my newborn in a front wrap and the goat cheese guy asked me what I had “there” and I said “a baby” and he said “a baby human?” Only time anyone asked me to qualify “baby.” I live in Austin so I suppose there are people walking around with other baby animals strapped to them?

A woman I work with just got married and her husband took her name. You never know.

When I was pregnant with my second daughter my husband and I were buying moving supplies at the U-Haul store. The guy behind the counter asks when I was due then what I was having and when I said girl he looks at my husband and says “you’ll have to try again for a boy then” and my husband says “nope, I’m thrilled to…

It’s worth reading the VF article. She acknowledges this aspect and says:

Since I was pregnant with my first child 11 years ago, I’ve gotten a flu shot and my kids get one every year as well. None of us has ever had the flu. My boss also gets a flu shot and gets the flu every year. I read a study that found that some people have a gene that provides a better immune response so even if you…

I saw that for children’s deaths 80-85% did not have the flu shot.

I was late to the Chrissy train because I couldn’t figure out why the lip sync battle host had a cookbook but I started following her on Twitter and damn it, I love her. She’s smart and funny and it seems like she and her husband have a great partnership. And her kid is just too cute.

Here are my favorite questions to ask of evangelicals:

Our neighbor’s house burned down last year and seeing a house burn close up was terrifying. It happened during the day and no one was home, the pool pump caught fire and it was a windy day so the wind carried the flames to the house. I happened to be going for a run, saw the fire and ran home and my husband and I were…

So here’s the deal. This is a BRAND NEW neighborhood. The street listed in the police report is Phase 1 development and literally every single house on the street save one is owned by the developer. And the development is surrounded by houses that are more or less on acreages. So the “neighborhood association” at this…

A few curious things. Neither Melissa Shelton nor her companion own property in Guadalupe County. He does however have a mugshot in Guadalupe County from 2015 for an arrest for aggravated assault. The address where this occurred is a really brand new neighborhood, on the street to which the police were called, every…

To get automatic citizenship as the adopted child of a US Citizen, the child has to reside legally in the US with the parent for two years before they are eligible.

Right after this broke I saw something on twitter like “show us on this doll where Garrison Keillor bored you.”

I don’t know. I buy the Costco stuff.

Read the cookbook and see if Ina changes your heart. Then you’ll know.

Written at a time when there was pretty much no scientific knowledge to explain the world. So people could say “hey, God told me to write this down” and everyone would pretty much go along with it. So I get why people embraced it 2,000 years ago. But NOW? I was raised Catholic, I’d say I’m agnostic/atheist now. I’m…

I heard a story a few years ago on a podcast about education around consent on college campuses. It was shockingly simple - essentially you must get verbal consent for every act. If the other person does not affirmatively consent (either they don’t or can’t) there’s no consent. And then most of the training was…