Glad he outgrew the pants pooping. ;)

This has the ring of truth to it.

My name was weird when I was a kid and nobody could pronounce it. Now it is everywhere, and I hate that other people have my name. But I did finally get a tiny name licence plate, which is nice.

I know a Pita, but he is like 40.

I love it too, which means it will explode in popularity in 3...2...1...

He almost has to be.

No, I have a list of names for future BabyMimm, and I cull it every time one of these lists comes out.

I nearly choked on the cookie I was eating, laughing at that.

Mason was the kid who pooped his pants regularly in my 4th grade class. We had to play a math game that involved switching seats, and it was like a curse to have to sit in Mason's chair. So to me, Mason is the name of a pants-pooper forevermore.

My parents just flat out refused to be friends with other parents. All of their friends were child-free, which worked out well for me and my sisters, because they had more disposable income to buy us presents, and they often gave us regular presents instead of kid presents: "Here is a cool bag I bought in Guatemala. …

I know actual threats are not protected, but this case is going to determine what is interpreted as an actual threat. If the Court rules that the speaker's intent is the only thing that matters, and the speaker doesn't have to consider whether a reasonable person would interpret their words to be a serious expression…

"Look over there! Some people who have been systematically oppressed for centuries have come up with a turn of phrase that affirms their worth in the face of those who would oppress them. Let's water it down, and by 'water it down,' I mean 'shit all over it.'"

Ugh, I hadn't seen "all lives matter" anywhere. Is that the new #notallmen?

So, I read the New York Times Magazine article this weekend, and I wanted to highlight this:

Not counting time spent not having a job, how much did this cost? This kind of thing appeals to me so much, but I started working straight out of college (for which I am grateful, believe me), and I have never been in a position to not work for a year. In a few years, I should be able to take a couple of months off…

Yeah, I know that in my mother's first marriage, attacking her in public was something the guy worked up to. He started out by abusing her in private, and at some point it escalated to the point that he did it in public. (That's when my mother left. The guy came to where she worked and bit her on the face in front…

I was thinking this morning about what the NFL could do to show their support of victims of domestic abuse, and I wonder if they could offer to pay for security for women who leave their abusers. We know that abused women are most at risk for being murdered by their spouses when they leave, and the NFL actually has…

I've never really found Thanksgiving stressful. But I suppose my secret weapons are tasty food and marathons of fun shows, especially Mystery Science Theater 3000, and The Golden Girls. Watching all of the Thanksgiving episodes of Friends is also fun. I think it helps that I've never been in a family that watched…

I hate Walmart as much as anyone (I literally told my credit card company that if anyone ever tries to use my credit card there it should be denied, because it will mean my card has been stolen), but I am having trouble locating a source for this info. Do we know where this originated?

That does not sound territorial to me, but it does sound like you two were at the very least incompatible. Part of being generous in your relationship is that you are trusting the other person to be generous to you and not take advantage of you. It doesn't sound like there was that trust there between the two of…