Isn’t it amazing? You try to be nice and they just get worse and worse. Then you say “Get out of my face with your bullshit,” and they smile and shrug and they’re ok after that. The problem is that idea takes FOREVER to occur to me.

God forbid people try to passive-aggressive me into complying with them. I grew up with the Queen of Passive-Aggressive, so it sets me off. And if they manage to win this time? Oh, honey, you only THINK you know passive-aggressive.

When I did estimating, I had a special PITA charge. I’d just add it into some other category, but believe me, it was there.

“It seems like you’re not happy here.”

Helps to be tall, muscular and have hair, too.

I am a total klutz and never got the hang of it, but I gave up pretty fast.

My first vaginal exam was at 16, when I was hospitalized with a high fever, in horrible pain, and the doc was a man, a horrible old German guy, who examined me in some kind of supply closet, because we were on a pediatric floor and there was no exam room apparently. I have never had another ob-gyn exam by a man. He…

Still one of my favorite all time blog posts from The Bloggess.

OMG that happened to me, but it was at a thrift store. A thrift store without a dressing room. They had this huge rack of donated prom dresses, and I needed a formal for this stupid event and I was too cheap to spend a lot of money, so I pulled on on over my clothing in a quiet corner, zipped it up and it fit...but…

I don’t know if you’ll think this drunk dude talking trash is funny, but it made me laugh.

I understand. Sending my very old, deaf, blind, feeble dog off was the hardest thing I have done. I still burst into tears at least once a week and it has been three years. They are just so GOOD, you know?

I’m partly sad because so few of the things I own spark real joy. A lot of it just seems to be detritus or things people have given me that I feel crappy about giving away.

Good advice. I don’t really see the practicality of standing my shirts on edge, for instance...what happens when you have some that are in the laundry? All your other shirts tip over...

That’s a nice idea. As I go through this, I am just thinking I may be more ok with sentiment than she is. I’m not a hoarder and I CAN use some tidying, but in my opinion, it’s ok to hang onto things that represent memories, and she seems to have another take on that.

I’m trying to do that book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” which is driving me a little insane. I can’t decide if the woman is totally wacked out (she says your socks shouldn’t be bunched up because they need to “rest” between wearings, and that off-season clothing tends to become dull and lifeless and a bunch…

I’m so sorry. I can see how that could be horrible for you. New clinical guidelines recommend less frequent screenings - only once every three years, not yearly. So while that’s still awful, it’s only 1/3 as awful as every year.

I’m always glad to spread the word about good writers. She slays me.

They have an assholeish look on their faces!

This post from Sam at Bitches Gotta Eat says everything I feel

This post from Sam at Bitches Gotta Eat says everything I feel