Oh, our foster care system is totally fucked up. However, I haven’t heard any details about what the social workers actually saw, so I’m withholding judgement. I do know they are, in general, fairly reluctant to remove kids from their families unless the situation is dire - in part because it’s believed to be better…

Yes! My partner and I eat out pretty frequently, and we’re unabashedly voyeuristic in observing first dates. After years of this, his commentary boils down to “Most of the guys we know are pretty decent people so I didn’t fully realize why so many women complain about men. All these dates, I just want to call…

This used to be true in my city, and it resulted in a huge decline in gang violence in my neighborhood. The intention was for kids to have really positive interactions with the police prior to the age where they’d be recruited into gangs. Police officers showed up at neighborhood events, cheered for our local school…

THANK YOU it was in the back of my mind the whole trailer but I couldn’t quite place it.

Actually, I’m sure you’re wrong. Everyone knows that everyone around Taylor Swift is a big fakey- fakerson, because Taylor Swift herself is the biggest Fakey McFakerFace ever in the whole history of the planet. She has never felt a real emotion in her entire life, and we know this because we are up close and…

I feel like a “murder of assholes” unfairly maligns the noble crow.

“I kind of miss that Bush guy”

Yep, I’m quite comfortable now, but some part of my consciousness is ALWAYS afraid of going back to being homeless. I can’t use/think of/react to money the way other people in my current tax bracket do.

At first I thought you meant you got a cake by accident, and I was lost for a little while in a very nice daydream involving various scenarios one might unintentionally get a cake.

I agree, although I still kind of like them once or twice a year. But my dad makes a homemade version of peanut butter cups that I’d sell my soul for.

Sadly, I have to agree. The hot 20-somethings truly need these men more than we do. I love it when a man lets me know he’s settling for me because hotter girls are stupid- it’s like personalized negging *and* generalized misogyny in one carefully considered statement!- but I’ll sacrifice my chances of bad sex for…

I can’t even quantify how much enjoyment my husband and I have gotten from the “wait I’ve got something in my eye” thing in bed.

I’m not arguing with your overall point, but there is a huge difference between full scale societal collapse and, say, a regional earthquake. I’m not interested in surviving the fall of western civilization, but I live in Oregon and I do have a couple of weeks worth of water and food, because I intend to survive…

It depends on your doctor and what you need, but ask for free samples. I have an IUD now, but when I was on oral BC I talked to my doctor about emergency prep and she gave me a couple free months worth. It wasn’t the same stuff I was taking regularly, but way better than the thought of not having it.

I’m continually surprised by the number of people in Oregon who are completely head-in-the-sand about the Cascadia Subduction zone. I’ve been trying to convince everyone in my neighborhood to have just 1 gallon of water/person on hand, and you’d think I was asking people to give away all their worldly possessions,…

Oh good. I live in Portland and while I don’t have any kids, I’m friends with a bunch of the moms in my neighborhood. They all seem really cool but I was starting to wonder if they were closet bitches and I just didn’t know it.

It’s possible to build community in urban areas, even though I think our culture tells us it’s not. I’m not especially outgoing and I’m definitely not the leadership type, but I’ve found that a smile and “hello” to someone is all the opener a lot of people need to start a conversation. Even in the middle of the…

We’re seriously considering making a move from the US to another “first-world”, English speaking country. Even with jobs, no language barrier, and money, it’s a logistical and administrative nightmare. I literally cannot imagine what it’s like to be a refugee.

Some of us are atheists too! I’ve been working to connect refugees with food assistance in our city.

Stash makes some reasonably good high end loose leaf teas, but they’re not widely available. I wouldn’t bother except that I live around the corner from their retail store.

Stash makes some reasonably good high end loose leaf teas, but they’re not widely available. I wouldn’t bother…