I feel horrible for this woman and her family but also zoos are the worst. I realize that a lot of endangered species need some sort of curation for species survival, but we need to do better with larger and more natural enclosures. This circusy nonsense where a tiger snuggles up to a keeper lady is weird, barely…

They come from a long tradition of brutal exploitation, so many people do not trust this new raison d’etre.

In other news:

Unpopular opinion: zoos done right are ok. Yes the animal is sacrificing something for our gain, and that is a sad truth and one we should tell our children and always be aware of, but a zoo with a focus on conservancy and education rather than a focus in fun and silliness is a worthwhile thing, in my opinion.

Actually I didn’t even assume she was Hispanic. That was me referring to the evil eye as I usually do.

She is! And it's refreshing to see a belly that has stretch marks.

HER STOMACH LOOKS LIKE MINE!!!! HER THIGHS LOOK LIKE MINE!

There's nothing wrong with her body, that's how a 47 year old body looks, if you're lucky and have very, very good genes. Why people should continue the myth that beautiful = young I don't know. Because as a species our window of youth is relatively small, and we'll be old far longer than young. That's a long time to…

I got robbed in Maui. It was actually by two white surfers that I had bought burritos and a pack of cigarettes for the day before, because they bought beer for me. I showed up to my hotel pretty banged up and one of the clerks asked me what happened, who was a pretty cool local. What I didn't know is that he was also…

If only there was a detective available to help Allenby find the assailant. Someone exclusive to the islands.

If you're consciously rejecting the Me Generation, you probably lagged your peers and ended up as the leading edge of Gen X.

This post is especially interesting to me as I have a brother in law who has cut off all contact from his mother (my mother in law) and his father (my now late father in law).

I think once you get out, have some time to see other (less dsyfunctional families), and/or maybe seek assistance from a mental health provider, you just determine it isn't worth it anymore.

For reference

Ah yes—the fabulous parent who has raised terrible children, and simply can't imagine why, because she was such an absolutely great mother that it just doesn't make any sense at all. People like this always remind me of that anecdote about Joan Crawford, who was once asked by some fan magazine to list her worst…

I think the point is that maybe her children have a valid point of view and that their mother is not being emotionally honest. She says herself that it all started with that email, but she skirts away from describing it. It's a red flag. A big chunk of this story is being completely left out. Surely her children had a…

Randomly throwing words into the void and hoping for the validation of a reply, much like this comment?

"Loved ones and friends—sometimes even therapists—who urge reconnecting with a parent often speak as if forgiveness will be a psychic aloe vera, a balm that will heal the wounds of the past." But often it's just more poison. After ten years of marriage to the son of abusive/neglectful/narcissistic parents, and ten…

Narcissism has been long been associated with the notion of entitlement, which typically suggests a lack of empathy, a feeling of superiority and a tendency to overreact to criticism.