I didn’t identify with what all the teenagers went through because I lived a completely different teenage life than they do. I don’t remember if I went to a prom or when/how I lost my virginity, having special friends at school, etc., so I sort of kept thinking, “Come on-let’s get on with the story!” 

Crazy how much people overthink how complicated this all is. It’s really easy to understand!

Trump absolutely does not know the word “apoplectic”....

Congrats and Happy Halloween to everyone who thinks they’re breaking the news about sleep paralysis to the rest of us.

I am a frequent sleep paralysis haver, and I gotta say, it has really ruined a lot of these stories for me. I read them and it’s like, “Yup, classic sleep paralysis.” Sleep paralysis is scary, for sure, but it’s not supernatural and I like my ghost stories to have ghosts in them! Harumph.

Ok, here goes. Writing this out makes me want to barf. 

So I moved around a lot when I grew up, but there was one house in particular that was very very much haunted.  

Around five years ago, I was a TA for an undergraduate literature course that had 300 students; there were two TAs and our job was mostly to do grading (sigh) and hand out exams and set up PowerPoints and stuff of that nature. Basically, assist the professor in all manner of tedium while she lectured. Due to a…

I have never seen a ghost. I have not received repeated phone calls from disconnected numbers. Weird things do not generally happen to me.

This happened to me about ten years ago while I was attending college at West Virginia University. At the time, I was really into backcountry camping, which for reasons that will become obvious, I am not into anymore. One of the benefits (actually probably the only benefit) of attending college in West Virginia was…

This story isn’t supernatural but it’s 100% true and probably the closest I’ve (knowingly) come to being in serious trouble.

Right before I turned 21 I moved to a new city, transferred colleges, and got an apartment by myself. I picked a place out on the third story of a rambling old Victorian mansion - a modest studio with white metal cabinets from the 1950's and a rusted fire escape which always gave me bad feelings. It was metal, and…

This was almost 30 years ago. Times flies. My husband and I were newlyweds and bought our first home in St Paul, MN. Big old Victorian monstrosity in a depressed area, which is what we could afford.

I have a ton of men’s t-shirts simply because I like having GODDAMN SLEEVES.

Tell me more. I have Lorde, Madonna, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, King Curtis, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah, on the line eager to hear about how naming works and since the call is bridging the Living/Dead barrier, I’m going to need you to keep it brief because the long-distance charges are killing me. Also, Sir…

Whitehorse here and I thought the same thing! then I read comments and got mad at judgy city people

He must have dropped it in the toilet and now has it sitting in a ziplock of rice.

It happens. People have lives beyond their children. In fact, doing so often makes them better parents on the whole.

I agree with what you’re saying on the whole—just skip the mom shaming next time, K?

Jerry, please tell me you are just as outraged when dads leave their 3 month old babies at home, too.

My husband felt weird that I was buying boy shorts for her and I got so mad. It’s 9-12 month sized, there shouldn’t even be a difference between boy and girl!