I think you hit the nail on the head. There’s the old guard and then there’s this generation. I wouldn’t even try making those divisions by rank (as someone else did, upthread,) because the new generation is already climbing up the ranks. It’s a culture shift and one that’s bound to make our military stronger on the…

I have fun using it to communicate with the nibblings. Silly filters ftw.

Ok, I’m setting up a computer for my SIL and using this pack. She also has a kid, 5, who will inevitably use this and could use some wholesome educational links /downloads. Any suggestions? ?

Ditto.

I FEEL HER JOY. Finding an awesome job is much more rewarding (financially and mentally)/difficult/rare than the perfect spouse/pregnancy. Congrats to her.

Ellen Page plays a drifter who is mistaken for in-house nannying when she’s eating leftovers in a hotel hallway. Mom hands the kid over without a second thought and Page’s character ends up kidnapping the kid because mom is basically falling apart as a drunk.

Tangent: anyone here see Tallulah yet on Netflix? It’s pretty damn good.

Good question—I’d love to see the budget for a typical daycare center. I seriously doubt folks are getting rich, but I have yet to see the data...

Oh man, I’m curious where you live/work. For a time I picked up nannying work in my college town, and it was difficult proving my worth to these people. Most had an expectation of a college student/recent grad with a childhood/education major *and* a fluency in a foreign language, but often I found ads demanding a…

No kidding. I’m not exactly keen on my own childhood—so the idea of relying on my mom to watch my kids because I don’t fall into exactly the right income bracket is frustrating at best. Other options include: my husband or I take one for the team and one of us give up career/school to stay at home instead of working,…

Lack of affordable child care in this country is simply insane.

Throughout my 20s I had terrible chap/dry patches on my face. So, for years now, I’ve been using jojoba oil as a gentle night time moisturizer—bonus if you can find/infuse it with calendula flowers. Recently I added the Tony Moly panda night sleep pack (I only need it every couple nights) to my evening routine and my…

Wow. I just don’t get people like that priest.

I read Cancer: Emperor of All Maladies to gain some insight when my MIL’s cancer returned. It’s a beast of a book—and graphic. It goes into the history of cancer treatment (horrifying) and what prognosis after treatment looks like.... The illustration you posted is the best summary I’ve found so far.

Same with my MIL. It was awful every way around. I don’t wish cancer on anyone or their family.

That’s what I do—my relevant travel stuff lives in my weekend bag and whatever I don’t use on the trip sits on my dresser until I return.

I did some serious wavering over that I-1 Analog Instant Camera...just can’t justify it financially right now.

I did some serious wavering over that I-1 Analog Instant Camera...just can’t justify it financially right now.

It really started falling apart at Coven. Which really pissed me off. You have that many interesting women on screen and you can’t pull together a coherent plot? FFS.

this is good gif game

I don’t understand how people on far opposite sides of the political spectrum stay together in a romantic relationship. I can’t wrap my head around it—politics are way too personal for me.