I can totally relate. I knew I was stressed, I couldn't control the nervous breakdowns in the office (I feel AWFUL for some of the interns who only knew me when it was bad) but it wasn't until I got out that I really recognized that was the problem. It was like waking up from a nightmare.

I had a truly awful boss at my first "career-path" job, and to top it off I started part-time and was coming out of an increasingly emotionally draining job at an animal shelter. I totally took it out on my relationship, which I regret more than anything now. I broke up with my long-term wonderful boyfriend and tried…

I think the other thing that makes it so easy is the speed at which word spreads. A lie gets told, and in 15 minutes 20 of your FB friends have reposted that there are only 5 Fridays in June once every 800 years. In seconds, the story that alleges Ben Stein went on a wingnut rant about how not saying Merry Christmas…

I would agree on this if the article were talking about nurses being asked to participate in the abortions themselves, but that's not the case. They are refusing to care for women who have simply had abortions. Maybe a closer analogy for you might be if you refused to defend a person accused of burglary because last…

and no matter how much actual information you provide, their response is "look it up" which is code for "shut up, I'm right, I just have nothing to back myself up and I'm not willing to risk learning otherwise"

I kind of love this post and its way of giving me decorating ideas, whatever.

took me some time too. I see now that it's a momma and baby sloth, but the thumbnail looked like it was going to be a dog's face or something, and the ensuing brain-figure-outy moments were disturbing.

To keep the story as short as possible, I cited discomfort with certain risque materials that I knew I was only being assigned as the only female in the office, and apologized. He became flustered, insisted that was NOT the reason I was assigned it (it was. it had initially been a 3-person female-only team, he said…

I had a boss that made my life and the lives of my coworkers hell (turnover was very high) and when it reached the point I could no longer stand it, I just started standing up for myself. It was the best thing I ever could have done in my position. There was no HR; only his assistant, who, to be fair, gave me more…

or there's this.

I far, far prefer plain jane House Hunters to the International version. I can't relate to HHI. I just get annoyed.

I'm still holding out for Andrea to turn into a bad-ass, I think the writers are just dragging EVERYTHING on and on and on (like finding Sophia) but this last episode made me hope she's coming to life finally.

I didn't see this episode that way at all. I mean, yeah, I realize that some people are going to take it as fact and evidence but those people were looking for that sort of "evidence" to begin with. Maggie throwing the pills at Lori and yelling "Here are your ABORTION PILLS" was a) because she's freaking the hell out…

I think that's why the tip suggested the self-checkout lanes. If you go when things aren't too busy, you're not holding up customers or cashiers. If there's a line for the machine, obviously don't do it, or only do a small handful or something quick.

oh gosh. I just looked where they're from. I'm moving to that area in like a month.

my favorite local coffee shop has a sort of winged demon Halloween decoration hanging over their counter who regularly gets dressed up for other holidays, but he has not donned his yearly santa hat and beard yet. in fact, I'm pretty sure he's still holding his St Patty's Day mug. some local places are just as lazy as…

I will fully admit that when my coworker and I, who both love christmas, went to Starbucks yesterday and saw all the holiday shit, we just about peed our pants with joy and ran around picking things up and cooing like kids in a candy store. "look! the cup holders are red and sparkly! look! peppermint cake pops! omg!…

thanks! I'm so excited other people think it's as cool as I do (I tried turning to my bff and mom for excitement and they had none, but like I said above, they're pretty diehard KitchenAid)

I was only planning on painting the (currently) white metal parts - if this ever actually happens, that is. I need to poke around the parts and research proper paint. was that what you meant? I wasn't planning on touching the bowl or mixers themselves. I'd love to hear if you have any other Do Nots from your…

oh gosh I'm so glad other people are as excited by this find as I am. neither my bff (who loves baking cupcakes and shares my Martha appreciation) nor my mother were nearly as impressed as I was that a. it works, b. it was so cheap, c. it's friggin' adorable! (both are happy KitchenAid owners, to be fair)