While visiting my grandma at her nursing home, I joked about stealing one of the terry cloth bibs they had because that way I could at least make it out of the house each morning with a clean shirt. She insisted I actually should steal one, then acted as lookout while I grabbed one from the cabinet.

I’m feeling deep exasperation while simultaneously wondering if a blog comment can be nominated for a Pulitzer.

CPS in many areas is notoriously short of staff and funding. So it is likely that a consequence of targeting black and Latino families is that fewer resources are available to help kids that actually need them. This is fucking horrific on so many levels.

Good luck to you, and thanks!

I’m sorry you’re going through that. People’s lack of understanding of the science behind why people are overweight, EVEN AFTER IT IS EXPLAINED TO THEM, is so damned frustrating. After urging from my doctors and years of procrastination on my part, I’m finally having bariatric surgery. (VSG) The surgeons,…

Metabolism is bonkers, and bodies desperately fight to be at their highest weight points. If one 5'6 person always weighed 150, and another 5'6 person is also 150 but used to be 200, you’d assume that if they ate/exercised the same they’d both stay at 150. Nope. The person who lost weight has to continue to eat…

Flipping, for hours, through radio stations to find that one song, only to have technical difficulties when the song finally came on. It was fuckin’ brutal.

I rented this on VHS in about 1996. Loved it dearly but never really discussed it with anyone. A few years, and a dozen (or two) viewings later, someone mentioned this movie while waiting for a bio 101 lecture to begin. In a class of about 30, nearly all of us had seen it multiple times but had no idea that so many…

Oh you whippersnappers and your Mean Girls. It’s ADORABLE.

That’s good to know! I’ll have to do some looking around. For years I read tons of middle grade/YA books, then I got out of the habit for some reason. Reading Wings of Fire has reminded me that I’m missing some really good books.

On the subject of dragons, I highly recommend the Wings of Fire series. It’s one of those series where you get really attached to the characters and miss them when the books end. My ten year old cousin recommended them, and now I am obsessed. For being a series written for kids and younger teens, they are wonderfully…

That sounds interesting. If nobody is able to identify the book I will be SO disappointed and it will be all your fault. ;)

Strawberry Shortcake? That’s so awesome it brings tears to my eyes.

I had a very similar pair when I was in kinder-1st grade, so I look like a six year old librarian in old pictures. My optometrist had a bunch of permanent lens decals you could choose from, so mine had a tiny mouse with a strawberry in the lower left lens. I freakin’ loved that mouse. Apparently those glasses decals…

My dad’s birthday present to me was installing a wall mounted ikea shelf when he came out for Thanksgiving. I just had to occasionally hold stuff up and provide encouragement. It was awesome.

I’m certain thatat least 40% of twitter is people spitting vitriol at tv show writers for breaking up their otp.

That guy is completely off base with his thought processes. I occasionally entertain myself by ‘dancing’ my boobs around while waiting for the shower to warm up. (I’m 100% sure I’m not the only one who does this.) If my boobs were allowed to be free, it would be a practical fidget toy for meetings, classes etc. Since…

Batgirl! She’s just precious.

I want one too. I suppose stealing one from a neighbor to put in front of my own building wouldn’t be appropriate...

And perfect weather, too!