By Rachel Stewart Johnson of rachelstewjo.wordpress.com Here’s a rumor: There was once a time when human beings could sit in waiting rooms occupied only by a 13-month-old edition of an employee newsletter called Focus: Health. Turns out there are many components of modern life we didn’t know we needed years ago. Here are a few examples…
Microsoft Is Discontinuing Paint and Now How Am I Supposed to Crop My Laptop Screenshots?
Microsoft announced it will be getting rid of Paint in its next Windows 10 update and I don’t even know what to do with my life anymore. If you, too, are a member of what is now being dubbed the Xennial generation, you know all about growing up analog and transitioning to digital as an…
A Night Owl’s Guide to Raising an Early Bird
By Rebecca Lang of Becky::Rebecca I’m going stop you right here if you’re looking for practical advice on how to manage mornings with early risers when you, yourself, are not a morning person. All of the coffee in the world or clever breakfast hacks prepped the night before won’t change the fact that you’d rather…
How to Be the Best Crappy Tooth Fairy Ever
By Kathryn Leehane Parenting experts want to lecture you on breastfeeding, sleep training, discipline, and all sorts of child-rearing topics. Their unending spew of “helpful” advice can drown you if you’re not careful. Unfortunately they have left several key parenting topics out of their books of lies manuals. Perhaps because the topics are too difficult to tackle. Perhaps…
When Your (3 yo) Kid Drops the F-Bomb
By Sara Robinson of Get Mom Balanced I went to pick up my 3 yo, E, from his grandparents’ house one day, and after the usual run-down of the day’s events, my mother-in-law told me that he had said F***ers. And he had used it “appropriately”; that is, in the correct context. I was shocked. Admittedly,…
Just a Walk in the Park (Dead Mom Walking)
By Kristin McCarthy of Four Princesses and the Cheese Confession: I fucking hate the park. Really, I hate the playground. I always have. My children love, love, looooooove the playground. Any playground will do for them. Given the choice between Disney World and the local playground, my money is on the slide. My middle daughter…
O.M.G. Magic Kingdom Just Got A Bit More Magical—THEY SERVE ALCOHOL
By Kristin McCarthy of Four Princesses and the Cheese It is a right of parental passage. The pilgrimage to Disney World. The more children you have, the more times you have to make this monumental trek, so it seems. We have been there three times so far. The first time we took our little girls was…
Twitter’s Best Reactions to Shocking Questions Surrounding Donald Trump, Jr., Comma
As more and more information is released regarding Donald Trump, Jr.’s emails, the nation has burning questions. And the most pressing of these questions is obvious: Just what role DOES punctuation play in a case of potential treason? As a teacher and grammarian, I felt I had to do my duty by rounding up a…
Hottest Chick in This Place! (How Times Have Changed)
By Shya Gibbons of Vintage Dreams with a Modern Twist Vocabulary is forever changing. An evolving language is a positive sign that society is moving and shaping; society, and its inhabitants, are growing, learning, and adapting. I try my hardest to stay up-to-date on current “cool” terms, but the fact I put cool in quotation…
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