OK so Arizona just repealed its Civil War-era, pre-state admission to the Union, 1864 (yes, that is an “8”) ban re abortion, and must say methinks … that is really, really sad. No debt owed to modernity there, oh-ho-ho-no. But they did repeal it, so that’s something. Still … the laws in effect remain way …
costs of kids
It Ain’t the Kids
theKid has been involved in sports from, oh, say, slightly after exiting the womb. Half was instrumental in that. I’m inclined to let children grow like weeds, let ‘em take over and blossom as they will but I’m also deeply in debt and fairly irresponsible soooooo … yeh. So theKid has played sports (sport) for …
Law of Unintended (or Maybe Intended?) Consequences
All this bru-hah-hah, all this strum ‘n drang, all this hullabaloo, makes me wonder just how (not)smart the Supremes really are. And how much of the Dobbs decision is rooted in the Supreme Court’s own demagoguery. Alabama (we can already see the problem there) recently ruled that embryos are actual people, despite having neither brain …
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Talk Left / Live Right, or What I Said is Not What I Do
Well isn’t that interesting. Article by Brad Wilcox in the Atlantic discussed a book called, “Get Married,” and how the college-educated espouse alternative family types without actually embracing those alternatives themselves. Finish education. Establish career. Get married. Have kids. In that order. Although those selfsame folks claim bastardizing children is no big deal, they themselves …
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The Single Promise
Pretty sure I saw a guy die on the freeway. Had just dropped theKid off, heading into the maw of RTO and mildly surprised that the flow of traffic was actually flowing then suddenly it slowed down to a crawl. Forgot where I heard/read this, but some wise person suggested that when traffic slows/stops, head …
Ahh, the Joy. All the Joy
One of the best things about married life? Never getting to watch the program you want. See, when spouses spent time together in front of the idiot box, typically one spouse (see: Half) does not want to watch the stupidity the other spouse (see: other half) is currently watching. Ergo: “Where’s the remote?” So much …
Population: Controlled
As another year ends, the third after the “plandemic” (but not really because this “virus” doesn’t recognize its exaggerated demise and what, again, is that new variant?) and folks are still fighting going back into the office. Nobody wants to be there. Nobody. Yet employers refuse to recognize that. It’s easier/better/preferable to just live at …
6-In-One
All this talk of money inspired an idea … and we know Who that came from (hehYES). So every household has income and expenses … even if one severely outweighs the other, they are still that. And presuming that if one must work with another adult to manage the aforesaid household, both parties on the …
All the Pretty Princessessessess
Feeling a little peeved, ‘tho really shouldn’t. Totally expected, still sad. OK so this article recounted the pain of MFs who are also wives/mothers and who failed to receive a single Christmas present. What? First off, ain’t her birthday (but if it is beyond the 21st birthday celebrations are just attention-seeking hubris) and second … …
Depends on Perspective, Methinks, and That One Is Wrong
OK so color me confused. In Oklahoma, where the state gleefully punishes women with childbirth, a mom just plead guilty to child abuse and some other stuff for allowing her 12-year-old daughter to have a “relationship” with a 24-year-old “man?” (she actually threw a baby shower, so thrilled was she re the pending birth / …
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