My brother does this from time to time. We didn’t grow up in a civil war, but we grew up in the war zone of a violent, alcoholic home, of the variety where the kids step in between two parents and a knife to stop a murder. (More than once.) He rarely brings it up, but when he does it’s because he wants our mother (the…

Yup, Jez has definitely become my one safe space on the planet.

I will eat Nutella straight out of the damned jar. Actually, I went to a restaurant in Victoria BC once, I think it was Nelly’s? Anyway, I had this amazing dessert that was a crepe with a blob of Nutella inside, along with bananas, and then drizzled with caramel and chocolate syrup, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream on…

I just ran out and bought a bottle of Carolans, which I am sharing with you in spirit. :-)

She’s thinking about it because I asked her to think about it.

Wow. Holy shit. I would bring you some booze myself if I could.

I am sure a lot of her investments are in American companies. Man, I don’t even know, actually. She has an investment advisor and I have never paid attention. She says she will talk to him about it. I just feel like there has been so much denial and complacency already about what’s been going down, that she might not…

I agree. I feel like people must be blind or stupid or both, but how am I the only one to notice all the Trump stickers and confederate flags right here in our town? I guess that is white privilege - not HAVING to notice. But jesus fucking christ, where do you even start when people are that naive?

Last night after being called a bitch on FB for a discussion on racism/the election I was having ON MY OWN POST with two women who were totally not that dude or in any way connected to him, I rummaged around till found some Kahlua from, like, last Christmas in the back of a cupboard. But I didn’t have any milk to make…

Here in Canada, I know my mom has most of her money tied up in investments. (I don’t have any ‘cause I’m dumb with money!!) I am wondering if she should think about pulling some of that in case the investment markets crash. Anyone have any thoughts?

Great comment! Awesome that you sent that! I love the line about riding Trump’s coattails, good work!

I am very worried about this too, and just generally worried about all the fellow Canadians I know who are just dismissing Trumpocalypse as something that could totally never happen here. Um, guys, it totally fucking could.

Aww, that’s sweet! We had a cat when I was little, great big tortie we thought might be part bobcat.....we called her Kissy Cat ‘cause she used to climb up on my mom and rub her face when my mom was crying.

Isn’t that funny how animals “know” stuff? Yesterday my rage finally turned into crying, and then my tabby girl would NOT leave me alone. All night, she wanted to snuggle, even when it got annoying and I was like, “Can you please give me some SPACE??”

I bought McDonalds today and backed it up with some cans of Alpha-ghetti (for the devastated 3rd grader inside of me) and a bag of chocolate chips.

I feel your pain, I’ve had a headache all day. One of those ones that comes from neck tension. I was supposed to go down to the Remembrance Day stuff today and I didn’t make it till 5:30, when it was 3/4 over. And I did not want to be there. But a friend of mine plays music there every year and my dad fought in WWII…

Fellow Canadian, agree completely. I think it was yesterday (fuck was it only yesterday? I feel like I’m stuck in some weird dream-time tunnel) I posted on another thread that I have not unfriended so many people on FB in my entire 9 years there as I had in the last 48 hours.

I am sorry for your family shit. :-(

Someone is collecting incidents at this site also:

You know how I can tell someone is a straight white dude online? Them telling me to get over it.