Is that mother saying that children with Down Syndrome are of a separate species from “normal” people? Becausr I thought extinction only referred tp species death...Call me crazy...

No one is coming after your existing child, Ms. Bellegia-Ernst. Stop being ridiculous.

What if she was diabetic and off her meds, would that be okay to talk about? Maybe we need to quit thinking about mental illness as a dirty little secret that needs to be hidden?

A photo of the author discussing his “sex life” with “Kathy.”

Jonathan Franzen is so far up his own butthole he’s about to create a singularity

Mine too. I truly wonder if anyone but a woman would understand this feeling.

And my job being married is to get my husband and my [seven] kids to heaven with me.

I offered to make my husband a sandwich on the weekend, and he turned me down. What does that mean? Is he getting his sandwiches elsewhere? Is there an Ashley Madison for sandwiches?

Here in Canada, our hotel safes double as walk-in closets and also provide universal health care.

No one has ever accomplished anything more worth having than the moments little kids steal away from the big grown-up world, together; when they wall out all of our sad hypocrisies and fucked-up values and grotesque striving, illuminate a little world for each other, and fill it with their easy goodwill and eagerness…

A fucking men. Fuck James Harrison. Hope he gave back his 2005 Super Bowl ring since he had zero tackles in those playoffs.

Huh. I drink day-old coffee that’s been sitting in my French press overnight on my kitchen counter. It’s fine.

Coffee not bad. Coffee good.

I wasn’t aware anyone thought older coffee could make one ill, it’s just alwasy been about the bad flavor over time.

I disagree. I think this bride _should_ confront her friend about the lack of gift, so that the bridesmaid has the opportunity to shit in a box and mail it to her, but that's just me.

I’ve loved her since Ed, one of the most underrated series ever.

she told Glamour that Julie Bowen knew and was very supportive of her decision.

Good for her! My friend got a breast reduction and she always says it was the best decision she ever made. Plus it was covered by insurance, since for back pain reasons it was considered a medical necessity.