This is essentially the dynamic in my marriage. Mr. zombiepanda is a ranter, it’s fine. I just let him vomit words for a while, and then when he’s done, we talk it through. 

Alec Baldwin is wrong about a lot of things, but he’s right about the Staten Island Ferry.

There are lots of reasons, but one with “flu like symptoms” could be hyperemesis. I had it, it was awful, and I had to be hospitalized twice because I literally could not stop vomiting to the point I actually thought I might die. 

This. I’m also a newish thirty-something parent, and so many of the things I grew up with I’m now like, wow this would never fly these days. My fave example is the book, Good Dog Carl, in which, if you’re not familiar, a mom goes runs an errand and leaves the dog in charge, and the dog and baby do fun things like…

I attended, and later worked as a councilor at, a super-chill summer camp in Maine that was focused on having kinds interact with nature as much as possible. One of my favorite things at camp, as a camper and councilor, was impromptu silent night hikes without flashlights. Kids are with a councilor and there was zero…

I’ve struggled with PMDD for a long time. I’d go from being my normal self to feeling practically suicidal for two weeks every month. I was on hormonal bc and anti-depressants, then a few years ago my doctor put me on a new version of the pill called Seasonique, which is comprised of two hormones that are calibrated…

This mom has some competition. It was recently announced that a female anaconda at the New England Aquarium also gave birth to babies conceived via parthenogenesis, and she has two living offspring.

That’s noice! Different and unusual!

I was looking for something similar a couple years ago to level up from a regular tote. My criteria: water resistant, would fit legal-sized folders, affordable, and black. I looked at many options, and finally decided on a Herschel tote. I would definitely recommend it.
https://herschel.com/shop/totes?&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4…

My dad doesn’t have a beard, but he does have a mustache, which he started sporting in his mid-twenties (which is also when he started going bald). He’s had it literally my entire life, and the entire time he’s known my mom — with the brief, and traumatic, exception of an incident a few years ago when we were on…

My kiddo just turned eight months. We used a co-sleeper with a firm, flat bottom with mesh sides, and it was a godsend. Granted, my husband and I couldn’t sleep in the same bed super comfortably (luckily we have a guest room, and we essentially slept in shifts for the first couple months anyway), but being able to…

Welcome to New York City. Are you new here?

If you’re into grifters, you should check out the podcast Who the Hell is Hamish. I’m in the middle of it now, and it’s pretty fascinating. And the New Yorker Radio Hour’s Long Distance Con.

When I was in grad school for Public Affairs one of our guest speakers was an AIPAC lobbyist. She explained that a favorite lobbying tactic of theirs is to have members of congress actually sign a pledge to support Israel so in the event they ever do anything that AIPAC believes is contrary to their goals, they can…

The baby headbands are truly heinous. My SIL sent us a few and my husband was like, “let’s just put the baby in one and take a picture to make her happy,” and I just about lost it.

This. I decided the gender was going to be a surprise mostly because I wanted people to have to give us gender-neutral stuff, but as soon she was born and word was out li’l zombiepanda is a girl, out came the pink/sparkly “daddy’s princess” everything. It’s all sitting in a box waiting to go to Goodwill. And I fear it…

Re: the insane gendering of baby clothes: I was at a store with my then three-month-old daughter, who happened to be dressed in a grey and blue striped outfit, when an older lady came up to me and was like, “What a beautiful baby — how old is he?” I responded, “Thanks, she’s three months.” And the lady gave me this…

And it can be yours for a mere $4.6M.

This makes me so angry. I’m 35 wks and I’m super lucky that (thus far) I’ve had a relatively uncomplicated pregnancy and I have good insurance, and OB I trust, and live in a place where I’ll be delivering in a “world class” medical center 15 mins away from my house. But with everything I’ve read lately about maternal…

I grew up in Maine so summer jobs pretty much fell into two categories: working in the service industry and dealing with tourists, or manual labor. Being the people person that I am, I chose manual labor. I was a farm hand on our family friend’s organic farm. It it was tough work and I was dead tired at the end of the…