I am one of those people who is absolutely obsessed with "cleaning" my ears and I know I shouldn't. I do it at least twice a day and I just kind of like the way it feels. In my twisted little head, I have a maneuver I do that doesn't push the wax in, but rather brings it out.

Oh girl, I feel your pain.

a friend who is a teacher got put off work early because the young kids play too rough. I feel bad for the woman in your story, I'm sure it was scary.

We (Canadians) get 12 months mat leave with 55% of our salary (some companies even supplement that with up to the remaining 45%, although mine doesn't). I can't even imagine how people a) afford to be pregnant/give birth in the states b) have to go back to work so quickly. I was a hot mess for AT LEAST the first 6…

He asked if that "clarified" things for me, and I said that it did: it clarified that the union was carefully parsing its words to leave casual readers with the impression that I was lying and they had done the right thing.

my friend makes a really awesome artichoke dip that she always brings (and I look forward to). I like to make a Greek "style" feta dip with vegetables for get together.

I wasn't familiar either so I watched a couple videos. She is pretty much as awful as you'd expect, especially without a Martin/Jerry/Jimmy buffer.

Those pink crocs are making me unreasonably upset.

No.

So many quotation marks

That is INCREDIBLE and SO AWKWARD.

Totally. I would definitely be weirded out.

Yeah, when we put our kid in daycare there was a whole questionnaire about where photos could be used/posted. We said no to any photo use (for their social media/website or to the media), except on the private class forum.

What the fuck.

...I think the worst person in this story is the one who shit-barfed all over the bathroom, but hey - you can keep on being right on the internet.

Basic shit = which side of the road to drive on, as many important words as you can learn, different things that will get you arrested, where your embassy is...

...but how does the crown stay on his head??

I'm not overly grumpy (I kind of like travelling, tbh) but if someone broke out the guitar on a plane I would definitely shift to cranky.

pictures please!

If you're into a "twist", you could do a turkey meatball and kale soup. Delicious with some crusty bread.