That is so sad. I wish they would have stuck with “My condolences” or something equally trite. I guess people are trying to be helpful when they say that, but it is on my list of things to never say unless it is ironically over a beer or something.

That person sounds not terribly emotionally stable.

I was at a gathering of friends yesterday and people started telling their stories of being emotionally assaulted by Christians.

My family were the jackasses. When my sister showed up with her new BF in his Toyota Landcruiser with a Japanese flag in the back window, my dad was so mad.

The one that blew me away was fully transitioned trans people talking about their experiences as the opposite gender. They had no trouble articulating the scale of the discrimination against women. One (now male) scientist even had someone say “Your work is so much better than your sister’s” - and the “sister” was…

Yes - my last user name was very male-sounding and no one ever gave me any shit, compared to the almost daily beat-ups I got when I had a feminine user name. It was pretty remarkable.

Look at it this way: people name their girls traditionally male names all the time, to the point where many formerly male names have become “girl” names. But the reverse is almost never true. No one ever names their little boy Priscilla or Stephanie.

I am with you on the nuclear bright headlights. It makes me insane with rage.

Awesome. I’ll send my Illinois family to see it!

Tree museum?

Those giant pupils!

Thanks. I’m not very good at the kid thing, and I can use all the sage advice! They’re like little aliens to me.

This is going to sound weird or trite, but it worked for me, so...I got so overwhelmed, especially with my redneck gun-toting family on Facebook yelling about Obama Muslim Terrorists taking our guns etc.

I’m not around kids much, but I spent the last 2 days with my 11-year-old great niece, who never stops talking. I am worn out.

Are you nearby him? I think it might be good to get together and just talk and talk. I’m sure that your brother probably has a lot to say. I think you could preface it by saying how much you love and support him, but you would like to just talk through your feelings so he knows what it going on with you.

The Woodwork Pinot Noir, $11, best cheapish pinot I have found lately.

Oh my god. I’m so sorry. I wish I could do some time travel and rescue you from the hellmouth.

The most unlikely part of the story to me is Hemet. If you had the unlimited resources these two have - why would you pick HEMET?

Hak mir nit keyn tshaynik, Trump.

Meet my family.