Lady friends, a PSA:

Wanting marriage and children does not make you a conservative.

(1) I left my 4 year relationship at 35 because I’d rather be alone than unhappy. (Ty Whitney!)

(2) I still wanted marriage and babies but knew it might not happen.

(3) I gave myself a year off from dating, went to therapy, and starting dating again.

And in another installment of my lifelong series, entitled “Self Service Culture is a Scam”, I just booked a room in Columbus OH through Amex travel that showed as sold out on the web.

And I booked it while remaining on hold while someone else did the leg work, and I washed a dirty diaper, cuddled my child, and sorted out old clothes. Now that’s a good use of time!

I think the worst part about classes built on pre-recorded video is that they’re completely passive. You just sit and listen; you can’t underline or move your lips while you read, and you can raise your hand an interrupt while the professor is talking.

Learning is not passive. Not even memorization, arguably the lowest level of learning, is passive.

Why do you think Europeans pearl clutch about how violent the U.S. is? After all, this is the continent that currently has a massive conflict raging upon it, had religiously fueled bombings on a northern island and open, full-scale genocide in its south eastern flank as recently as the 1990s, and hosted a fascist dictatorship on its major peninsula until the 1970s.

Im not saying the US is at all nonviolent, and we are far from perfect. But the idea of Europe as tranquil and civilized? Please.