I wouldn’t lift a finger if they were bull snakes, or another non-venomous snake. I like snakes. Wouldn’t mind if my brother married one. But I like it when the rattlers are far away, out in the desert. And I certainly wouldn’t enjoy having any copperheads or water mocs as neighbors if I lived in another part of the…

I don’t know how to I their venom is compared too say, a water moccasin or a Timber rattler, but Copperheads are nasty motherfuckers that will just as soon bite you as look at you. Because of this they are VERY dangerous.

The proper thing to do if you discover a nest of Copperheads living in or under your house is to hug them and offer to make them a tempeh stir fry. Snakes really appreciate the common courtesies, and they love a good stir fry (no peanuts though, they have a nut allergy).

answer: she’s a bad bitch.

“When I started buying crystals, it was so out there. Not it’s trendy and everyone buys crystals”

I just found out I’m pregnant. My husband is out of town camping with the kids. I’m freaked out. Like happy, but I’m four years post repeat loss and never thought I’d be doing this again. Aaaaah!

Hitting on women? He follows (or he did up ‘til Friday evening) a gay porn performer named Blake Mitchell on Twitter, make of that what you will.

ETA: But you didn’t hear any of this from me. *Sips tea like Tea Lizard*

I don’t care what it is, anymore. All I care is that it is all fucking hopeless, no one who can fix it will, and I can’t take it.

The best sledding hill in my neighborhood was basically the backyard for a convent, and bless their souls those nuns never once complained about the hordes of screaming children who descend on them every snowfall. They said they liked to hear the kids. And hell, sometimes they joined in.

For the second half of my undergrad, I transferred from a public to religiously affiliated college and of my teachers was a nun. We had to do some sort of paper regarding our religious philosophy or how we were raised or something like that. I bravely wrote about how I had been raised as a pagan by my best friends…

I live next door to a bunch of nuns. Not only are they actively engaged in the kind of work that most progressives just pay lip service to, they are fantastic neighbors. All I know is that, if these nuns started their own church, I’d join it.

Mary, school nurse in Indiana: Caught her breast cancer early because she could afford to get regular mammograms

Maybe the Hair and Makeup person could also do something about all the brown on Scaramucci’s nose.

I think that Stranger Danger is more of a boogeyman for rapists and child molesters so the criticism is not really applicable in this case. The term intimate partner violence (or domestic violence) pretty much states clearly that the perpetrator is not a stranger.

It is wonderful that this girl has you in her life! She will hopefully DTMF and only go out with boys who treat her with respect. This is a lesson that all young women need to learn - what true love looks and feels like. I spent 25 years in an emotionally abusive marriage. It took me 2 years of therapy to realize…

That’s some excellent mom-ing right there, I’m happy to hear your daughter’s friend was receptive to your advice. :)

Exactly. I work in a high school and sadly this is a REALLY common scenario. Even more sad is that while most of these girls acknowledge that this isn’t ok, they usually stay with the guy anyway. Because society tells them that if you don’t have a boyfriend, you’re a loser. So they’d rather stay with a crappy,…

Bless you for gently, kindly and respectfully helping this girl! You did a great job, especially if she trusted you enough right then to let you see her texts. Fourteen is when they are just learning about relationships and what is normal and not normal, and an age when they really need guidance on real issues just…

Wow, I’m in awe of you. Thank you for being that person!