One of my father's favorite stories to tell is when he first held me after I was born premature. I was in an oxygen tent for over a week and they didn't think I was going to make it, but somehow I did. Still, the nurses were worried when I refused to open my eyes.

My siblings and I have ALL had this complaint about my youngest brother who was born super early as well. I believe the usual phrasing was "just because he looked like an unhatched chicken at birth does not mean he doesn't have to do dishes."

The Boy was born at 26 weeks- he was my special little guy and even now as a lazy, nearly good for nothing, gangly 23 year old we have a very special bond. (For instance, I can say all of these things about and to him but I will rip your heart out and show it to you if you do.) 11 year old Big Foot (who calls the Boy…

Every single time Chris Pratt is brought up, there's always at least one person reminding everyone that he once found another loving home for a cat with needs that he could not accommodate anymore. I guess it's you this time.

I've been such a crybaby the last couple of weeks. The winter finale of The Walking Dead did me in. I saw St. Vincent a couple of days ago, and cried all the way through it. Now Chris Pratt has got the waterworks going. I'm going to have to buy more tissues to make it through the holidays.

I knew that, but I worked on a polio documentary.

It's already out there!

We got bored with dominating the world's tracks so now we're moving on to swimming pools. Coming for that ass Phelps!!

One of her relatives (aunt, I think) works with me, and was telling me a few months ago about her relative who was a swimmer prepping (in the long term) for the 2016 Olympics. I had never heard of her before that, but I got so excited when I saw this news and made the connection. Well done Alia! Caribbean girls run…

Josh Groban is killing it this week.

Seriously. People need to stop depicting rape of a woman as a way injure the man who loves/owns her.

I love that clip because people seem to love data when it comes with sports, but not when it comes to really important things, like climate change.

Bet so many people are signing up to be cops now.

this woman is stupid or something if she doesn't realize that those girls were wearing the exact clothes the white house thought they should be wearing for a public event. Casual, like most of America at their thankSgiving celebrations. If they were supposed to wear nicer clothes they would have been. Plus, they're…