There was a candle store in my town that made really amazing scented candles (she decided to go back to school for her PhD. but still maintains an Etsy store) - all natural ingredients, essential oils, and lightly scented - much better than any Yankee candle crap.

That's actually the only time I've ever had to call in a complaint. I get my husband's meds filled at one of my company's pharmacies. I called in the refill, and of course, the approving physician never authorized it. So he was completely out of medicine for his nerve problems, and ended up being in severe pain. He…

I had a similar mistake! The ER doctor came in and said, frankly, "you have herpes". I we married for less than a week and my husband and I exchanged piercing glances at each other. Finally the doctor said, "you're not Brittany, are you?" So at least it was just a cyst and I made out better than poor Brittany,…

This was after he pissed off the curator. Basically, he wanted unfettered access to dig around the site whenever he felt like it and the curator wouldn't give him that permission.

Kidney infections hurt like fuck. I had an orange-sized ovarian cyst that completely pinched one of ureters shut and I managed to get pyelonephritis. I have never cried so much from pain in my entire life.

I nearly fractured my husband's dick one time while being on top and being way too wet. The new rule is that when things get too wet, I go on the bottom, for his dick's sake.

Yeah, that pisses me the fuck off. I wrote a junior portfolio paper on the Lex Oppia and its implications to the modern day, and I got eviscerated for not talking about "relevant" Roman History.

Ugh probs.

Science History must be even worse than regular history since it attracts both Science Bros and History Bros.

That is kind of true but my gay friend, who is a huge advocate for PReP, stated that condoms don't work 100% of the time - cue every naysayer who just believes that statistic is a lie meant to advance the sales of Truvada.

Well yes, some people need to be licensed, but there are terms that are loosely thrown around. I know both a "marriage counselor" and a "personal trainer" that only have high school degrees and no specialized training/licensure.

Unfortunately, "historian", much like "counselor" or "expert" is loosely thrown around.

History bros are the worst. Full disclosure, I dated an uber-wealthy History Bro who was a jackass to everyone he met. He was writing a paper on an obscure skirmish in 1775 and he pissed off the curator of the historical site. The site was hurting for money, so what he did was to go straight up to the State Department…

That's the problem with being a woman who studies history (and why I quit being a history major). Male "historians" (*cough* George Will *cough*) can plagiarize, make shit up, etc. and they're a hero. Female historians open their mouths and there are twenty men yelling "I WANT TO SEE THE PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION".

That's what I was going to say - locking your kid in their room is a big no-no in the eyes of DYFS. Aside from being traumatizing, it is a fire hazard.

Yeah, like I said below, I am an assistant and I am the only one that has to work in my office on X-Mas Eve/NYE/NYD because "what if someone calls?". In my two years of doing this, we've had literally one call on those days. One.

Gah, I am sorry to hear that.. I will be thinking of you on Thanksgiving!

She said the company received feedback last year that many of its employees "appreciated the opportunity to work on Thanksgiving so they could have time off on Black Friday," as well as the additional pay they receive for working a holiday. For any shift that begins on Thursday, employees will be paid time-and-a-half.

I also heard that she got a perfect score on the verbal part of her SATs. She is a really smart girl.

I'm lucky my kids aren't that into Frozen. I braided my hair in pigtails and wore a hat last week, and of course the first goddamn comment a student in my kid's class was 'your mommy looks like Anna from Frozen'.