Kidlet would like you to know that he considers you a demonic entity for posting that video (which has now gone through several loops juuuuust to torment him lol)

It’s not necessarily about ‘as hard as you want it to be’. I’m disabled, which means I take paratransit, so I’m dependent on someone else’s timetable to get places. That can mean that I show up somewhere 30-45 minutes early (a very common occurrence) or that I’m left waiting up to 30 minutes after everyone else…

Congratulations!! Take care of yourself, get plenty of rest, and DON’T read any of the mommy blogs (now or ever!)

My mom quit with AA over 30 years ago. She’s not at ALL religious, and had some major problems with the God aspect, but I like how her sponsor put it: ‘Higher Power doesn’t have to mean God. You can call the doorknob Higher Power, and if that helps to keep you from drinking, then good on you and the doorknob.’ Some of…

Nah... too many words, not enough pictures to be one of his actual briefings

Yay for more fic! Do you post on AO3? I do most of my reading from there, since it allows me to download the fic and then put it on my reader (hours at the computer just isn’t possible for me anymore, drat the luck)

I fully expect Maximum Security to be given a Presidential Medal of Freedom within the next week or so.

As requested, I bear a reassuring pregnancy story! (But it does have a bit of a scary moment in it, although I can tell you now everything worked out.)

I was the daughter of a teacher, which meant that my school really should have known that she couldn’t just leave to pick me up at any time. Not to mention, my forms had ‘DIRE ER ONLY’ next to her number, but at least once or twice a year, usually at the start of it, someone would try her first...

They were on a family plan. And he paid for it because stopping would mean admitting that he really didn’t have a family anymore... (said that to my son and he just looked at me for a long minute, then went ‘That was unnecessarily cruel and you’re a dick for saying it.’ lol)

That’s very true! Just remind yourself, every time you have to tow a screaming baby/child out of a restaurant or movie and it feels like everyone there is giving you the stinkeye (they really aren’t) that ‘I am creating a fucking civilized being with this, goddammit it.’ Oh, and a sense of humor goes a long way, and…

Kidlet was absolutely unplanned. I like to tell him he was the best gift I never knew I actually wanted, as I was very much ‘not a kid person’ before he arrived. (And even now, I’m much less a kid person than a Kidlet person.)

Maybe we could take up a collection to send everyone on the presidential secret service detail a history of the Roman emperors? Specifically Caligula... cause I’m thinking that little bit of praetorian justice is one I wouldn’t mind seeing repeated right about now...

The need for respect for tradespeople is real! Kidlet has absolutely no aptitude for work with his hands, so those avenues were out for him, but I vividly remember Mother’s comment when she came to his graduation, where the students had their career paths listed as their names were called. Now, he graduated from an…

When I was 16, I went to the police and told them that my mother was emotionally, verbally, and occasionally physically abusive, and that they either took me out of that house or I was going to kill myself if they sent me home. They listened, removed me from the home and sent me off to a group home. But Mother’s never…

Try Just My Size - they do some pretty big sizes, with front closures that have wire and wireless as well!

The most obvious correct answer is, of course, get a front-closure bra. In lieu of that, either works, since I’m Team Blue on my good days, and Team Red (or Team No Bra at all) on my bad days, thanks to arthritis and shoulder pain.

The rental company I use adds a hundred dollar deposit to every rental that’s reversed when everything’s returned. I’m guessing the price of replacing the fob and rekeying the car comes out of that deposit (plus, they have your card info) so I would think it’s a lot less than you might imagine. And I kinda like the…

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. — Abraham Lincoln

THIS. I took my dad’s gun when I was 16, put the barrel in my mouth, and pulled the trigger. Luckily for me, I didn’t know how to take the safety off, which is the ONLY reason I’m here today. When my dad found his gun missing, he immediately came to me to get it back. It was sold the very next day, and while he…