Well. This validates my childhood crush on him that I developed after reading the books about 6 times each.

As someone who is ill prepared for the 15 K I am doing next Sunday, I endorse this metaphor.

Homeschooling is a big red flag for a lot of participants. I know some parents home school and do an awesome job, but there are a lot I know who are not well educated themselves and want to control the information their kids get and control who their kids interact with. I feel so sorry for these kids, it puts them at…

This is really well put. There is a direct causal relationship between poverty and test scores, and it is not a coincidence.

“We should be funding and investing in students, not in school buildings, not in institutions, not in systems—” What the hell does that even mean? How can you invest in students without investing in buildings, institutions and systems? Like if there isn’t a local school system with a decent building, how can you…

I just finished reading a Wrinkle in Time to my 6 year old in preparation for seeing this next weekend (along with my 19 year old step daughter who loves the book, and assorted friends who are also fans). It sounds like it is not quite the piece of art that I was hoping for, but I hope that this will be enjoyable for…

I really love this article. I love how matter of fact she is on her skill set—that she has a good palate for many years. No need to equivocate, she states it as fact. I’m trying to be better about owning what I am good at without apology. Second, she is so non snobby about wine. She just said drink what you like. Amen…

I really need to take advantage of my instant pot more. I think I’ve used it like 2 times. It just has so many buttons!

Holy shit I am so into this! I lived in Benin (formerly Dahomey) for two years and heard all about the Amazons of Dahomey, I even saw some old French graves in the forest that of men reportedly killed by the women soldiers defending their country from the French. Unfortunately, they all worked for the king of Dahomey,…

Two thoughts. First, this study is a god damn delight in these dark times and I am raising a glass to it and ignoring all evidence to the contrary. Second, my 91 year old grandfather will only drink black coffee or booze (he prefers whiskey or gin but will drink wine or beer). No water. Literally. I am greatly looking…

YES! I lived in Benin and am quite familiar with the badass women soldiers who fought for their king, and I totally thought about them as I watched this movie. Seriously I don’t know why more people don’t know their history!

This is such a good point. I loved WW, but I was really disappointed that she was really the only woman in most of the movie. It was so powerful to see all the amazing women in Black Panther.

You articulated exactly what I have been feeling. Completely despondent. Helpless. It seems that there are a percentage of Americans completely lacking in empathy, who think that the lives of kids is a reasonable price to pay for their access to guns.

I’m so sorry you went through that. And you bring up an important point. I think a lot of people want to demonize child molesters—think they are this obvious pervert that they could recognize. In reality they tend to be charismatic, people who work with kids. That is scary to recognize, much better to bury your head…

That quote is profoundly disturbing.

Just when I though I couldn’t dislike Tarantino more.

That is one of my big issues with Republicans. A lot of them seem absolutely incapable of imagining what it is like to walk in another’s shoes; if they don’t have direct, personal experience with something then they can’t possibly empathize.

Or they aren’t like those OTHER poors, you know, the undeserving ones. They had some bad luck, but those others were just lazy. There is zero empathy.

It’s all so enraging. And it doesn’t have to be this way! Other countries are not like this! Why are Americans so shitty to each other? We would rather see our neighbor suffer needlessly than possibly have to pay anything ourselves to someone who might abuse their health insurance, whatever the hell that means.

I’ve heard that too. Sounds like you went through hell, I am so glad that you have someone in your life who is validating and that you totally trust. It sounds so corny, but I have found that being in a healthy, loving relationship with someone who I can be completely open, safe, and myself, is profoundly healing.