So, I grew up in a poor area of the UK and there are a lot of similarities between the town where I went to school and the one in the story above. A lot of the girls I knew in school had kids young too- not as many, maybe, but being 16 and pregnant was not unusual. I think one thing that gets overlooked is that often,…

About a week after I got engaged I thought I’d lost my ring. I’d been sorting through a drawer and because it was quite loose I didn’t feel it slip off. I couldn’t remember when I’d last seen it and tore through my apartment and even made my flatmate drive up to my office to see if I’d left it there. I found it after…

I feel like Zellweger worked as Roxi because Roxie isn’t mant to be as good as she thinks she is.

I live in a small rural city in the midwest of prominently German and Scandanavian heritage. About a month ago they started advertising St Patrick’s day events (“Doors open at 6am! Free breakfast! GREEN BEER!”) and there’s something about it that’s so depressing. I mean, I’m actually British, from Wales, withIrish…

I always say that weddings are romantic, marriages are 80% practical. One of the things that made me want to enter into a legally binding partnership with my husband rather than just hitting and quitting was knowing he was fiscally literate and also that he doesn’t bat a hair at routine stuff like taking out the…

“I’m not laughing, I’m not loving, and I’m thinking about tearing you to pieces you santimonius upholstery turd.”

Can you imagine what it’s like to have Trump as your father? “Cute finger painting son. Mine were so great at that age. Like, just the best paintings ever. I’m very artistic, many, many people say that.” “You got an A- in French? I’m just saying, if you’re going to fail, at least fail at one of the great languages.”…

I worry sometimes about my husband’s niece. Her parents adopted her from China when she was a baby, which was a good thing for them to do but opens up a very complex set of issues. Her parents are also part of a very, very conservative church group. And they are homeschooling on top of that. Whenever I see her she…

You know what’s messier than cats? Children. If you own, operate, or have ever been around a toddler, you can handle a cat. Cats are better than people because while they can be noisy, they never try to talk to me about sports.

Oh god, the face-tapping. To be fair, mine hasn’t done it since she stuck her paw up my nose and I sneezed hugely on her. She shot out of the room like a rat up a drain pipe.

If the hair is an issue, I’d reccomend getting a handheld vacuum cleaner; Bissell does a good one. I am quite house-proud and I refuse to live in a hair-covered house. I’ve actually found two cats perfectly managable, hair-wise. I damp dust and vacuum once a week and people always say they’re surprised we have pets.…

Honestly, my cats are lovely. They meet me at the door when I come hime (even when it’s nowhere near dinner time), they come and sit with us on the couch and they snuggle with us in bed. Every morning when I’m getting ready for work my tabico will sprawl out on the floor outside the bathroom door and mewl at me in…

Yeah, I actually think the striding woman is fun. Changing the name is weird and over the top.

We had a similar thing at my office. TBH, it was pretty clear from the video that if you can’t run, you’re fucked. The most practical advice we got was to stay low and move not only further from the shooter, but out of their line of vision.

I saw a guy at our work gym in jeans, street shoes, and a shirt, on a stationary bike. He was also talking really loudly on his phone.

Yeah, I switched to the leggings type cut largely because as a short person it is so much easier to just roll the hem a bit than to try and find short length pants- or spend an afternoon hemming them.

Yeah, we saw it yesterday for the matinee showing in a tiny theatre in a very white suburb of a very white state, and it was packed. There were older couples, teenagers, guys in carhaart jackets, it was great.

Yeah, my husband was kind of joking about how he didn’t know if he was “allowed” to like Lamar’s music (he is a music nerd so he’s excited about the soundtrack) and I jusy said yes, you are allowed to like popular music offered for consumption by a black artist. You are not that unique, honey pudding.

I feel like Luke Cage and Jessica Jones are the standout best of the Marvel series, but I have not seen Defenders yet. I like Daredevil okay but it’s slow. Iron Fist and Punisher are so universally panned I’m not bothering.

I get BAD reoccurring chapped lips throughout the colder months. The skin will crack and also chap below and above my lipline, so my mouth area is just a big round chap patch. It’s very attractive. I used to think it was the dry, cold air that did it, but then I had a batch of Buffalo dip that set it off so now I…