“They just want Dead and Damaged Women” as my grandfather, an OB/GYN, used to put it. He treated women who had a botched illegal abortion and had to testify or give depositions in cases when they died or had life changing injuries. The irony was that Physicians like my grandfather, Protestant Ministers and members of…

These laws hit the lower classes the most. They can’t really afford to move and largely lack the sort of job skills that will make them welcome in another state because America is an anti-capitalist straw man argument given form.

No one wants to talk about sandpaper tongues?

What really kills me about this story is the cat didn’t want any of it either. 

You assume the rich aren’t breastfeeding hairless cats on their private planes.

Just to throw this out, if the person on the other end of the trip has any reservations about a dog being there (especially if it’s in their house), board the dog. It doesn’t matter what the concern is, don’t try to convince them that it’s fine or that the dog’s temperament is great or any other reason why it will…

I hope you find a good sub. Depending in where you are in OR, teachers are scarce, especially STEM. Good math teachers are so important yet undervalued. Thank you for teaching!

Ugh, I hope someone can be found to sub. Extra-large classes would be an extra-large pain. Good luck.

What grade level?  I used to be a middle/high school math teacher, and I don’t think that the situation you described seems too terribly bleak. 

The last 5 years have genuinely felt longer than the entirety of my grade school memories. I think I’m paying attention to too much shit these days.

He helped launch her career.

David Gilmour also plays electric guitar on “Love and Anger” on the same album, and is in the video. 

It’s just math multiply two negatives and you get a positive.

I’m pretty sure at this point if the parents/family members went through security at an airport and landed at another airport there’d be surveillance footage already released to the public. They’ve released the body cam footage and the 911 call. I think family saw him drive and are not saying anything. That will open…

If you have painful periods, fight, and I mean FIGHT until you get answers.

A real act of bravery to do this in a place like Texasistan. 

Re: John Mulaney

I don't know. I am a gay, but my husband also does this. He'll complain that I just could have reminded him what needs to be done, but that still involves me keeping track of it. I don't want to give him a chore list and follow up, I just want him to do stuff when he sees it (because that's what I have to do.) I don't…

I showed the thread to my boyfriend so he feels ashamed the next time he leaves a cereal bowl on the counter LOL.