My deep concern is that Trump (or at least his team) knows this recursive tendency and exploits it to distract his supporters and casual observers from the real issue — his Russian entanglements. I think his press conference last week, the declaration of War Against the Media, the fights over “voter fraud” and crowd…

This is good. That is a good hockey man. She is a good human. All of this is good.

The Blues are having a fucked up weird up and down season, but at least Vlady is amazing both on and off the ice.

Athletes doing really nice things for kids will never get old and will restore my faith in humanity EVERY TIME. End of the day, it’s tough to remember, but most people are pretty cool.

“Pardon me?”

I’ll have to go find my tiny violin.

So the president elect can do it but not a football player? What is happening to America?

That was a good analysis of pain and growth. As a parent, it’s difficult to walk that fine line you described — obviously, if your child is going to put his hand on a red-hot cooking element, you pull their hand away, but if they’re tottering on the edge of their bed reaching for something and a fall onto the ground…

“A new job and I’m still dealing with these assholes?”

The lady version of this essay has cream cheese and genitals, too, but adds a lot more body shame.

I spent the last few weeks thinking of a tree that we used to have in the backyard of our old house. All those hours I spent under that tree looking up as the sunlight dripped like honey through the leaves. When the thin cold wire of time wasn’t pressing pushing tight against my neck. There was time back then. There’s…