It’s Father’s Day. The early-midsummer Sunday that serves as the perfunctory bookend to Mother’s Day. While it’s an occasion for the dads out there to take a load off and watch some golf (try a Red Bull if the goal is to stay awake) or the NBA Finals (since it’s Game Five, try a Five…
According to the Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac: Mother’s Day is still the busiest day of the year for florists, restaurants, and long-distance phone companies. Father’s Day is the day on which the most collect phone calls are made. Discuss. Dad, I’ll see you someday, Tom Chandler.
Leviticus 20:9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.Happy Goddamn Father's Day. And discuss. [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
For those of you who are moms — Happy Belated Mother’s Day! I’m not a mom yet, but I am in awe of those of you who are moms. Being a mom is no easy feat! Last year I spent Mother’s Day with my grandma. Shortly after that day, she passed away, so I’m grateful... Show More Summary
In a heartbreaking video released on Tuesday, three DREAMers reunited with their mothers through a fence at the U.S./Mexican border, six years after they were separated by deportation. The happy, but ultimately sullen exchange in Nogales, AZ, was organized by United We Dream, an advocacy group that used the reunion to highlight the need for [...]
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Post by Nicole Fabian-Weber I love having a little girl. While I would've been happy with a baby of either sex, part of me feels like I was destined for a daughter. I grew up in a female-centric household, and before my sweet mother died (and before I was pregnant), I told her the name of my daughter, should I ever have one. Show More Summary
You got your way Kobe, happy now?! Little fn’ brat…
Kobe Bryant Reaches Settlement With Auction House Over Sale Of Memorabilia
Via ABCNews
An auction of Kobe Bryant memorabilia will move forward after the Los Angeles Lakers’ player reached a
Tags: Tig Notaro WAP IMDb People Interviews People Tig Notaro shocked the world — and Louis C.K. — last year when she performed a stand-up set at Largo in which she spoke candidly about the fact that she'd just lost her mother and been diagnosed with cancer. Show More Summary
Following up on my previous post, Bruce Bartlett: Prop 13 at Age 35: Mother Jones: Happy 35th Birthday, Tax Revolt! Thanks for Destroying California, by Kevin Drum: Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the tax revolt in America. On June 6, 1978, two-thirds of Californians voted to pass Proposition 13,...
Australian writer Brendan Cowell’s claustrophobic new play Happy New centres on two young brothers dealing with the trauma of being locked in a chicken coop and abandoned by their mother.
It’s a story well-suited to the tiny Trafalgar Studio 2 where the audience is close enough to see the actors’ every drop of spit and sweat. Show More Summary
Instead of being fully happy, the way every new mother is supposed to, I was worried. I was worried that she would look like me.
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Post by Michele Zipp You've heard Kate Winslet is pregnant. Babies are happy news. They are little miracles wrapped up in wombs. And with that is joy and smiles and judgment and mean-spirited jabs taken at the mother when her kids are fathered by not one, not two, but three baby daddies. Show More Summary
Kate Winslet is going to be a mother for the third time. The Academy Award winning actress had her publicist confirm the happy news yesterday, though the announcement was completely absent any of the fun details people normally look for like due date and sex.
So, with Mother’s Day behind us (that would be the second Sunday of May) but the month in which it falls still with us, perhaps we need to roll out a MILF Day? Or make plans for one beginning next year? I mean, we have special days for...Show More Summary
Post by Michele Zipp Bruno Mars makes some happy, get your feet moving kind of music. Locked Out of Heaven -- sing it loud, for so loooooong! And we can't forget the 4-year-old who sang his song When I Was Your Man on Ellen. He sings about love and women a whole lot. Show More Summary
Bernadette Hernandez, Bruno Mars‘ mom, passed away suddenly in Hawaii at age 55 from a sudden brain aneurysm. Our thoughts go out to the family – Entertainment Weekly Will Arnett “found his happiness” after split with Amy Poehler – US Weekly Bruce Jenner calls out Kanye West for never being around – Huffington Post Jermaine [...]
A 3-year old boy resisted his mother's appeal to eat his octopus gnocchi for lunch arguing that he doesn't like to eat meat because "when we eat animals, they die," and that he likes to see the animals "on their feet, happy." In just two weeks, related videos, including one with English subtitles, have almost reached 2.5 million views worldwide.
Happy Birthday wishes are in order for Monyetta Shaw… Ne-Yo’s fiancée and the mother of his two kids turned 31 this week. She celebrated the occasion by jetting off to Mexico for a girl’s trip with a few friends,
Greta Van Susteren isn’t happy with her male colleagues at Fox News after they lamented a report that 40 percent of American households have a mother as the primary breadwinner. During a Lou Dobbs Tonight panel, Fox News commentators Erick Erickson, Lou Dobbs, Doug Schoen, and Juan Williams discussed the findings, which they painted as [...]Show More Summary