Arghh it’s been a tough week, Jezzies. Mr. Fashion Don’t and I got the stomach bug...at the same time...with a perfectly healthy, energetic toddler who was not sick (she had it last week). Then one of my former students went missing and after an extensive search, he was found.....murdered. So I’m pretty much over this…

For some reason my daughter is mesmerized by Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” (from Trolls). She will literally stop mid-tantrum if you play the video on YouTube. So we find ourselves singing it a lot because we end up hearing it a lot. Also songs from Super Why! which the kid is also obsessed (to the…

That was beautifully written. I am so sorry for your loss.

Thank you. I had a similar response typed up and then just got too annoyed to continue. You said it better than I would have :)

Wow, you are some kind of stupid, aren’t you, troll?

But....according to 45*, the NYT is “fake news,” so........?

I’m glad you and your mom were able to get away!

This is true- the restraining order process can be really complicated. I helped one of my students get one and it was a nightmare to navigate- and I’m a social worker. Imagine how difficult it must be for people who don’t have the background knowledge, don’t have a high reading level, or don’t speak English well! And…

Uh yeah- I’ve lived in several states and have never heard of this.

It kind of depends where you live, I think. In some smaller towns (where the cops aren’t as busy), they will take the report (so at least there’s a paper trail for future use, even if they can’t necessarily issue a ticket) and will then contact the other person and give them an official warning not to contact you…

In a show of how responsibility works in this country a number of owners of high-rises with Grenfell cladding are refusing to pay for the costs of refitting said cladding and are instead attempting to either charge leasehold tenants (people who own a usually 999 year lease on the property) the cost of replacing it for…

I’m an MSU alum (as are most of my family) and was a student there in the late 90's-early 2000's when this was going on, and this whole thing sickens me. One thing I do question though, is that LouAnna Simon wasn’t the only University President during this time. Why is no one questioning the former President Peter…

I was coming down here to say the same thing. I’d be curious to see how he would do on a different cognitive assessment, administered by someone who actually specializes in geriatrics. Plus, a true comprehensive cognitive assessment involves far more than 1 10 minute test.

My husband is 6'1, 210, and on the leaner side of average. There is NO WAY Trump, even if he is 6'3 (which I doubt) is only 30 lbs heavier.

My theory is that Trump has bipolar mania. It would explain the (lack of) sleep, the incoherence, grandiose declarations, and the reckless behavior. And he would still be able to perform just fine on a cognitive test (which should be differentiated from a psychological test- no one has declared him to be…

There is NO way with his height and...width that he only weighs 239. More likely it’s 293.

Yup, I’m also a social worker and this is absolutely true. I’ve had kids with visible injuries or very credible reports of sexual abuse and I can’t get the county to even come talk to the kid. They’re very over worked and understaffed so only the most extreme cases get through.

I recently re-discovered Maurices. It has decent stuff and is inexpensive -just know the quality matches the price, so it’s awesome for stuff you might wear for a season or two but I wouldn’t use it for staple pieces. I went to the store last week to return something I got online and noticed that a lot of the things…

Our munchkin has never been a big fan of breakfast (I think she likes to wait an hour or so after she wakes up but that’s not possible on weekdays when we need to get going), but here’s what she will eat these days:

THIS. My husband and I make a decent-for-where-we-live living. We both have master’s degrees, we’re pretty frugal. But we have SO MUCH student debt- our student loan payment is more than our mortgage payment each month. We’re 38 and 40 and we’re still paying on loans from when we were 22. At the time, teachers (we’re…