I had bacterial mengingitis as a teenager. It is so incredibly painful and debiliating - I can’t imagine how their poor child lived with it for days while his parents refused medical assistance. Jesus.

Soooo.... does that mean Ivanka’s company is hiring? Asking for a friend...

Truth on both counts. I’m also pleasantly surprised that I like Yara, all of a sudden. I hope she gets more character arcs in the next 8 episodes. I could not have given less of a shit about any of the Iron Islands bits until last night - so, thanks, show runners!

Can I just say that you sound like an awesome parent? I have found that 9/10 times people comment about their parenting here, I’m always thrilled to find like-minded people with philosophies similar to my own. I’m expecting my first at the end of the summer and while most parenthing blogs are pretty crap, I can always…

Would it help if you were to look at it like O’Reilly was finally agreeing with you? That’s how I’m getting through this, personally.

I tend to agree. I am loving that they’re finally closing the damn gunshow loop hole (I agree, how that has been open for so long should be criminal), but I’m less comfortable with the ban on the no fly listees unless there’s a documented process to request an appeal.

I used to date a Marine who would take me shooting at his dad’s range. IIRC, I shot a few different types of pistols as well as a rifle. I don’t think any of them were even semi-automatic, though. Target practice is really a lot of fun, and I learned that holding a pistol like people do in the movies with your thumb…

I mean, I guess (?) the author is talking very specifically about POC Millennials? I believe that is the only demographic slice of the larger POC voting block that did not vote for HRC in large numbers.

I will say that I watched the first season however many years ago, and it really turned my stomach. However, apparently that original cast is back in an “OG” edition of the show, and I have to say that while I tuned it to watch what I expected to be a train wreck, I was really impressed with how the majority of the…

This is, perhaps, the best parental lesson of this year’s election.

This is amazing. As I’ve said in other comments, I’m incubating a small female human and she’ll be born about a month before the general election. Everytime I think about the fact that she very likely will grow up thinking women Presidents are normal, I get the case of the sniffles.

As many have already said, it’s highly dependent on the industry - but in some cases, even on the individual office. I work in consulting and my professional wardrobe varies day to day, in many cases. If I’m at a client, I’m in suits until I can pick up enough cues from their office that may indicate I can dial it…

Jesus, I forgot all about that. All the bullshit is really starting to blend together for me this campaign cycle.

Agreed - everything about it so far has looked terrible - except Laverne. I will watch it just for her and will probably love it based on her scenes alone. I fully expect every other character rehash to be beyond terrible.

You are fighting the good fight, my friend.

Yeah, depending on what was going on... my wedding was intended to be a quickie non-mass Catholic wedding of about 30 minutes. Ended up going over because the priest just kept going on and on, but from the ceremony to the end of family pictures, it was probably 90 minutes. Then folks headed to the hotel to check in;…

We’re 19 weeks along today on our first. That is STILL my reaction. I basically told my husband that if he wanted kids, we’d just have to man/woman up, do it, and worry about the consequences later. I’m still scarred from watching a birth video in 6th grade sex ed. Shudder.

I agree that she is the queen pragmatist - but I don’t think she is pragmatic at the expense of her principles. Without compromise, government can’t function, and she understands that. A good negotiator knows what they want, the least they’ll settle for, and anything in between is gravy. That’s her to a T. She knows…

All are welcome. Alllllllll are wellllllcome!

I, personally, wouldn’t delete my friends’ replies. It just confirms for them their own assumptions about things. I hate to fuel their self righteousness.