I keep laughing mirthlessly to myself, remembering the days when I was concerned about George W. Bush’s push to the right and extreme Neo-Conservatism.

Just a quick reminder of their refreshingly sane tenets (from the membership page- only $25! I know what I’m getting my friends for Xmas now):

Pretty classic work sitch right there. Man yells stupid idea confidently, gets promotion over woman with correct answer and proper inside voice.

You NEVER get over losing someone very close to you. It just gets easier, with time, to bear the new reality. It would be a lot kinder for anyone experiencing grief if we would be honest about how it changes everything.

If a gay headcase and a straight woman want to fake a relationship for personal/professional reasons, whatever, but man, don’t bring a kid into the shit.

They don’t care. You could show them the “fetal remains” of a first trimester abortion and it wouldn’t change a thing. The reality of abortion and miscarriage doesn’t even enter their consciousness. It’s not about the size of the remains to these assholes. They don’t even care about the details of an abortion. All…

They have a bed for a coffee table.

first they made facts subjective, then they made words salad, now this family is after our time?

First of all, no one in LA eats bagels.

“Did you hear what those Dixie Chicks said about our president? Let’s buy their albums and then burn them, that will show them!”

We call that Freedom Foam.

youre thirty-great.

Yup, we got married in October. Unitarian minister did a hand-fasting for us, on top of a mountain. Family not invited except for my (now) stepson. It still cost $500 but we didn’t go into debt and my abusive mom / sister couldn’t ruin it for us.

After going through something quite similar with a former friend, I have this to offer:

These are the type of people, I’ve recently come to realize, who think they aren’t being racist because they aren’t overtly claiming they hate black people, and aren’t out lynching anyone.

Just like the noose around Obama’s neck isn’t racist, right? Just a handy coincidence.

If you refer to a black person as an “ape” there is no way in HELL you are not being racist. I’m sorry. This is not a case of “you misread my comment thooo.” It’s blatant racism.

which is remarkably funny, because melania totally aped the first lady’s speech, in heels.

I guess I should get comfortable with the taste of bile rising in the back of my throat.