Its just so fucking refreshing listening to leaders speak who actually 1) know things and 2) are leaders. The way they riffed that garbage question into a little masterclass on inter-country cooperation is a reminder of how so many other government leaders are just there because they knew the right people.

And to…

It’s always projection with these pieces of shit. Every fucking time. 

I would kill to live in a country run by women like these two, who are just like, “fuck your sexist bullshit, I’m here to get shit done.”

In the cohort of people Jennifer Lopez is around, those are pretty basic qualities.

I thought it was pretty accepted that when super rich people have charities, those are usually just a way for them to funnel money back into their other enterprises. Twas ever thus.

Don’t remember seeing the links to all of the older ones earlier but they’re missing a few of the earlier ones.

I’ve told a different story or two before but honestly this is the last I’ve got. Plus I’m doing it in the month so late I’m not sure many will see it.

My husband bought me a dachshund puppy, a few months before we got married, and he was my best friend. Walt was the sweetest, most loyal and precious dog. He was my constant shadow and my sidekick. When we brought our daughters home, I never did a late-night feed alone, he was always curled at my feet. He doted on the…

I submitted these a few years ago but figured I’d try again - enjoy!

Not my story, but my Mother’s (and my Aunts). I have permission to relay.

I posted late sometime in one of the Halloweens of the pandemic blur but was inspired to post again because it feels like there aren’t as many this year? Getting the creeps already thinking about this.

Thanks. I miss him a lot.

I’m so sorry for your loss. I think that was him reaching out to you too. <3

My brother died suddenly at the beginning of summer. He had recently remarried, and after the funeral, which took place on a beautifully sunny day that he would have loved, his widow held a gathering for family and friends. Her brother and his wife, whom I had only met briefly twice, were present. The sister-in-law is…

We moved into a new to us house 6 months ago. There are 2 large bedrooms upstairs, and 2 small bedrooms on the main floor. My husband and I take one of the upstairs bedrooms and our 2 year old daughter is in the other. Since moving in, she’s been a bad sleeper - up several times during the night, sometimes crying,…

This isn’t scary in the slightest but thought I’d share anyway. My Mum died 12 years ago following a short but very vicious fight with cancer. On the morning she passed (she insisted on being at home the whole time during her illness) we were able to be there when she took her last breath. A few hours later, after the…

So I guess the question is, what’s his caucus like?

Some observations of themes so far this year:

It’s interesting to me how there are so few creepy actual people or stranger danger stories (don’t worry I saw you Machete Gang and yikes) so I get the vibe that a lot of the commentariat is still not all the way outside. I started an in-person job in April and have had…

Checkmate.

That person’s response was probably the exact mix of ignorance you pointed out combined with (thankfully/hopefully) limited direct experience in a true, wide-scale natural disaster...

I grew up in a small town in central Illinois surrounded by miles of corn fields in every direction, broken only by the interstate to the east. Class sizes hovered around 80, and it wasn’t unusual to invite half the class to parties. This was especially true for kids who lived on the outskirts of town or out in the…