It’s very easy to watch something after the fact and pass judgement on everyone. Not saying it was the right thing to do, and certainly there is some explaining to do, but I am glad it was not a gun. Cops are allowed, by law, to up the level of force one level. They are also only legally responsible for what they know…

Her husband did that? She did that? Or just some random cop who needs to be pepper sprayed to know how it feels? Or your grandma? In either case, I won’t apologize on behalf of all cops, because clearly, they are individuals and some are good people and some need people lessons.

Out the airlock then.

Will Olivia Pope be dressed as a shark for the White House Halloween Ball at the same time?

Nancy Kerrigan got some serious shit for being “ungrateful” or something after winning silver in 1994. The fact that we made Mikayla a meme for her smirk instead of shunning her was progress?

Jesus Horatio Christ. Using “married to a cop” as a descriptor simply to drip with innuendo as to the kind of family *that* must be is insulting. Your friend is just an asshole, full stop.

It’s difficult when you’re the spouse who is disabled - whether temporarily or chronically. If there is going to be a major shift in parenting, there still needs to be a parental consensus. A therapist isn’t out of the question either. Not because your wife smacked your daughter once - but because there might be…

That’s awesome. I can’t seem to follow the directions after the first three or four. I should try again now that my pain meds have changed over to non-opiates after years of pain management and PT and all that yucky stuff. I started to crochet to relax but I found that I could not follow intricate directions. But I…

Good job on raising a kind person. Your son probably set the tone for this kid’s entire college experience and that is a really big deal.

There is also something to be said for taking established trails on the lesser travelled areas. I read somewhere that the population on the trail decreases by 90% once a person is out of view of the parking lot. So it’s not like you even have to hike 15 miles or anything. Yosemite was the most crowded NP we’ve…

I’m getting ready for the first two weeks of Sept media blackout. I just can’t see them anymore.

Those are terrifying. Again, the small one was tied to my husband. The paint pots are super pretty but we didn’t want to make kid soup.

We read that book after our first trip when our 19 year old but was a wee fetus. Still a family favorite - saw one of my kids with it a few months ago.

People have a false sense of security in a National Park because they think “Park”. Yellowstone is a pretty wild place, lots of ways to die and very little to do with unprovoked animal attacks. We did the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone hike when the kids were 5, 7, & 9. Even in broad daylight, my husband tied my youngest…

I fell down a twitter rabbit hole a few years ago. It was shocking. But then again, hiding under a hood or an anonymous user name is not so different, just a sign of the times.

He said in his NBC interview that he gets anxious when “rushed”. So he keeps clicking on “update later”.

They’ve always been organized. Now it’s way easier for people to connect without having to put on pants. It’s scary.

Being a person of a certain age, having a child who sneers at me for being an “establishment democrat”, I felt like this was a “hey! Fellow old people! Even you guys on the “right”! There’s a thing called Reddit and there’s a something called a ‘dank meme stash’!”American History X should be required viewing.

I’m sorry. At least my parents have “cocktail hour” and wine with dinner - which is way more than what we have, so I’m fairly sloshed by mid day and have to nap. The last time I was there, I was sick and spent all my time in the bathroom, so there was “you look good though” when I was visited in the guest bedroom. (I…

Be a man, but not one that’s slender or one that has a “Dad Bod”. Nevermind. It’s worse for women as I can state by having three sons and a husband but being the one told to “eat a cheeseburger” or congratulating me on a “pregnancy” (which was probably a cheeseburger). Being in my mid 40s and neither thin nor heavy…