It is when you’re broke, unemployed (nothing I’m working on is going to pay that much profit over my bills) and don’t have that much room before your credit limit. I’m not willing to hit the Bank of Mom n’ Dad for it, and my bf’s new job pays crap ... but it’s undoubtedly better than worrying about the drive home all…

Pay it. I used a bonus a few years ago to pay off my outstanding car loans (my student loans are a different matter ENTIRELY) and it feels SO good to have it paid off, plus you have a bump to your credit score for paying it early, if I recall correctly. If you can manage to pay it off without serious risk of…

I’m sorry, I know you have a serious post here (that I can say nothing about other than I hope it works out well and quickly) but I read that as “Fibroids! Yay!”

I love you.

I’m hoping that the passes will be maintained tomorrow (oh god, it will be Sunday, I will be sitting there for HOURS) because I just looked at flights and the best I can do is $210, which is kind of like “I refuse to pay a dollar a mile for that kind of inconvenience”. But yeah, I will drive everyone nuts by being in…

I put Yoda ears on my cat once and practically needed transfusions, so maybe I’ll hold off on the tiger costume. But it would be SO CUTE.

So much of it is about preparation, and that’s the thing for me - I’m not prepared for it, I don’t have a car to have snow tires on it, and neither are any of the other fucking loons in this town prepared for it, but they think they are, because 4WD is god’s gift of traction. I think New England would be pretty ready…

I can tell you’re not me only because I haven’t had my bipolar formally diagnosed and am not on medication for it, and I tend not to swing to the extremes you’re describing, but I feel you on the “exciting and dramatic life” withdrawal thing.

Well ... I keep dreaming about Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, so I’m pretty frustrated that my brain wants me to think about those fuckers more than I already do. It makes getting job apps done a little easier because they are literally not the worst thing in my life right now. (I keep waking up in cold sweats at like…

I am a delicate coastal princess and I don’t do snow. :) My area of the country doesn’t get a lot ever, so the best skill I have when it does snow is “stay the hell home because nothing needs my attention.” My area is notorious for really bad drivers in any weather, and it gets worse the minute you add snow. Everyone…

Damn close! I am primarily a freelancer right now - I have a couple of web development projects I’m working on (one of which is the one I need to hit a checkpoint on tonight - my Sunday may have been shot to shit by needing to go out of town unexpectedly, and I have a delivery date for part of this project on Monday),…

I totaled a car in snow once. Plus, I am fucking delicate as shit and the area I’m in, we don’t DO snow. Only in the Great Hinterland do we do snow, and there’s a reason I don’t go there. :) The good news is, since I still can’t afford a goddamn car, I will have to drive a rental. I don’t know what happens if you…

Have some hugs and cookies - I have been long-term unemployed a couple times (and right now I’m short-term unemployed) and it super helps to have something to work on that is not job applications. So I hope your writing goes well, and you find something perfect at the exact length of time when you are getting bored…

Damn, now I want a vodka tonic, but I have to do a work thing that means I should not be even a little bit impaired. (Who’s zooming who? This week has been a royal pain in the butt and I want to be a lot impaired.)

I have Coke and bated breath that I may be unexpectedly going to the Great Hinterland Of My State for reasons, which will involve driving in snow. DNFW. Currently researching whether it is possible to get back home without snow without a) flying and b) driving to another state.

I haven’t been caught yet, but I keep thinking I basically doxx myself all the fucking time (and my boyfriend) that I should probably hope I never, ever am. :)

How about Mr Ogny, who thinks that all porn performers are scum and walking disease vectors, in the places I’ve seen their comments? I wish I could get followed and help with the dismissing, but no luck thus far.

Look, it’s just science. Male status is entirely determined by how many uteri they control. It used to be that “control” was interpreted as marriage; this is why the Qu’ran allows for marriage of up to four women as long as you can provide equally for all of them. Due to a mistranslation of the Bible, however, it no…

I don’t know what this comment means, but I love it.

Oh, and don’t forget! The state you live in may also have requirements! There was an article on Jez last week or maybe early this week about how Cleveland no longer has any hospitals that will perform abortions because of the language Ohio requires displayed in the waiting room.