I choose this as my Mom story:

I was about 12 when I’d decided I was going to be a Paleontologist (I’m not, btw, but that’s not the point.)

My mom is awesome. She moved to Ohio from Puerto Rico with her husband and three-year-old daughter to get her Ph.D. She was away from everyone she knew, and didn’t really know English. She worked full time on top of school, and raised two daughters (second daughter born two years after arriving to Ohio), and put up…

you’re focusing on the right things jason. thank you for your tireless work.

This was great to read on SEVERAL fronts.

I’m sort of torn here. A part of me is like, chill out ladies, it was just a stupid Facebook post. And another part of me thinks that if my niece’s or nephew’s caregiver went on Facebook talking about how they don’t like kids and/or dealing with a lot of kids, I might suggest that my brothers find a new place to take…

To be fair, they thought they were hiring a stick to gently poke them, not a mighty spear of truthiness to go for the heart.

A little late to the party tonight...had an amazing week where I got to teach 5 classes and did two city paintings that I’ll be teaching next week :)

I googled, and as soon as I got to “how long with dia...” it autofilled to “how long with diarrhea before going to doctor.” It says three days for an adult. Time for the doctor. It will be okay. GL.

You could add, “so don’t make a project out of her because at some point it’s going to stop being cute and become harassment.”

I didn’t expect him to be THRILLED but his reaction was way over the top, right?!

I always shake my head in amazement, when the standard bearers of bodily integrity deride anything that even mentions circumcision. Are there more important things in this world than the question, whether babies should be circumcised? No doubt. Is it still a violation of bodily integrity and a needless medical…

I created an account just so I could comment on this, because I’ve been saving up this story.

This is sort of more of a burn on myself, but...

Me to boss: I’m going to become an aunt!
Boss to me (he knows I am married): Are you going to, you know, join the club?
Me to boss: No. I’m chubby and I’m married, but the two are not connected.

You didn’t “burn” the cop by any stretch of the imagination, and you didn’t use it “perfectly” in context. He wasn’t making some insult to which you gave a witty comeback, you were just a drunk asshole he was stopping from killing anyone else.

SHOCKED that maybe Jay-Z isn’t the best boss

I have the *worst* coworker right now. She's a borderline alcoholic, and since we work Sunday mornings (at a food court/cafeteria type place) she comes in hungover every week. She tells me "funny" stories about how she hasn't slept at her own house for two weeks and lost her friend's shoes, and once woke up in the…