What did they hand out? It’s killing me.

Yep. Can’t wait. If this guy is dumb enough to declare his first place medal in the shitty person Olympics, having someone there to film it is important.

You just have to keep flicking the lights on and off to see them all.

My thoughts too. However, it sounds like the security knows who it is- perhaps cameras already exist there?

Well, guess they just got a free class called Harvard Internet Security and Social Media Use 101.

My drunk uncle has has this jet powered fucking barbecue thinger that he’s super proud of and yards out to cook meat on whenever he’s had a few on a sunny day. He knocked it over (of course he did) and it left a 30' long scorched patch in the grass and melted the vinyl siding up on side of his house. Drunk uncles…

Nor was he Righteosly Smited when he met the Pope like I was hoping. God’s all like, there is NO WAY I’m dealing with this guy. Let’s call it a spiritual trial of some sort so you all can learn about some parable or other in that big book you all wrote about me. I’ll watch to see how you do.

My cynical side thinks things will change when the drug companies succeed in cornering the market on cannabis products. They are all jostling with small producers, but have the marketing and legal funds to elbow the little guys out.

We’re going through this in my city too. Parents are desperately trying to find beds for addicted youth- who are so addicted they turn to crime to get meds. The original issue is with the drug companies promoting this drug and doctors buying in to the sales pitch. While the originally prescribed meds are “safe”, as…

You are kind.

Right up there with the new agey “Cancer is the result of suppressed negativity and anger” bullshit that thinks it can be cured with a vegan diet and a positive attitude. If that doesn’t work, it means you just weren’t trying hard enough or didn’t want to get better. “Manifesting” style spiritual or philosophical…

Right? How else are you going to improve it? I use this justification to flagellate myself via internal dialogue all the time.

Oh shit. Me TOOOOO! And FB. I’ll comment on something and either no one “likes” it, or no one responds (or, horrors- they disagree) and I am a wreck. FB and group chat are the Devil.

I was criticized pretty much with every interaction I had with my single and angry parent. My sister learned the behaviour too via being criticized herself for 6 years before I arrived and she was thankful to be able to work out her own sadness by using me as a recipient. I have grown up to second guess EVERYTHING I…

Ability to communicate using language and imagery is an outstanding life skill, and one that can be valuable in so many different situations. My husband took engineering and it was mandatory for them to take a variety of liberal arts classes for just that very reason. “Well rounded” is a stellar thing to be.

My kid is stuck at the “esteem needs” level and I am absolutely stuck on how to help him. My extended family has a firmly entrenched impostor syndrome struggle combined with a “put down everyone else to raise yourself up” issue. Family dinners are delightful. We’ve tried to protect him from it as much as possible by…

He says a few things that ring right with me. But what he’s spouting does not come with a clear understanding of how abject poverty actually creates that state of mind. If he did, he’d be a “Hand up” kind of guy instead of a “Poor folk just need to try harder to be positive in order for them to succeed.” kind of guy.

Also, oh dear. Those are some grim statistics. Particularly if one keeps in mind these numbers are actually people with families who depend on them, are capable of joy, anger and sadness, have pets, have hopes, plans for their futures, contribute to their communities, pay taxes and many love the God that others use as…

You changed it from “morality” didn’t you? That word is important in the discourse too. And its misuse by crazy religious fuckers is directly responsible for the “mortality” issue.

White tights do enhance a wee bit, eh?