One of the most humiliating days of my life was when I had to go to the WIC office when I was immediately post-partum. I’m not ashamed of needing help, nor should anyone be, but the way that they treat you is just ridiculous. I had an appointment, first of the day, but for some reason I still had to wait for hours. My…

He did not fully cooperate so he only got a reduced sentence. This is a more detailed take: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-sentenced-years-prison-181212155228552.html

The way I conceptualize it is that our roles are clearly defined and static. That role is to be a loving and respectful partner for the other. That’s it. What that looks like in action on a day-to-day basis is going to change a lot depending on your stage in life and what your needs are, but to me it’s meaningful that…

I got mine! Fuck you, Jack!

Apparently basic literacy isn’t required to get a teaching contract anymore. Yikes.

Someone didn't thoroughly read the article....

I prefer “The Secret of NIMH” which is a story about a bunch of mice looking for a new apartment.

‘Slave Bible’

Neither disastrous, nor terribly unusual for parents, but still funny: our office party this week was kid friendly, so we brought them. Our youngest is going through potty training and said he needed to go.

The Bundys are Mormon. And Mormons have a boatload of flaws (like all religions) but they tend to be more supportive of immigration and less xenophobic than other conservatives. Trump’s approval rating among Mormons is generally low for a group that otherwise strongly skews Republican. 

He actually calls for compassion for the migrants and states that it’s wrong to generalize about them. It’s easy to forget in this shitty age that that should be the default position if anyone, even if they are kinda shitty otherwise. 

Things like this are why I wish I had more access to the raw data.

We have good friends and call their son ‘Damien’.  We love them, but that kid is a little shit and they do little to corral him.  Last time they visited, we put on a movie in our basement entertainment area and I went to check on him and saw him running from our computer back to the couch.  When I checked the pc, the…

When I was in middle school we had to worry about the DC Sniper.

I’m just shocked that the boy sat down and let her do it.

Also just very strange to be so offended to hear the word “sex” and then proceed to scream it?

I guarantee when Trump dies the entire country is taking the day off, and it won’t be for mourning

I get those cringes of self-hatred/anxiety when someone tells me I’m sharing “too much” or giving “too much information.” But you know what? That’s who I am - a sharer. Some people aren’t sharers, and sharing makes them feel awkward. It’s not my job to manage their feelings, and it’s shitty for them to make me feel…

The result of some traumatic incident in childhood?

Harder said than done for the anxiety wracked amongst us, but a good goal to work for. Another technique I’ve picked up over the years is to remind myself that people spend 99% of the time thinking of themselves and not thinking about a minor stupidity that an acquaintance said.