I’m so sorry. We are dealing with some similar stuff with my MIL. It’s fucking hard and we feel guilty all the time.

It makes me crazy. I can’t tell if she’s being paranoid, in denial about the need, or just looking to make up excuses why it won’t work. My FIL had to be in a longterm rehab for about a month, and she swears up and down that the staff stole his underwear. Because, sure, who hasn’t heard about the amazing black market…

No shit, Sherlock. It’s almost like I included that parenthetical specifically because the advice wouldn’t necessarily apply in every situation.

This is such an important point. Just having family around is not a guarantee that those people are able or willing to provide the kind of care you will need. Nor should you just assume that they owe it to you because they do not.

Is a trailer off-putting? As long as it’s clean and maintained I wouldn’t have an issue with this. Is it all that different from a small business owner who keeps their three heavily-decaled cars/road ads in their driveway?

LOL. I am a professional writer, actually. (No, I do not get paid to comment on Gawker, despite many accusations of that over the years.)

Along those lines, I asked a lawyer friend for a referral once and he didn’t have one in that particular speciality in my area so his next advice was, “Make a bunch of calls. Don’t go to the cheapest guy, but the second or third cheapest guy is probably fine.” (In that case, I had a fairly simple paperwork matter to…

Ask around a lot. You may not know any criminal lawyers, and you may not know anyone who has used a criminal lawyer, but you, or one of your friends went to school with/has a cousin/lives next door to a local lawyer who can recommend someone.

Oh yeah, they are neither smart nor organized enough to do anything large-scale (fortunately). But I see plenty of instances of DV, random attacks on “illegals” (aka anyone darker than copy paper) and the like.

I really, truly think it’s just a matter of time until one or more people are killed. I wish I was kidding.

I can picture this perfectly and it made my previously shitty day more pleasant. Thank you

Right? Choosing whether FIFA or the IOC is more corrupt is like choosing whether you want to sit in someone else's vomit or shit. The subtle differences are really not enough to tip the scales either way.

Fun fact: Tug of War actually used to be an Olympic sport. I also think they should bring it back. Like, have each country pick five people to represent them from among the entire delegation and just have it.

I’m so impressed that not only is this team so immensely talented, but they seem like genuinely good and decent people — even when they have to compete against each other.

Wild man!

Don’t think it’s never crossed my mind!!

If you’re lucky! I watch those commercials with Mr. M and we’re like, “Who the fuck has time for this many picnics and baths?”

At 46 it means “Do you get pizza delivery and have a glass of wine in front of the TV on Fridays?”

Um, ok. I’m guessing he cares at least $10M worth, but whatever. This is not going to be a productive conversation, clearly.

Sure, ok. This dates back to his “retirement”