Thanks for repeating my second sentence back to me in more words. I acknowledge that they're bad strategy. But Tracy implied that they were *wrong*. Good luck with your reading.

What's wrong with giving ultimatums? It may not be the best way to keep a relationship going, but they're totally fair if they're accurate reflections of how you feel. If they're not accurate and you're issuing them to get a specific response, that's bad, but stating what you want and need and what you'll do if your…

I def am a weed-smoking person but I don't get the hype either. It's amusing, but never hilarious or earth-shattering to me.

That is most definitely not what a manager should be doing, at least not reflexively. Constantly agitating for more money is counter both to the manager's and organization's interests. If it's not in good faith—i.e., there's a genuine big-picture argument to be made that more money is called for (I have not idea if…

From a strictly public policy standpoint, what would the best law or laws be to enact to counteract—limit, to the greatest extent possible, and also to punish—domestic abuse? I think there should be a fund that women can access at any time—maybe a 0% interest loan that never gets reported to your credit report—to…

So? I'm engaged to a man named North Jersey.

But I can't fiiiiiiiind it!!!!

NEED THE LINK. I cannot find it. It's not doxxing, the blog is public. Please. I have nothing else to do tonight while my Pi Day pie bakes.

Nothing is better than the tongue out the side of the mouth.

It is incredible to me that someone could think this is the best format in which to present instructions for preparing food.

I don't want to dox you, but approximately how old were you when a '76 Escort was your ideal car?

I think St. Louis-style pizza (a real thing, I'm not joking) has no yeast in its crust. Unfortunately it's terrible and you'd have to go to St. Louis to get it.

If you really think that's the intent/likelihood of their use ... get a clue.

Is it stereotyping to say that certain people like to do certain things?

How would one "argue" something so wrong as "in China, Mao counts as a religious figure"? What are the premises, logical steps, and conclusion?

OMG, you are giving me serious nostalgia here. So many amazing nights, especially at LaLa's. I was only there for three years and left in 2012. I don't miss the traffic or the crazy poseurs, but I sure do miss LaLa's. And chickenshit bingo.

I don't understand the impulse to have a relationship with your kids that involves no lying. Like, why is that a priority? I guess I can see it in romantic relationships, although even there it gets overblown. Lies are the lube of an easy life.

Wow, I wonder if we were in Austin at the same time because those were three of my favorite bars, especially the first and third of them!

For SXSW, go to free events during the day and stay home at night. Definitely do not get a wristband or anything like that. Unless you manage crowds and delays and the music industry way better than I do, in which case go crazy.

I think it's way more complicated than presented here. My father is a scientist (herpatologist—he studies snakes and spends lots of time in the jungle) and my mother an administrator at a non-profit with a financial bent. They were both pretty involved in my childhood and I never developed even the remotest interest…