Good luck. Put one foot in front of the other, and know that if you stick with it, you will feel better.

A man can grow a beard. If you have a round face that you don’t like, grow a short beard. Think 3-7 days’ worth of growth, something that shades your face, but isn’t opaque, unless that’s what looks best on you. Gives definition and a jawline, and it’s nice. Get a good haircut and maintain it - it can often be good to…

this is an April Fools joke 3 weeks early. Or merely in the April issue of the lady mags.

Not gonna lie, it got a little Blair Witch for me right there in the middle. Kinda startled.

BINGO! I refuse to even get Skype for the reason of not having to be presentable (or clean) while working. Leave me and my grease alone.

TVs alone, we’ve got 7, not to mention 2 that are in storage in the basement. That doesn’t include laptops and computer. We have 6 cable boxes. There are two of us. The house is small by local standards. None are in the kitchen (I can see the one in the living room from kitchen), but there is one in the bathroom. I’d…

Exactly, and if I didn’t acknowledge my husband for rescuing me, he would be pissed. I’m at work, not in an isolation ward!

[So, it pays to watch the video with sound on and read the linked article. That’s his wife, why didn’t he turn around?? He tried to just march on and maintain the rigidity, but I think you have to acknowledge it.]

Oh no! I didn’t read the article (just watched the video). Most parents who I know that work from home with kids in the home also have a nanny in the home. Dammit.

Oh, God, this is my life. Except I don’t have to do video interviews - just a lot of conference calls. My two hounds always pick the worst times to go batsh1t about something they think they see in the backyard. Inevitably happens when I’m running the call, so it can’t merely be solved by the mute button.

I work at a firm across the street. Three days after the election, one of my very well-connected (blue) colleagues said outright that any foreign businessperson wanting to do federal business would be dumb and stupid not to book at the Trump Hotel. The Trumps love a suck-up. I’m not sure a restaurant in Logan Circle…

This was my first thought. I’m glad he wasn’t on that plane. Such a tough story for that kid.

I know someone who filed for bankruptcy precisely because of medical expenses and lack of insurance and he and his wife have serious medical conditions with frequent complications requiring lengthy hospital stays and surgical intervention. They are both self-employed and can’t begin to cover the costs of their…

100%. When the right is railing against the left, and doing so based on issues of looks, gender, clothing, they look sexist, lookist, and stupid.

Your points are accurate, but you are veering into Insufferable Jazz Person. It’s totally cool to react strongly to Kara’s assertion that jazz is the exclusive province of African Americans but also not be able to name every Caucasian guy who worked a soundboard during a recording session.

Yes... but CSI Miami was modestly redemptive. Katherine doesn’t have that.

This happens so often in so many instances that the person to whom the abuse is reported immediately says to the victim - oh, you must be mistaken. You must be imagining this. You must be reading what happened wrong.

Right - this guy wasn’t getting mauled... he was getting lazily cuddled to death.

Yes, but you’re still out of pocket for childcare because your “good” childcare costs far more than the state average.

Counterpoint: Parenthood kinda totally sucked, and This Is Us is good. Yes, it will make you cry, but so did ER and West Wing sometimes. I don’t do a lot of scripted TV, and I am enjoying it. Don’t binge watch it, though. That is a little raw.