Over the past two weeks I’ve noticed a lot of social media anger and teasing directed towards Rick Perry’s recent “Strong” commercial wherein he gripes about gays being able to serve openly in the military but children not being allowed to pray publicly in school.  Around the same time another Republican made an equally prejudice [...]

Moms are awesome! Want to know why? Because they send you an Easter day care package four weeks later with stuff like this in it: A 2001 Engagement calendar. Me: “Mom, why did you send me a calendar from ten years ago?” Mom: “Because it’s a very special year. The year you graduated high school.” [...]

“Wow, I was, like, a super-bitch to you as a kid.” I said to my mother on the phone yesterday. “Nah. Not really. You were a kid. You didn’t know any better.” “No, I mean, I wouldn’t let you cry. I’d get angry if you cried. You had to be my mom and nothing else. [...]