My son had ice cream for breakfast and was an hour late to school. Follow me for more parenting advice.

People keep comparing what’s happening now to Nazi Germany, but I suspect the more realistic comparison is slavery/segregation, as so much of our current horrors are based on this history.

ICE executed an ICU nurse in broad daylight in full view of the public. This has nothing to do with immigration. It’s about sending a message. The fascists want violence. They want to justify more brutality.

My son is learning about Martin Luther King and Ruby Bridges in school. I’m glad he’s learning this history, I’m glad he feels comfortable asking me questions about it, but coming up age appropriate explanations that don’t sugarcoat history is hard.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

My son may have been born in Texas, but he’s currently rocking the New York cold weather uniform of shorts with a winter jacket.

OK, now I’m worried about the winter storm headed to Houston. www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...

“I don’t know how many lessons I had on ‘don’t have sex before marriage,’ ” Elizabeth says in the documentary. “But no one had discussed with me the difference between consensual sex [and] intimacy versus rape. I felt a lot of shame, and I felt like I was filthy. www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

My husband has clocked that I’ve started working on my book again. Apparently the tell is that I will randomly stop what I’m saying/doing, only to stare off in the distance. The absent-minded writer is in the building, y’all.

You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.

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If you see my eye twitching, it’s because I just finished a 1,000 piece puzzle…only for there to be two missing pieces.

Absolutely right. And I think it's especially true in this case as ICE has been a magnet for thugs who couldn't cut it in the military or normal law enforcement but desperately want to be respected as A Troop. This is why it's particularly effective when actual veterans show up to mock them.

Is a book considered romantasy if the main male character is good at communicating; emotionally literate; and regularly cooks and cleans?

New from Medscape (widely used by healthcare professionals) "Multiple Abnormal Responses to Exertion Seen in ME/CFS" by @miriametucker.bsky.social www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... Sympathetic article.May require free registration #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

I took a wrong turn on the way home, and there was a train…coming through a bunch of townhomes. The train looked like it’d also gotten lost on the way home. I would not want to live in one of those townhouses.

2025 Unwrapped: Oura is telling me I took 213 naps this year, which means I’m going to call 2025 my year of rest. 2024 ended on a pretty bad note, with a COVID reinfection leading to my worst crash to date. I’m happy to report I’ve recovered, and am better than I have been in years.

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

My son is calling the train bathroom the ‘skibidi toilet,’ and honestly, he’s not wrong.

There’s been a lot of talk about family estrangement lately. Last year, I wrote a feature on estrangement for the American Psychological Association’s monthly magazine. Contrary to what most people think, we have no evidence that estrangement is on the rise.

Overheard on the train: “This was our first Christmas without a trip to the ER or a big fight.” Same, lady, same.

“When people try to sell you on the idea the future is already settled, it is because it is deeply unsettled.” AI isn’t what they are saying it is, and it’s important to remember that the future is still an open book.

For normal people, those who don’t replace headphones the moment they crack, or buy new jumpers because the old ones “feel tired”, Christmas presents aren’t chores, they’re events. We notice things, such as “Mum mentioned she likes that tea”, “Dad’s gloves are falling apart”

My pop culture hot-take of the day: Rebecca Yarros, the author of the Fourth Wing series, is Mormon. Fourth Wing is all about suppressing critical information, which is something that the Mormon leaders do in spades. I’m very curious as to whether that is intentional or accidental.

The hard part about being a former athlete with chronic illness is that you find yourself missing exercise with an intensity that is almost physically painful.

I just remodeled my kitchen, and it’s not a coincidence that my smoothest home renovation to date was managed by a woman. She got the project done on time, within budget. The lady was a boss, in the very best way possible. Women: They get shit done.

My son has gotten really into KPop Demon Hunters, except he’s calling it Cake Pop Demon Hunters. Eating cake pops and hunting demons sounds like a pretty good combination.

"Unsolicited life and medical advice with a side of body shame? Now you might have a glimmer of the sense of public ownership that comes with life in a female body. “Here, little girl, let me help you with that.” My goodness, an overweight female body, the living penny for everyone’s thoughts."

“I marveled at what a good story the truth could make in the right hands.” Such a lovely tribute to Reiner, by Stephen King www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean. I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.

Just went to Costco, did not come home with a kitty. Did I do something wrong? www.reddit.com/r/cats/comme...

Let’s not forget Schumer’s spinelessness.

I got a new car this weekend, which means I traded in my green Subaru Outback…for a green Subaru Outback. I freely admit that I am a creature of habit. That said, I got the 2026 Outback, which is way bigger than the old Outback. It feels like driving a truck.

I just finished Family of Spies, by Christine Kuehn, and 10/10, will recommend. The author was 31 when she discovered her father’s family, including his parents and older sister, were Nazi spies who gathered intelligence for the Pearl Harbor attacks. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I like to think I am a some-what competent writer. I tell myself I’m a hack and a fraud at least 3x a day. It’s an important part of the process.

An absolute queen. Jeff Bezos managed to fumble a marriage to a woman who is a million times the person he is.

When it comes to sharing his food, my husband is basically Joey from Friends, which is why it’s especially hilarious watching my son steal his food. Anyone else, and they’d get their hand bitten off.

My son’s name is not complicated — two syllables for the full name, one for the nickname — and people still get it wrong all the time. It’s even getting to the point where MY SON is pronouncing it wrong.

This year marks yet another year of not doing elf-on-the-shelf, with zero regrets. In our house, the elf is a snitch, and snitches get stitches.

‘Tis the season to get emails and texts from every company you have even briefly interacted with in the past ten years.

My son is currently obsessed with snakes, which I am perfectly happy to be a father-son bonding activity. My son gets to hold snakes; I get to stay home. It works for everyone involved.

I love the pettiness, and the willingness to hold a grudge for eleven years.

I had a root canal this morning, and all I can think about is how much of a privilege it is to be able to afford dental care. Teeth should not be considered luxury bones. Teeth issues can cause a huge amount of health problems down the road.

At this point, I’m expecting to see a heavily redacted set of files, with DEMOCRATS written on it in Sharpie pen. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” takes the spectrum, bends it and hog-ties it into a bow. These are modest women who behave badly and dress skimpily but also submit to traditional gender roles and repeatedly announce their devotion to their faith. This article nails it.

I’ve been feeling better these past few months, and the surest sign that I’m feeling better is I can feel my creativity and motivation starting to come back. It feels like waking up after years of sleep-walking.

I recently read a book about an Inuit woman who was the only survivor of an Arctic expedition, and now I’m obsessed with scurvy, which one of the expedition members died of. The descriptions of what scurvy is like have me squeezing lemon into my iced tea like I’m about to head off to the Arctic.

There’s a woman on Instagram doing a series on “things I say to my cat that make sound like a creepy old man,” and yup, guilty as charged.

I keep wearing a sweatshirt, in the hopes that it will manifest fall weather, but so far, Houston is continuing to Houston.

Hearing about Nuzzi succeeding in spite of some huge ethical violations is really fun when you are a journalist who is barely scraping by.