Ah! I forgot to add Kate Bush to my list. Yes, of course she was in my rotation! I’ll have to check out PJ Harvey.

It was twenty years ago, so I don’t remember most of the list. I remember that it went into detail for each reason, with statistics and stuff. Things like “our marriage is stale/rocky; having a baby will bring us closer together” and “I was an only child and was lonely; my child will be happier if he has siblings to…

And the next one Camden. And then a Jameson. And then a Volkswagen.

I remember in grade school being told that there were 6 billion people on the planet. Then I didn’t hear about it for a few decades and ignorantly assumed we were still around 6 billion now. Because something that has taken thousands and thousands of years to get to 6 billion couldn’t possibly get to 7 billion in 30…

Why not both?

Oh no, I was afraid that might happen! My husband shaves his head and voted for Hillary; please don’t lump them all under one razor!

For me it was Fiona, Tori Amos, and Sarah Maclachlan. Oh, and a Madonna cassette tape with an insert that smelled like patchouli.

That video is awesome! The concept... the little boys dancing... her dress....

This is heartbreaking. No child should have to go through life with a name like those.

You know, I never thought about that before... of all the things he’s complained about, he’s never referred to Melania’s public displays of disgust. I wonder if that’s a sociopath thing or a megalomaniac thing?

That, and “friends and family.” He has no friends, and he’s not the type to “take comfort” in his family.

Wow, that letter made me well up a little. I hate being an empath.

That is EXACTLY how I read it, sentence for sentence.

“Water bankrupt” stood out to me, too, as a phrase I’ve never heard as an argument *for* animal agriculture! Maybe the meat industry crafted it as part of their self-justification, and now they believe their own misinformation.... It reminds me of an episode of This American Life, in which an interviewer investigates…

I think that’s all that needs to be said about that!

“Don’t start no shit, there won’t be no shit” -- my dad to me when I was trying to seek protection from my abusive brother.

Dodai, splinters hurt and make me cringe. I don’t like thinking about splinters. Injustice also hurts and makes me cringe -- I can’t deal with both at the same time!  Awesome concept, but please change the name!

Could we copy this trend for IUD insertions? Especially the part about drugs and alcohol? The ob/gyns near me don’t offer any sort of relief, other than suggesting I take an NSAID an hour before the appointment. So I did some googling to see whether NSAIDs are at all effective, and what other pain relief options are…

I would never use any baking powder other than Rollings Reliable baking powder!

About that first guy — aren’t there some diseases that manifest initially as personalities changing for the worse? Not just dementia, but other stuff — like traumatic brain injury? Did he bump his head at any point in this relationship?