From what I’m seeing, he gave Djokovic a warning over his attitude. That’s quite different than a point penalty. Similarly, this guy also got lip from Rafa Nadal and didn’t give him a point penalty. So that is differential treatment.

Almost certainly someone trying to throw a curveball. Pence doesn’t have the guts to do this. Nikki Haley or someone in the US-UN delegation came to mind. I’m guessing it didn’t come from someone as high up as Haley herself, but she is definitely in the club of someone who is taking orders from Trump but doing…

I’d add to that the scam of offering people “diversionary” programs when they get tickets. You end up roughly paying the same amount of money, but to a private “driving school” that kicks back money to the local government. People who can afford to do this don’t save any money, but they get every ticket expunged and…

I always like to hear about other people’s experiences. My father was mostly estranged from his family since I was very young, so I have tons of cousins on that side of the family who I’ve never met and who are mostly ~20 years older than me. I’ve connected with a couple through 23 and Me. I don’t think I’d ever be…

To clarify, I mean he “hit me up” as in contacted me and wanted to get together, not that he was physically abusive. He was/is a narcissist, though. If I’m honest it is clear that he’s about getting attention from me at least as much as he is about really missing me or feeling bad about the ways he treated me badly. I…

Just wanted to share some online dating progress, I guess. I have kept up with checking in on the sites I’m on each day for a couple of weeks now. I’ve gone out with three guys and have a date with another soon. Great conversations with everyone but nothing has really clicked yet. The guy that I was most interested…

I worked at a company that laid off its training staff ~10 years ago. One of my friends who was laid off is now a successful corporate trainer and gets to travel to Australia, India, and many interesting places. Your “real” skills are pedagogy, and hopefully there is a company or NGO that will appreciate that. If you…

Hawaii is exciting, though!

I’ve only seen one bear. The first time I thought it was a german shepherd. The second time it was chasing my neighbor’s chickens across our shared yard and ripping their little heads off.

Not sure why your first assumption would be that they named him after President Nixon and not that it might be a family name or just something they liked the sound of. It’s a fairly common surname, not exactly like calling your child “Hitler.”

brunch is a grab bag of all the leftover crap

Sorry that’s happening! I moved a couple of weeks ago and I’ve definitely noticed a change in my hair for the better. It looks healthier even though I’m using the same shampoo. I spent the last two years in more urban areas and really thought my hair was thinning. It just looked flat and limp and sad. Don’t know if it…

Hey, you deserve to be happy. Remember that depression lies to you. Supportive Internet strangers, however, are a reliable source.

I’ll follow this one, too. I thought the post & discussion the other day were really interesting. I know thinning hair runs in the family on my mom’s side; her hair is visibly thinning since she hit 60 and my brother is just over 40 and bald. I’m late 30s and single and basically terrified that I’ll start losing my…

I never did get to post pics of my trip to Colombia (which happened in spring, which seems like a lifetime ago now). I went to Cartagena and Bogota on my own, and that seemed so shocking to most Colombians I met that I eventually just told people I was meeting up with a friend later (technically true—though we only…

I heard a story on NPR about all the teen/tween YouTube “stars” who are getting burnout from doing vlogs. I’m amazed that people in that age group would rather watch a bunch of video diaries than something like Saved by the Bell. I wouldn’t even have the energy to comb through YouTube and find someone interesting to…

My mom had depression and social anxiety throughout my childhood, so I really appreciate what you’re doing by putting yourself out of your comfort zone to have birthday parties and playdates to the extent that you can. I was in a session with my therapist a few weeks ago and she asked me to think of a standout…

Tomorrow is the big day. Barring any major disasters, I will finally be out of my current apartment in the afternoon and will have everything down to my new place in my new city by bedtime. I moved some stuff down last weekend, spent all week in orientation meetings for my new job, and came back here to get the last…

And this guy was her rebound from her rebound with Eddie Murphy? Yikes. 

Congrats! My shelter dog had separation anxiety for the first couple of months. It was pretty rough... I tried some of the various training tricks but really in the end he just kind of got over it.