While the Satanic Temple is, indeed, awesome for pursuing this, why can’t the “excessive entanglement” argument apply to anyone who simply does not share the religious beliefs implied by the mandated literature and is burdened by them as a result?

I’m curious to see whether the Christian “narrative of sin and repentance” will become a protected right to deal with abuse outside the justice system.

Amen. It’s Helen Hunt’s very bad ABC After School Special trip come to life. Just Say Nope:

Looked for cute pun image and got this.

Veronica Sawyer: All we want is to be treated like human beings, not to be experimented on like guinea pigs or patronized like bunny rabbits.

I think my nails are too boring.

This idea has merit. It may be more effective than sending glitter bombs;)

Hmm. Could be the satanic angle...but it seems to be more about rural culture seeing cats as an invasive pest, like armadillos or coyotes.

Life happens and parties get skipped accidentally, but your mom’s apology and make-up get-together is exactly the basic human response:) Sadly, no show/no rsvp is pretty common in my kids class and it really stinks.

My family recently moved from New England to the rural south. My kids were shocked to hear some classmates laugh about shooting feral cats on sight whenever they had the misfortune to wander onto their farmland. These same kids may have a barn cat or two or three, however. There’s a definite distinction between pets…

Honestly, the sheer fugery of it all is astounding.

Glad to have the chance to reminisce:)

Yup, sign-language for hearing babies is a thing. Back when we did it, we just used a book called “Baby Signs”, but now there are online classes and junk (http://www.babysignlanguage.com). It sounds more sophisticated than it is, but it’s a simple, but really effective way to “talk” with kids who can’t talk quite yet.

Milk in the eye used to be miraculous!

One of the sickest burns I’ve ever witnessed was delivered in “baby sign-language” by my son when he was a little less than one year old. One night, his big sister had enough of his whole attention-stealing baby schtick and straight-up yelled at him through her tears, “I wish you were never born!” To which he…

Flower head-garlands are the female equivalent of the fedora.

“Rape culture doesn’t cause rape, but it does allow for sexual assault to be excused and ignored in society.”

Now that is just silly.

They host a “Hot For Teacher” themed night at a bar here in Seattle.

“Friends and family members said they believed Scott was on Remount Road on Saturday morning to buy parts for the Mercedes he recently purchased. They described him as an avid fan of the Dallas Cowboys. He loved to dance and sing, his loved ones said, and proposed last week to his longtime girlfriend.” -http://www.pos…