Me too! First clarinet and point of the parade wedge (briefly, until I got tired of the Band Director’s petty dictator rountine & quit in a huff). Hi!

(dances away singing “Daft Cunt is Playing at My House” ...)

dammit I should’ve scrolled down before posting

Calling it as a band name, though!

Oh c’mon now. We’ve all spent a year undercover in NK on a whim, haven’t we?

Yes! That book was the gateway drug to my North Korea book obsession. It’s heartbreaking. (Okay, they all are.)

Dammit, should’ve scrolled down before posting.

“Escape” by Carolyn Jessop is also really good. She was married off while still a teenager to an FLDS higher-up. She got out with most of her children.

I missed the “and” at the start of your 3rd sentence, and was sitting here wondering “wait ... HOW did Jonnny Depp break the economy?!?!”

How do you feel about the Jason Bateman sequel?

Fun fact: nose picking also works with guys who creep on you from the next car over at red lights. I believe this is called the “California Variation”.

I’m so so sorry. I wish I could do more than offer internet-stranger empathy. Fuck.

Holy shit. That’s so awful.

Right?! I sat there after it aired, mouth agape, wondering “did that really just happen?”

I just ... what the ... there are no fucking words. I hope your friend is safe now?

I’m so sorry you went through that, and glad your son is healthy.

Also if it’s true that she pleaded with him not to do it, doesn’t that counter the argument that she didn’t understand? I’m not trying to diagnose someone via internet articles, and I’ll admit that I want anyone who could’ve stopped this & didn’t to burn to the ground. But logically I can’t make sense of both…

I had my son the day before Father’s Day. So the next morning, still in the hospital, I looked at my husband & smugly said “I got you a gift.” Without missing a beat he replied “No card?”

I hope she’s laughing at every one of them.

I also have Republican family members. I’m too afraid to even bring up this election when we talk. I’m waiting for a sign from them that they can’t even. So far, no luck.