I had just given birth to my second baby. She burst out of me so fast, my doctor didn’t even make it to the hospital in time, instead he ran into the delivery room, where I was already holding my daughter in my arms. He said, “fuck me!” and I said, “oh no, Doctor, fuck ME!” because there was no time for anesthesia and…

So, I think I’ve mentioned my nutty Trumpist in-laws around here more than once. One of the family traditions is getting together for the Super Bowl. This side of the family is very religious, and at the time, Mrs. Ghost’s cousin was a pious, wait-until-marriage virgin. She was also a rather smoking hot redhead.…

Panthers/Patriots Super Bowl, I’m stationed in Germany and we’re about a month away from deploying to Iraq for OIF2. A week before the game, my wife broke her arm very badly in a sledding accident, and she’s still at the point where she needs constant care. But, she swears she’s good to go for a few hours so I can go…

Distractions
If you have a game console and it’s a serious temptation to which you easily succumb, it’s not a bad idea to ask your S.O., roommate, etc, to throw the controllers in the car if they’re coming back after work. Or put a timer/smart outlet between the TV and the wall. That’s my biggest temptation.

-Keep an ice chest with beer within arms reach of the couch.
-UberEats
-High five the mail person on the daily
-Become friends with the neighborhood squirrel bully. He’s just misunderstood.

I have worked from home a bit and one of the things I found that helped was a designated work space. Of course not everyone has the luxury of have a room with a door you can call a home office and leave when your day is done, but you can create a work space - even one that is something you set up in the morning and put…

There can be 100 people in a room, and 99 don’t believe in you...

It’s all acting. They’re both trained and proven actors, and clearly they know what the audience wants from them (could barely hear them sing for all the pandemonium). I’m certain they’re friendly, but there’s nothing spontaneous about that performance.*

The thing about seeing any Gaga live performance is, besides all the hype and showbiz....she always slays as a singer and musician. Love to hear her sing, just her at the piano.

LOL—Gander. We send our Canadian pizza to those who Come From Away. Signed, The Rock!

It certainly sounds like he has a finite amount of emotional energy and it’s being all eaten at work.

Something about the spirit of this irks me.

Some of the words on the right ARE NOT synonyms though.

Maybe you can approach this like it is happening to a client you counsel. If someone came to you and described these circumstances, what steps would you recommend they take, both for their own well-being and for the well-being of their marriage? If this was happening to someone else, someone you cared about deeply,…

It sounds very lonely. For both of you. I'm sorry.

It sounds like my husband when he had a job he hated. He suffers from low level depression  but a bad job/schedule can make him act like this. Especially when he didn’t get weekends off he just never felt like he was really ‘off’ work. This is negatively effecting you but you might want to see if you can find and fix…

Police killed someone > person died in an officer-involved shooting.

Trumpish > unhinged

Marketing companies are bad about using “an ask” when they want something. “The client’s ask is for improved quality and a high-end presentation while reducing overhead.”