I found a Pretoria Fields stout and a Serda porter, so one of those will have to do. I wonder if the alcohol content makes a difference? I’ll probably go with the stout, since those are kinda bready to begin with ...

I found a Pretoria Fields stout and a Serda porter, so one of those will have to do. I wonder if the alcohol content…

Ha ha haaaa, good to know! Alas, I’m pretty sure that there is no Pabst in the house, and that the beer snob bf would look SRSLY ASKANCE at me were I to request it. I’ll have to try it with a Guinness or some IPA bullshit that’s lurking in the back of the fridge. (If I take one of his St Bernardus or Gulden Draak or…

Ha ha haaaa, good to know! Alas, I’m pretty sure that there is no Pabst in the house, and that the beer snob bf…

I AM DOING THIS TONIGHT. Okay, probably tomorrow, because tonight I’ve gotta make a quick dinner salad and then finish deep cleaning the screen porch (are you proud of me? I even took all the cushion covers off the furniture and washed them, omg). I’ve made three loaves of banana-oatmeal bread (rill good) and a loaf…

I AM DOING THIS TONIGHT. Okay, probably tomorrow, because tonight I’ve gotta make a quick dinner salad and then…

A fist-bump for you, as soon as I find a coaster to put this highball down on.

Wait I thought millennials were getting wasted on White Claw or something? Or is that Gen Z? I’m too old to keep track anymore.

Saying that I think one group of reproductive medical procedures would be more important than the other right now is in. no. way. tantamount to saying that the other group of procedures (or the people who want them) are valueless, or in any way “to blame.” If we discovered tomorrow that the primary vector for this…

No, you directly stated that wealthy people didn’t count as “people” to me, without knowing anything about me or my socioeconomic background. I have no idea how you managed to come up with “infertile women are somehow to blame for the lack of abortion access.” That’s just ... that doesn’t logically follow from…

I’m genuinely and sincerely sorry for your loss.

Your feelings of disappointment and grief are completely valid! No one is denying your right to grieve your [potential] loss. What we — or me, anyway — are denying is that anyone’s desire for a child, whether under severe time limitations or not, should be put above the health (and possibly the actual lives) of an…

You’re 100% right. I am so, so sorry you’re having to deal with all this — the strain of constant anxiety and fear has to be just overwhelming. Please take care of yourself, and not just like “wash hands and Lysol everything in sight” -- watch a movie you love, spend four hours in bed rereading an old favorite,…

Girl, you need to take a whole seat. I neither stated nor implied anywhere — ANYWHERE — that I lack empathy for the infertile, and wealth or the absence thereof never came into the discussion. I’m pointing out that if we’re going to get all stirred up (as the doc who started the petition is clearly wanting to do) over…

For sure. And I mean, this is not a contest! It is not a competition to see who gets shafted the worst, or to judge who gets to be the most miserable, and who is not allowed to feel miserable! Just, you know, recognize that we are all miserable together, and be assured that every single person you know is taking some…

And everyone else’s point is that those medical resources — from the masks, gowns, gloves required for any medical procedure to the very minutes spent by doctors and nurses — are DIRELY NEEDED ELSEWHERE right now. Like, DIRELY. As in, a whole lot of people are literally actually for-realsies going to die. Some of them…

Well THAT’S fucking horrifying. :( Very, very gentle hugs to you both, owwwww omfg.

I’m having profound anxiety already. About my friends and family members dying or going bankrupt due to costs of medical care. About me or my partner coming down with this ourselves and the same happening to us. About the fact that all the restaurants, bars, and small business in this town (which is all we have here)…

Thank you for saying all this, and for saying it so well and so gently and kindly.

Yeah, I can’t really get up the energy to be outraged about this when Planned Parenthood is being decimated and access to birth control and abortion are being absolutely fucking NUKED. Yeah, it sucks, and yeah, we’re all in this together, but your desire to have a baby does not trump somebody’s need for an abortion.…

There’re a TON of blogs and youtube channels dedicated to this so, yeah. Research first! And also, if you’re a person who cannot cope with results that aren’t exactly precisely what you expected? Then this is a task best left to your favorite pro. I, on the other hand, am just fine with “wait, how the fuck did this col…

There’re a TON of blogs and youtube channels dedicated to this so, yeah. Research first! And also, if you’re a…

SOLID CHOICE. Hope you also brought a towel, which can of course be used as an emergency face mask...

Plus people ARE going to be coming down with other [normal] stuff, especially at this tail-end-of-winter/early spring time of year. But yeah, I felt slightly feverish the other day and immediately went into panic mode. And I’m not even in a “high-risk” population! I’m under 50, pretty healthy, no underlying…