Yep, we are going with friends this weekend and again at the end of the month. Pontoons are great for social distancing because they are so large. We were going to buy a tube to contribute to the water fun times, but now I think we will just focus on staying in the boat unless it is docked at a beach or sand bar.…

Yeah, it sounds like they are somehow trying to stay in Donnie’s good favor while also doing their jobs -- which is as antithetical as it gets.

This is fucking devastating, and punches me in the gut as someone who grew up on a lake and saw my fair share of accidents. I hope that they have trained child psychologists who can gently and effectively question her son to get a few more details. Did she dive in the water head first? Could have hit her head and…

Pontoon boats have a ladder on the back that folds down into the water. Also, it is best practice to drop an anchor before trying to swim off any boat.

Let me preface this by saying we are not rich or even wealthy. We happen to live in one of the most affordable places to live in the country and have a nice 4 BR house. My spouse stopped getting scheduled at his hourly job during COVID and therefore didn’t qualify for any of the incentives — no unemployment, no…

I worked as a bartender on the music festival circuit from 2007-2012. Bassnectar was on every single bill. I immediately knew who they were talking about based on this headline, and thought about those pre-hyper-social-media days when taking advantage of underage fans could have happened. I was in my 20s and had to…

They want the burden oftoo many children to sink those already economically strapped into further despair. You need desperate populations to work your menial, low-wage, and dangerous jobs to increase your profits. Those who can’t work commit “crimes” and that’s how you get your prison slave labour. That is why…

What great idea. Was just looking at this one on my bookshelf again. It was gifted to me by a friend who’d moved to the States to teach at a private liberal arts college — he said his new job and the students reminded him of this book, and having read it before moving to the States, was surprised how much it captured…

I agree with everything, except naming Louisville, Memphis, and Little Rock as examples of Midwest cities. Those are the South (though Louisville is 50'away from Indiana).

A quick note, all 3 Louisiana abortion clinics represented in this case are INDEPENDENT CLINICS, not Planned Parenthoods. And Whole Woman’s Health from the 2016 Supreme Court cases is also an independent clinic.

Our running joke now, whenever we cross the border into Texas on a road trip, is someone calls out, “Whataburgers all around, on me!”

I just went down so many rabbit holes between the article you linked and the original AMA. Wow.

My dad’s running joke that’s a surefire way to piss off any provider: “Well, I guess that’s why they call is medical practice!”

My ungraying powers stop at Jezebel, unfortunately. I’ve read some grays that deserve attention at the Root and star them, but nothing happens.

On a road trip from the great white north down to Texas, my family of 4 stopped at a Whataburger for dinner after waiting at a family-style restaurant to be served, and instead ignored, for 45 minutes. My parents are brown and my sibling and I are white-passing — we were in northern Texas and it was one of my first…

As an aunt to a Belgian Malinois, all I could think about upon first glance at this photo was how sad I am for that dog. Bro probably teaches him commands in German and shit, too.

Hello from another indie! <3 Thanks for all the work you do. Hope you have a great weekend <3

I got Neo from the Matrix Keanu as my soulmate. Interestingly, my husband’s absolute favorite movie -- he even owns an early original draft screenplay. Guess I married the right guy!

I am so excited! I was on an Unsolverd Mysteries episode (being portrayed by a child actor) as a wee babe, and it is one of my “interesting facts” I still use in icebreakers to this day....although anyone under 30/35 has no idea what I’m talking about.

Holy shiiiitttt