With Friends Like These
A coworker drops information bombs to bait people into asking what's wrong. How do I know this tactic? Because my mother does the same shit.
I Hate You More – Meeting the Female Mr Horrible
She's controlling, isolating, threatened by everyone, needs alcohol to socialise, and has no friends of her own. Sound familiar? Meet the female mr horrible.
When Your Mama Creates Airport Drama
Any time spent with my mother involves some level of drama. This time it was keeping her from spiraling in the airport drama.
COVID Diaries Day 200 – New Habits, New Normal?
What things do I wish that would stick around from the COVID experience? I came across this question on Twitter and it got me thinking. The comments, as expected, were divided between appreciation for the evolved human response to a pandemic, to the ignorant disdain for anything that required accepting any personal responsibility in preventing the spread of the virus.
In the Navy – Tales of Misogyny
A Chief asked me to step down from a committee I'd chaired for two years so his buddy could get the eval bullet. I said no.
