Floridian here. There is literally no body of water larger than a bathtub in central Florida that does not have an alligator in it, except for swimming pools, and even swimming pools will eventually acquire an alligator or two if left unattended for a while. It’s hard to fully understand until you live down here, but…

Recently, I had to come to terms with the fact that I was just simply going to lose a very good friend because of the demands of his parenthood. I did everything I could think of to be the one who compromised - always driving to meet him at his preferred location, always being the one to reach out first, scheduling at…

This right here. Almost every “positive” person I’ve met is really just an avoider masking their deficiencies with an overly optimistic facade. They often do fall apart in a crisis, while the pessimists/realists have already faced up to reality and worried through several possible solutions.

My candidate is Anybody But Trump. And I guess I’m insecure, if by insecure you mean “completely fucking terrified of the prospect of a Trump presidency”. I really don’t care whether Clinton or Sanders wins; I’ll vote for either. Hell, I’ll vote for a talking dog, or a sock puppet, or 10-year-old Lady Mormont from…

The possibility of a Trump presidency is really fucking scary. Bernie needs to stop this nonsense now so the party can start to get on the same page for the national election.

Holy shit. This chick is seriously spoiled, self-centered, and immature. And she’s not nearly as pretty as she thinks she is. She might be skinny and blonde, but that doesn’t make up for her horsey face or all the ugly on the inside.

Sassy helped me navigate the trials and tribulations of young Gen-X womanhood. It was the smart, feminist alternative to magazines like YM and Seventeen. It had articles that were about topics other than boys and makeup (although it had some of that too). I loved Sassy.

I also love the passive voice here, as though her own actions had nothing whatsoever to do with the “negative energy” in her life. The negative energy just sort of got “put” there somehow, you see!

Gross. :-(

I got a paltry 1.5% raise at my old job last year after a really good annual review, and then they cut our medical benefits and 401K contributions. These indignities combined with a variety of other issues prompted me to start looking for a new job. Two months later I got an offer from a more prestigious company in a…

XOJane is the meanest place on the internet. You couldn’t pay me enough money to submit an article there.

Here’s what lives in Central Florida ponds:

Urban Pinellas County isn’t too mosquito infested right now, and we’re a little too far north for crocodiles and Burmese pythons (I think, anyway). But I believe I read that central FL has a denser alligator population than pretty much anywhere else in the continental US, including the Everglades. And some of those…

This comment is so late I’m sure I will be permanently gray and nobody will ever read it, but I’m just going to put this out there anyway. I happen to live in Pinellas County, probably less than 15 minutes drive from the pond these girls died in.

Agree fully about Sansa being the slowest learner in a family of slow learners, but Arya is incredibly reactive and unpredictable. Team Margaery for the win!

Getting PreCheck last year was one of the better travel-related decisions I’ve made. I’ve already had to fly three times this year, and having PreCheck has not only saved me from having to stand in multiple huge lines, but just makes the whole security process so much less of a PITA. It’s so great to be able to just…

I live in Florida and I don’t even know what a manatee beach is. Can someone explain this term?

I thought Dubya was the worst president of my lifetime, and right now, staring down the barrel of President Trump or President Cruz, I'm actually starting to miss him a little....

Yeah, seriously. A million dollars will probably buy you a one-bedroom condo in SF right now.

“Blame would be something like, “You missed this deadline and now we all missed our deadlines.”