My dad only has his blurry picture taken about every 10 years like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster, so I was totally thrilled that he posed for this amazing photo with my then baby daughter. I think the Instagram adds a certain levity to it.

Mom left when I was little and my older sister ran away pretty soon after, so it was just Dad and me for quite a while. He made every effort to be both Mom and Dad, never neglecting to have those uncomfortable discussions about girl things and dealing with the fallout of my realization that I would not be marrying…

I was working in a clinic in rural Africa when a kid came in with a large abscess (pocket of pus) on his cheek/jaw - roughly the size of a softball. It needed to be drained so I made a little incision in his cheek and the abscess basically exploded (think poking a hole in a balloon…only a balloon filled with pus). …

I wish I could go braless in public. It would be nice to have the option.

For some reason when I saw these girls I instantly thought of Dr. Princess from Adventure Time <3

So we're still at "tenuous grasp on reality" at best?

the N'Sync runs deep:

As far as I am concerned, she could be covered in scales and be hiding Maleficent-like wings, and I would still love her. Dolly is awesome.

This is from back in the day, decades ago. One morning I got on the subway at the Bedford Ave. stop with my long Brooklyn hair (it was decades ago, we all had it). It was jam packed (usual) but I noticed a break in the bodies so I sidled toward it because I was young and foolish. (Stupid, I know. NEVER, ever head…

My day's reaction to finding out I was pregnant was prob not tear inducing, but nonetheless amazing to me. His first words upon me telling him I was (unexpectedly and unmarried-ly) pregnant were a tentative "Are you happy about it? Because you shouldn't have to feel like you need to have a baby just because you got…

ETA: i'm not going to say which is which.

tl;dr I'm not racist, BUT...

Oh, you are so new. If you honestly think that the Black/Latin people who have been living in those neighborhoods for decades never complained to their aldermens and other district/city officials about the shitty conditions, then I have a lovely bridge to sell you. It connects Brooklyn to Manhattan and is quite…

"I am in a very serious conversation about this popular(very popular) cracker"

I saw American Hustle and I wish I had not.

sorry, dancer.

So I went to Sundance and I ended up peeing in the stall next to Goldie Hawn (teeny feet!), and afterwards, she did not wash her hands. She just waved us at in the mirror. Oh, and Kurt Russell is still a grade A fox.

I think my favorite is 'all RIIIIGHT, freaky friend fiction!'

Meditation, batch.