My office has many early starters, to a totally insane degree, like arriving after 7:00 is considered late for an office work job. I’m not exactly a lark, but get in by 8 most days and it is really fucking annoying that people act like i’m sauntering in at noon. When in reality, I’m usually arriving as the early crew…

Check your jobs benefits page, most of the places I’ve worked have a employee assistance line, they can get you lined up with a counselor and the first series have been free. I have a friend who did a CBT group through a local college that she found really helpful, there are lots of different routes to find help.

That’s really tough, I’ve gone though cycles of depression too and it just straight up fucking sucks. Two this I found to be a huge help: going for a walk someplace green every day, even when I felt like shit, even if it was for 5 minutes. And having a regular appointment to work out with a trainer, something I was…

Have you ever tried the coconut? Delish!

I do too, most of the kids I went to college with could have gotten through high school curricula by 15, though probably not 12. The truth is that about the top 10% of any high school class could with sufficient one on one coaching. I think most of them were better off for having stayed in high school with other kids.…

That def. sounds reasonable to me, I meant more fines as part of criminal, rather than civil judgements. Should have been more clear in my thinking and writing.

I’m conflicted about fines as punishment, they are by nature regressive and I dislike the idea of someone being able to monetize behavior that harms others. However, with someone like Fogle, who is using his resources to strike out at his victims (that suit sounds like bullshit, no judge will go for that nonsense), I…

Oh please. They are the eyes of someone whose makeup was done by a professional, including false eyelashes, and is struggling to keep her eyes open.

I’ve started engaging with federal regulators at work (EPA, OSHA, and NTSB, not FDA). It shocked me how much room there is for negotiation and how even if you go in with the desire to follow both the spirit and letter of the rules it is so god damned hard to figure out what is right. There is just no way the…

It does if you transport yourself to the odd dystopia that conservatives imagine we live in. I live in Texas amongst many, many conservative folks and what is most striking to me is how afraid they are. They are so certain we need to be ready to protect ourselves and then stock up on items and services that give them…

Wait, what happened with Carol Channing?

I think that really will be her last time in Papeete.

I think it is the law of whatever country your ship is flagged under and countries often assert their prerogative to prosecute their citizens or those who harm their citizens. But more generally, it really is up to the captain. Captain’s have extremely broad power over a ship at sea. On the ships I’ve sailed on, it is…

I would like it if the assumption is that a person who speaks supportively of gay, lesbian, and transgender people is simply that, a supportive person. Who may be a lesbian or straight, but we take what she chooses to share of her personal life at face value.

Nicki looks bored in this clip, maybe she perked up later? I agree, really like Minaj. She is interesting and original, and technically proficient at putting together a a catchy pop number that, when you think about it, is actually making a statement.

I agree, I think it would be better for them to say that this was the result of long term discussions. Solo was unpopular and less effective as a goalie in this Olympics, I think she def. Would have skated on this if she had played brilliantly.

The Richard Sherman one really drove me nuts. She was interviewing him on the sideline, right after a crazy game, and I bet the entire stadium was screaming. He didn’t sound crazy, he sounded like a guy who had just played one of the most important games of his life, had been yelling at other players for a few hours,…

I love planting new flowers or herbs, so going to the greenhouse is great ( the one by me usually has wine on the weekends, also fun). I like getting up really early to plant, it is really peaceful and starts out the day on a hopeful note.

Teaching students to be conscious of the feelings of others does prepare them for the working world. Safe spaces are the expectation in everybody office ive worked in. Knowing how to have rigorous, challenging discussions in an inclusive and respectful way is a value able skill.

Yeah, this was a really bad decision. There is so much music out there, while we all contain multitudes, humans are fantastic at recognizing patterns. I bet if you thought or searched long enough, almost every song could be matched with one of a similar feel. I think what did them in was Pharrel testifying that they…