A puppy shower! This is the sweetest!

Ditto! The thought of someone refusing a hand-knitted blanket because the color wasn’t approved! I’m so glad she took it back!

Oh, these sound great! Thank you so very much!

Thank you so, so much!

Oh, that sounds good and easy! Thank you!

I love everything about this story. Slightly related: does anyone have any recommendations for vegetarian packed lunches? I work in an expensive neighborhood and can’t afford to shell out $12 for a Chopt salad or whatnot, but I work long hours so I’m sort of low on meal prep time. My lunches have been super…

Yep. I get why you might have an impulse to want to protect what’s yours, but it just isn’t worth it. My father-in-law was held up at gunpoint when he was working at a bank in the late ‘70's and he gave the guy everything he wanted as quickly as he could. The robber shot and killed the manager at the next two banks he…

Yeah, Everlane shrinks like CRAZY, worse than any other brand I’ve purchased from in recent years. I like their stuff but you have to be careful about that.

Oh my god, I am SHAKING with rage. Thank you for the push to read the Herald story.

As the owner of two pugs I’ll second this. But they’re so damn snuggly that I love to have them curled up at my feet, despite the snoring! Although there are moments when I wake up to both dogs and my husband snoring and it’s just... not great.

I wish I had your confidence. Here’s hoping you’re right!

Best of luck to you! I feel your pain- I’m back in school right now at 35 because my previous career just wasn’t sustainable long-term (totally freelance, which meant unpredictability, no health insurance, etc). My savings are gone, my credit card debt is up, but I’ve not been able to do a fancy internship because I…

Saaaaaaaame! I spent my weird sad childhood reading encyclopedia articles about horses and dogs instead of Babysitters Club books like all the other kids. You’re not alone! 

Better than most people would (although it’s a bit fuzzy in my brain)- he kinda laughed it off as I slooooooowly realized what a total fucking idiot I was.

Same! Who’s got time to text something stupid when you can just blurt it out face to face?

There’s also a pretty troubling idea that military service is a great way to “straighten out” a kid with problems. Maybe it works sometimes, but if not, you’ve put an angry kid with authority issues into a situation where they’re forced to do what someone else tells them all day every day, and you’ve given them guns.…

NJ-03 hasn’t been called yet. Andy Kim declared victory, but MacArthur hasn’t conceded and NJ voters have 48 hours after the election to get mail-in votes in. Kim is ahead but there are still votes outstanding.

I’m really sorry. My lefty Mennonite husband was really, really pulling for Jess. It’s such a kick in the teeth to see how many people are willing to vote for awful people like Smucker (and King... and Nunes... and on and on).

Yep. So gross and so sad. BUT. It didn’t work this time! See ya, Faso, you lying trash heap!

Yep! It’s been really gross to see the GOP relying on dogwhistles and overt racism. I hope voters can see it for what it is.