I’m so proud of all the marches happening around the world. I wish I could have made it to the Denver one!!!

Exactly. Parents spank because they have no control of the situation or their child.

More than likely true.

Here’s a hug (—). We’ll get you through this scary time!

The father to the girls I nanny for hasn’t even gotten into cell phones yet. It drives his wife and me crazy.

You are disturbingly good at this. Is that you, Alec Baldwin?!

Are you afraid of everything? You sound like a little bitch.

That podcast I mentioned covered this Dutch tradition too!! They tried to change the black men to men of every color and that didn’t work.

No I haven’t! I’ll check it out now!

FWIW, my anxiety was through the roof last winter because of an international trip I had coming up. I was suppose to go to Turkey and just didn’t feel good about it. My anxiety completely crippled me!! When the time came to go, I had to be pretty stoned.

Yup. When this news first broke, my first thought was “Putin won’t retaliate because hs sweet baby angel is about to take Obama’s place.” :(

Stuff You Missed in History Class had a podcast a couple weeks ago on various holiday traditions around the world. They talked about Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, so I googled it and found an interesting Russian cartoon. Thought I’d share here!

My mom takes edibles to help her sleep and help with IBS. I have to say, if you take the right amount, it can feel amazing without feeling “stoned”. Just relaxed. I only take it when I have anxiety or can’t sleep.

Ok what Sims package is this? I want.

This is...amazing. Brought a tear to my eye.

I was actually thinking it sounded like “hilf me”. Maybe it speaks German/English!

This makes so much sense. Never thought of it this way. I drive myself to work and wherever I need to go, so flying and being around people in close quarters stresses me out!

You are not alone in this regard. My biggest digestive issues revolve around flying.

Flying makes me want to poop everything inside me out. It’s terrible. I have to have anti-anxiety pills or edibles before the flight!

I’m so sorry you had to deal with this. That had to be such a conflicting feeling.