And now two children don't have a father. I can only hope they get the help they need and are able to break this cycle of tragedy.

I was recently sent a copy of a family tree from my grandmother’s side of the family and I apparently had great-great-etc uncles named Wealthy and Squire. You can bet your ass I am naming my son Wealthy Squire and if anyone tries to give me shit for it, I can shut them down by frostily saying "They're family names."

my mom’s middle name was of the “dad made up a feminized version of his name" variety. and they ended up calling her by that instead of her first name. and her younger sister got his middle name as her middle name. ugh.

Dang, I wish I’d known about “Cookie Time” when I had to sell cookies. Would have been a lot cooler to sing that rather than “Please buy our cookies” (sung to the tune of “We Are Family” - and no, I can't claim credit for that).

I’m confused. I thought Megan was the one being accused of breaking up the “Fab four”? But now Kate’s out here beefing with someone else? So maybe it’s been Kate all along!

He doesn’t even have enough of the tall white boy aesthetic to begin with. Just noticed his head is kind of a weird shape, too, which probably isn't helping the teeth.

Yes, it sounds like we heard the same story. They interviewed a (actually fairly young, considered the cultural tendency to immediately accuse “creepy old men”) person who had started an online support group, because they don’t feel safe to go to professionals. Being mandatory reporters, they often report the person…

Do they really need to purchase shares to make this point? It’s not a bad point, necessarily, but it seems like a waste of time and money (two of PETA specialties, really) to purchases these shares in order to badger the board into making this change. Honestly, if I was on the board, I would ignore them out of spite…

Generally, cows raised for leather goods and cows raised to become meat are cared for differently and are not the same animals. 

There was actually a very interesting piece on NPR a few years ago about pedophiles. The truth is, we don't know why people suffer from pedophilia, but there is some evidence that it is something caused, not something you are born with. There is a link to head trauma before the age of 10 in many cases. Unfortunately,…

God damn it. Can all of these dumbass celebrities please keep their mouths shut? I’m not going to change my opinion because you think he’s a great guy. And I don’t want to have to toss out my entire cd collection. It's a tough thing to learn someone you care/d about isn't the person that you thought they were. Which…

It’s giving him an overbite. He looks like my hamster. Jesus, I can’t believe he thinks he attractive enough to be on the cover of Italian Vogue. I see potential there (and probably only because he’s got that tall pasty white boy with dark hair aesthetic that makes me braindead) but as is? No, sweetie. No.

This is so incredibly tragic. Between suffering the trauma of a school shooting, then being bullied and mocked by people across the world, I can't even begin to imagine what they are all feeling. But we are failing them and this country needs to do better. I know it's easy to ignore them because they're almost adults,…

While I do appreciate the fact that people with easy access to guns are more likely to commit suicide, the this is phrased makes it sound like the parents are partly responsible. It's not even known if there were guns in the house. These teens went through a traumatic event and, let's face it, they live in Florida. If…

So grateful to hear that everyone is safe and the worst injuries are just broken bones. 

And it describes that color as “nude”.

Wow, those pieces are truly hideous. And does anyone besides, perhaps, a child think of demi cup bras as "racy"?

What's wrong with his teeth though?

I'm sorry you first had to deal with your grandmother's bull shit and now you're brother is being an ass. But you need to do what's healthiest for you. I hope you get a reprieve from your stress soon.

If you can lay your hands on some mini croissants, the local teahouse does a curried chicken salad sandwich which I consider essential teatime delights now. I actually prefer this recipe I scrounged up online now, https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222604/curried-chicken-tea-sandwiches/