I never got that about Ruby. I thought she was very calculating.
“Oh, this is awful, you will hate it.” with that little simpering smile. And then her feigned shock when the judges pronounced it delicious. She was not one bit insecure. Just my take.

Fuck cancer. My husband had Stage 4 colon cancer and the only thing that worked to reduce the tumor, Folfox, very nearly killed him. He decided that he wouldn’t continue the treatment because he was so desperately weak and so sick at the end of the cycle that there was no point . . . he was just surviving day to day.…

We have used Barry’s tea for the last 30 or so years. Boiling water over the bags/leaves always. Steep (under heat) for as long as it takes to have a smoke. Perfect cuppa every time. Bit of milk, teeny bit of sugar. Nothing better.

Those emails, though . . .

Thank you. And you’re right. My story is everyone’s story. Everyone who isn’t rich and getting those sweet tax breaks. I guess I lived in a bubble of privilege for the last 40+ years and took insurance coverage for granted. And now I’m of an age where healthcare is a primary concern and I have to pick and choose which…

Let’s not forget that Ryan is a skeeze of the first order

I’m an old, recently widowed, woman who always had insurance, first through her father, then through her job (which in the 70's cost me not one single penny), then through her husband. Lo and behold, hub got very very very sick and couldn’t work and we paid for Cobra, which was SO expensive, then hub died and I was…

My mother’s cousin fell pregnant in 1966 in VERY rural Ireland. When I say rural, I mean one of the little islands off the West coast. No electricity, no running water, no heat. R U R A L. And very much under the thumb of the local priest. And everyone knows all your business and everyone feels free to judge and…

I imagine President Obama’s response was something like “Michelle, that asshole’s on the Twitter again. It’s my turn.”

My son told me this morning that for years when I said “that asshole” he never knew exactly which asshole I might be referring to, but now when I say “that asshole” he knows EXACTLY who I mean. Which kind of ruins “that asshole” for me for the rest of my life. I have to find something else to call the lesser assholes…

Do paid protestors get health insurance :-)

If Trump really cares about ending violence in Chicago, he should look back to our Mayor Jane Byrne. In 1981, with rising gun and gang violence, she moved into Cabrini Green, a public housing project and site of much of the violence (since torn down). An obvious publicity stunt, sure, but it brought attention to an…

He definitely was a winner and I was lucky to have him in my life for almost 40 years. I’m the type that a dollar in my pocket itches me until I spend it. He, on the other hand, knew the value of that dollar. He gave in to me on a lot, but was intransigent about saving for our future, And not for nothing he was damn…

I tortured hub for years about throwing his 10 bucks a month away on life insurance, Then he passes away and life insurance will pay my rent for the next 15 years, Sorry, husband, You were right all along. No wonder I loved you. You didn’t listen to my shit.

I bought a bedroom a/c after hub passed, first time in 35 years I had to face getting it in the window without him (so I hired someone) but I felt boss. I measured and everything. That felt grown.

It turned out right (beautiful baba who is now a grown ass man) but out of 40 of us I was the only one who said - NAH, I’ll just sit here in the bar and look cute. It was a LONG day and I wasn’t that cute by the time the skiers trudged back. But still . . . cute baba 9 months later!

Except the one time I did that, I came home pregnant.

I’ve seen Rod Stewart in concert I don’t even know how many times, from Faces until I reached I’m too old to go out. Each and every show was a delight. He’s awesome.

Do they even know how many germs are on money? A dollar bill is COVERED with ick. I’d rather have a debit card thrown at me for a smooch.

Wait. I thought all us Chicagoans moved to Milwaukee for the welfare. We could have gone to Minnesota? Isn’t there a warmer place for Chicagoans to move for the welfare?