Want to know what I am super bad at? Lying. I could never play poker. Unfortunately that means I am compelled to say totally inappropriate things because if I lied you’d know it. And I’d see the disappointment in your eyes and then I’d tell you the truth and both disappoint and piss you off. […] Read more…
June 2015 archive
Let’s Show Our Kids How We do Race Relations
There aren’t many things I know with certainty but here are two that I do: 1. When people feel overwhelmed or confused they do nothing. Absolutely nothing. 2. Our children do what we do not what we say. The heart sickening violence in Charleston makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry. […] Read more…
Why We Should All Embrace Our #DistractinglySexy Selves
Nobel scientist, Tim Hunt, had a bad week when he mistakenly used his outside voice instead of just thinking quietly in his head to himself. His cringe-worthy evaluation of women scientists is right up there with any backwards comment uttered by your dementia-suffering grandpa at Thanksgiving dinner. Hunt found himself in world of hurt after […] Read more…