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The Emily Wilson translation is! Seriously, it's amazing.
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The Emily Wilson translation is! Seriously, it's amazing.
Smooth brain = good sleep
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Smooth brain = good sleep
Yes, my MIL used to pull the "please protect lil' ol' me from your intimidating wife" thing all the time, and the "protection" she was requesting was that I not be allowed to ever disagree with her or know more about anything than she did.
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Yes, my MIL used to pull the "please protect lil' ol' me from your intimidating wife" thing all the time, and the "protection" she was requesting was that I not be allowed to ever disagree with her or know more about anything than she did.
Honestly, I don't care if someone DOES want my man at the grocery store. Like, he goes out into the world and interacts with other women all the time? Somehow he has managed not to throw away his marriage and family in the pickle aisle so far!
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Honestly, I don't care if someone DOES want my man at the grocery store. Like, he goes out into the world and interacts with other women all the time? Somehow he has managed not to throw away his marriage and family in the pickle aisle so far!
Yeah, I thought I had dementia because the brain fog was so bad. It was terrifying.
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, I thought I had dementia because the brain fog was so bad. It was terrifying.
Brain fog, nightmares, UTIs. Oh, and my personal favorite: if you already have anxiety, hot flashes can trigger panic attacks. 🙃
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Brain fog, nightmares, UTIs. Oh, and my personal favorite: if you already have anxiety, hot flashes can trigger panic attacks. 🙃
I did not know perimenopause EXISTED until I hit it. I immediately told all my uterus-having friends, and in 95% of cases that was the first they'd heard of it too. It is absolutely bonkers that not a single one of us had been given a heads-up from either a doctor or our own mothers.
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I did not know perimenopause EXISTED until I hit it. I immediately told all my uterus-having friends, and in 95% of cases that was the first they'd heard of it too. It is absolutely bonkers that not a single one of us had been given a heads-up from either a doctor or our own mothers.
The art!! I have never been even Catholic-curious, but I grew up in the Catholic Southwest and I have retablos all over my house.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The art!! I have never been even Catholic-curious, but I grew up in the Catholic Southwest and I have retablos all over my house.
Have you had fidget pie? It's a good entry in the savory pie category!
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Have you had fidget pie? It's a good entry in the savory pie category!
...luckily it was unseasonably warm & the ER wasn't busy. One glued-shut cut later, we went home & microwaved everything. For 6 years now, the announcement that Thanksgiving dinner is ready goes "Come to the table! Don't trip anyone on the way!"
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
...luckily it was unseasonably warm & the ER wasn't busy. One glued-shut cut later, we went home & microwaved everything. For 6 years now, the announcement that Thanksgiving dinner is ready goes "Come to the table! Don't trip anyone on the way!"
We literally had everything on the table & called the kids in from the other room. Daughter (5) tripped her brother (3), who went face-first into the corner of a big ol' desk. Because the food was all on the table, the dog had to come with us to the ER (daughter, dog & I waited in the car)....
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We literally had everything on the table & called the kids in from the other room. Daughter (5) tripped her brother (3), who went face-first into the corner of a big ol' desk. Because the food was all on the table, the dog had to come with us to the ER (daughter, dog & I waited in the car)....
Nah, as someone who's owned huge dogs, a human-sized dog bed is every bit as expensive as a basic futon mattress. She is just being "quirky" (and gross for not washing her bedding).
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Nah, as someone who's owned huge dogs, a human-sized dog bed is every bit as expensive as a basic futon mattress. She is just being "quirky" (and gross for not washing her bedding).
And she is clearly wrapped up in blankets / sheets in that picture... so they just never got washed??? Uuuggghhh
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And she is clearly wrapped up in blankets / sheets in that picture... so they just never got washed??? Uuuggghhh
I'm TWELVE years older than he is, and I look every minute of it, but I still look younger than he does. Probably because my minutes are less hateful.
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I'm TWELVE years older than he is, and I look every minute of it, but I still look younger than he does. Probably because my minutes are less hateful.
My grandfather was sent to Nagasaki very soon after the bomb to report on the destruction. We have some pictures of him there but he refused to ever speak about it. That definitely added a *layer* to my elementary school field trips to Los Alamos where they told us the bombs were great, actually 😬
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My grandfather was sent to Nagasaki very soon after the bomb to report on the destruction. We have some pictures of him there but he refused to ever speak about it. That definitely added a *layer* to my elementary school field trips to Los Alamos where they told us the bombs were great, actually 😬
If you're looking at a contract (or anything) in Adobe, you now have to close THREE pop-ups offering to summarize the document via AI. It is exhausting and stupid. I am not going to *not* read a contract!!
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you're looking at a contract (or anything) in Adobe, you now have to close THREE pop-ups offering to summarize the document via AI. It is exhausting and stupid. I am not going to *not* read a contract!!
The moment I knew I needed to get out of my 1st marriage was when he started getting intentionally bad / offensive tattoos & claimed they were "ironic". We're not talking N*zi-level offensive, but PERMANENT ink means your commitment to the bit is NOT ironic, & I wanted nothing to do with said bit.
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The moment I knew I needed to get out of my 1st marriage was when he started getting intentionally bad / offensive tattoos & claimed they were "ironic". We're not talking N*zi-level offensive, but PERMANENT ink means your commitment to the bit is NOT ironic, & I wanted nothing to do with said bit.
The older women in my life tried SO hard to convince me to stay with a cheating spouse. "Marriage isn't supposed to be easy!" "You can't just give up!" Etc. It was definitely a "how dare she" attitude that spoke volumes about their own marriages.
October 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The older women in my life tried SO hard to convince me to stay with a cheating spouse. "Marriage isn't supposed to be easy!" "You can't just give up!" Etc. It was definitely a "how dare she" attitude that spoke volumes about their own marriages.
It was SO bad! I remember especially how all the riddles are incredibly simple and yet our ostensibly-brilliant characters have to puzzle over them for 50 pages before even getting close. And also the grotesque "good guys are attractive; bad guys are ugly and/or disabled" shtick.
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It was SO bad! I remember especially how all the riddles are incredibly simple and yet our ostensibly-brilliant characters have to puzzle over them for 50 pages before even getting close. And also the grotesque "good guys are attractive; bad guys are ugly and/or disabled" shtick.
My "favorite" part of The Da Vinci Code was when our hero, a world-renowned da Vinci expert, did not know that da Vinci wrote in mirror image.
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My "favorite" part of The Da Vinci Code was when our hero, a world-renowned da Vinci expert, did not know that da Vinci wrote in mirror image.
I dunno, such a corner seems like a handy thing for a straight woman to have in her house 🤣
September 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I dunno, such a corner seems like a handy thing for a straight woman to have in her house 🤣
My ex-husband did it too, and he and current husband are as un-alike as it is possible for two men to be. Maybe the issue is the hamper? Maybe I have placed it in a corner of the room which repels cishet men and the floor next to it is as far as they can get?? Why are men???
September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My ex-husband did it too, and he and current husband are as un-alike as it is possible for two men to be. Maybe the issue is the hamper? Maybe I have placed it in a corner of the room which repels cishet men and the floor next to it is as far as they can get?? Why are men???
Mine builds and repairs things (a ship's carpenter by trade!), grills, gardens, takes care of the yard, and has a full head of glorious hair at nearly 50.
He also drops his dirty clothes on the floor right next to the clothes hamper and can't explain why. 🤷♀️ The gods don't allow perfection!
He also drops his dirty clothes on the floor right next to the clothes hamper and can't explain why. 🤷♀️ The gods don't allow perfection!
September 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Mine builds and repairs things (a ship's carpenter by trade!), grills, gardens, takes care of the yard, and has a full head of glorious hair at nearly 50.
He also drops his dirty clothes on the floor right next to the clothes hamper and can't explain why. 🤷♀️ The gods don't allow perfection!
He also drops his dirty clothes on the floor right next to the clothes hamper and can't explain why. 🤷♀️ The gods don't allow perfection!