But some of us have children and we don’t want them to be eaten by clowns!

FUCK CLOWNS.

The portion from EI is 55%. I hear some employers top up. Mine did not. :P It wasn't as much money as I was used to, but with some penny pinching we did okay.

Err...this is the standard estimated time for a decent recovery from a c-section. Which isn't to say I think that's sufficient. I had a full year of mat leave and I think it's hugely beneficial for reasons beyond recovery. But the 6 week thing has nothing to do with sex.

Yup, works for Canada. Most of the time. It’s not the same as applying for UI (EI here); it's just covered by the same pot of cash. If you’ve worked the minimum hours, you are going to get it. And it usually comes pretty quickly. I had no issues with my maternity leave and I’ve been wondering for years why you all…

If I have another it will be another c-section. So that's a no. No, I will not let Katy Perry come at me with a knife.

My husband works in your area a lot and he says it doesn’t feel like he’s leaving Canada.

I don’t think you want a big chunk of the people that live up here in BC. Also, I like being Canadian. Just join us instead. Cascadia could be the powerhouse province.

My three step-siblings have a lesbian mother, but I guess she's not actually a lesbian because that's clearly impossible. I'll have to let her know.

So last week I’m in the Toronto subway, just riding the old rocket. There are these horrible ads everywhere like - “your mother has collapsed and she’s turning purple and she has no discernible heartbeat and also you just ran over your own foot somehow- do you know what to do?”. Maybe slight hyperbole. But they were…

Cats, obvs. Whenever it returns.

For me I was at university. Class hadn’t started yet. My roommate and I watched the second tower get hit. I got on a bus to my boyfriend/now-husband’s place and didn’t leave for a couple days.

My second kid was AP not by choice. It was just convenient for me because she was some sort of monster who wouldn’t be put down or drink from a bottle without making my life a total hell. She’s still a little weirdo at almost 5. She isn’t some normal, adjusted, mentally balanced kid. We don’t make those in my family.…

If they were pro-vaccine the crunchies wouldn’t by their books and then they’d have less money.

The high cut on the sides would go all the way up to my boobs. Oh, squat body. This suit is not for you.

omg. All I was thinking of was the dangling high up in the sky from a string (yes, it's a string to me). My mind hadn't even gone to poop yet. :|

This is reason enough to never, ever, ever get on a cable car. As if I even needed another reason. Fuck cable cars.

This is just shocking. I feel sick. As a former archaeologist, as someone who respects the hell out of my local indigenous people, as a dog lover, as a fucking decent human being - my heart hurts.

Seriously not understanding how that is even legal.

I drove 5 hours in a place I've never been, just me and my kids. We didn't get lost and I didn't panic. And now I'm back with my husband. That's my reward. :D