Something to the effect of they tried it before, were penalized because the opposing team’s player technically didn’t have a “fair chance” to catch it, blah blah blah. I wasn’t paying very close attention, but he bumped himself down a notch in the respect book for me with the whining about that. It was a great play.…

Why didn’t he just catch a ride on the Lane Train?

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She always struck me as pretty Clueless anyway.

How about some nice pea-co de gallo?

Can somebody please tell me some not-disappointing news about Nordstrom Rack’s practices? Totally just ordered a (non-KS) purse from there.

Trader Joe’s four cheese scalloped potatoes. Do it.

Oh, Peeta. You look like a Hobbit.

Holm looks distractingly like Amy Schumer, if Amy Schumer trained and became an MMA fighter.

The One with Hootie and the Blowfish. Duh.

We have two kids now (both in day care), and even though we could afford a third (oldest will start public school in August), the huge cost of day care is deterring us. We will have about an additional $400-800 (depending on after-school care) disposable income per month.

AND! The upcharge for plus-size clothing is disproportionate to the amount of extra material needed. I occasionally shop at Old Navy, and the markup on their plus-size clothing is RIDICULOUS. I get an email for a $19 jean sale, but guess what! The plus-size jeans aren’t on sale for $19; they are on “sale” for $44.95.

I have this issue, too. Part of the problem is sizing (not consistent) and materials. I signed up for a free trial of an online plus-size clothing rental service recently, and I have been APPALLED at the amount of rayon and polyester I have received.

I had already migrated from The Bump to a FB group before all that shit went down, so I opted out of GBCB. Eventually left the FB group, too, because it started veering rapidly into drama territory (and this was not my first rodeo, so I did NOT have time for it). I’m still social-media friends with several women from…

So you are on GBCB?

That’s basically the most valuable life advice in existence, for any situation.

The answer to this is always “thermometer.”

I would think they would be like sugar cookies, but with brown sugar AND white sugar. So basically ultimate sugar cookies.

I totally just went and looked up whether chemo is used to treat lupus. Yes. It is. We are assholes.

Also, the website Postpartum Progress was a big help to me. It lists symptoms for various mental illnesses that can occur postpartum and shares stories from many women who have gone through the same things you have. Also, if you want to reach out in a non-anonymous way, my email address is the same as my user name, at…