I wrote a series on dementia once for the newspaper I worked for, and one thing that came up was the affect on personality. What I was told was dementia tends to exacerbate the personality to whichever way it swung before. So if they were sweet, they’ll be sweet to a fault. And if they were assholes, well, they’ll be…

Exactly - while I’ll be glad if a fraudulent charity is being taken off the streets (and maybe a blow against an awful presidential candidate whom I hope loses the race), it just highlights that there are plenty more hiding in the shadows that no one is investigating. It bugs that they’re just now investigating it -…

I have a toddler who eats very messily but likes being clean. So meals often end with much hand waving and screaming until the hands are cleaned. Though the other day he made me tear off an entire paper towel to clean a singular finger...on the other hand, he picks up his toys, will wash tables and likes things neat,…

Yes, they are owned by Gannett. But as someone who was a former journalist at a Gannett paper...they have their own autonomy and specific articles and editorials aren’t dictated by the company. The Gannett executives are probably too busy trying to find the next best way to screw the local newspaper employees in a way…

Another pro-tip - if you’re getting your own drink, or can order where others might not hear, you can get a Shirley Temple or a club soda w/lime and it’ll look like you have a mixed drink. And Shirley Temples are delicious!

Yeah, it seems rather incestuous by degrees, but it’s not altogether uncommon. There’s is just publicized.

I was very involved in AA, and I can definitely give it credit for getting me through the beginning of my sobriety and for connecting me with some fabulous people. There were, however, a lot of shitty people there, too. That was in California, and we moved to Tennessee, and both my husband and I (both in sobriety)…

To be fair, she was fucking Tyga prior to Rob getting with Blac Chyna. So he is actually the one fucking the ex of his sister’s SO, right?

I’m curious how it’s handled in France.

i.e. - not really that far from “My Name is Earl,” actually.

Yeah, sorry for not clarifying. It’s just difficult to even say “biological father.”

Nope, not still. Once his rights were terminated, there was no reason for him to be. Then I moved across the country. For context, I was an alcoholic, made poor choices, got pregnant, became a better person, life is totally different now.

I feel it might be tied to her breast reduction - a new confidence, which can sometimes turn into wearing risque clothes. Heck, I am 34, finally lost the babyweight, and have been wearing crop tops lately. I mean, only with high-waisted pants so like, an inch of my upper stomach shows. But still...confidence =…

I like it. Case in point: The sperm donor whom I had a restraining order against starting at 3 months into my pregnancy, and who was absent for all five years of my son’s life, tried to contest getting his parental rights revoked when my husband filed to adopt my son. He was the only father my son had known. This…

It’s great when someone realizes their button got pushed and comes back to retract/clarify. I tell you what, I had my first kid at 25, and literally did not know what the big deal was. Labor was a breeze, I didn’t use any drugs or anything, did get an episiotomy, but even that didn’t bother me.

In California, all the guns sold in stores that are toy guns are not allowed to even be black. At all. But I don’t know about BB and pellet guns - that’s more like, guns that make gun noises. I thought it was silly at first, but then there’s these stories that make me feel like it’s a great idea.

This is why I was always a little ticked about why the job I did have paid women for 8 weeks of leave if they had a C-section, and those with vaginal births got only 6 weeks. It wasn’t supposed to be just about the physical recovery, it’s about time with your child.

A huge problem with homebirths is that there’s no federal standard of education. Each state makes their own laws on how educated a midwife must be, and what kind of license/certification they must have. If there was something comparable to the training midwives get in European countries where they don’t have the…

I wonder how much of them think that “discrimination against Christians” is the same as “not getting to be mean to people we don’t like, on the basis of religion (specifically, Christianity).” Because I keep feeling like “discrimination” doesn’t mean what they think it means...there’s no one getting turned down for…

Though if you see the back of that dress, joke might be on Kim. What am I saying, she wore Yeezy plastic boots the next day that showed foot condensation, woman don’t care.