Stacey, "could be any mommy", shared an amazing story of bravery yesterday. Recounting her weekend "escape" to a cabin with "wonderful girlfriends", she talked about how sometimes life is about holding your course no matter what. She apparently learned this lesson after running over a dog on the way up to her relaxing getaway: The dog was just there. One second the headlight beams caught only snowflakes and black tarmac and the next second they outlined a shape my brain recognized with no time to compute or react.  I saw the collar around his neck, I remember that, or I...

The cause of death of Paul Swenson, husband of blogger Ashlee who went missing in July and was found two weeks later, has been released. According to the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner Paul died of drowning, with "alcohol and THC in his system". Investigators have said there were "no obvious signs of foul play".

Hugo Schwyzer, the male feminist mostly known via Jezebel and for sexting p**n stars, recently quit the internet. Shortly afterward he apparently attempted suicide. Now it seems he is livetweeting a manic episode: The tweets seem to have stopped as of 30 or so minutes ago, but in around 100 tweets in under two hours Schwyzer posted such statements as "My wife is going to keep my kids away from me for who knows how long" and"After the sexting and the fraudulence and the sheer ugly debasedness of it all I'm finished."

Jessica Schroeder Quirk, marriage expert, expertly avoiding having to cough up some birthday sex by spending her husband/best friend's birthday in New York City. Sometime between inhaling fried chicken with The Real Rich Tong (not one of those imposters!) and inhaling Burger King at the airport, Messica took a moment to tweet the most thoughtful, wonderful omgamazing husband EVER this heartfelt birthday wish: Her husbandbff did not respond directly to her, choosing instead to post this sad statement: These two have somehow combined smug obnoxious married with wow that is sad married. It's ok Quirk! Birthdays can get you down!

Shannon Bird, stay at home mom of birdalamode fame, is 'loving' being home with her kids thanks to the country being shutdown indefinitely. In fact, she is joyfully treating the mandated lockdowns as 'the maternity leave we never took'. (more…)

Mary Rambin, hard worker, is learning that you when you put your fast paced career ahead of your personal life, you wind up alone with a laptop, a microfleece bathrobe, and a block of smoked cheddar cheese that you ignored so long you have to cut the hard outside off before you toss the knife on the counter and just take the chunk to the couch with a glass of lemonade, because the bodegas are all closed  and girl you are hungry: After a long night, coming home to an empty house with only hours of work to greet you...

The justice system is moving along in the case of the State of Washington vs. Katie Summers. Barring some new development it looks like Loseitconkatie will be waiting for her trial for at least 7 more weeks. She has pled not guilty. (more…)

Life can be like, way harsh Tai. From imperfect lattes to summoning the strength to shop, the suffering of upper middle class white women never ceases. But thanks to the internet, they can now enjoy the support of a worldwide  "OMG I KNOW RIGHT?" chorus to ease them through their pain. This week a few of these poor souls have bravely come forward with the most painful of (I don't have any real) problems: their hair. Julie of Peanut Butter Fingers can't figure out how to dry her hair: While Jenna of Eat Live Run battled the tragedy of a trim: Casey...