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The waterfront is always so beautiful. I love Hart Plaza and the jazz festival on Labor Day. But, yeah, I worry about my black men friends there every day. I just can't imagine how awful it must be to be in their skin and know that there's nothing you can do to prevent a cop from shooting you...

I love Kamala! And I would vote for her in a heartbeat! She is compassionate and smart. A great combination. But only if enough people agreed :cautious:

@blackemerald1, I like so much of your post, but what you related about Detroit really struck me as that's my hometown. I don't keep up on the news there as much as I should, but I am so glad to see things are still moving up there. It was always a great city. I'd still live there, and I miss...

Oh, but wait -- what EPA? Also, I finally heard a former national security official say what I've been saying ever since this stupid idea came up: there are these things called the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Also, boats. Also, ladders, for that matter.

@Endofwar and @cactus_jack, I cannot put myself in the position of anyone who's had to deal with a mass shooting. We are all different and have different levels of ability to deal with bad shit. No one deserves to be beaten on for not being able to deal with something like that. The closest...

Gah, this is getting too ugly.

As a fellow PTSD sufferer, @Endofwar, I have to ask you how you could dismiss someone who was in close proximity to a life-endangering situation. Maybe Hogg wasn't shot at directly, but can you honestly say you wouldn't be affected if your friends were or even people in your local situation?

My dreams, which are usually nightmares, have clear relevance to my life and traumas. There is very little symbolism in them. They tend to be fairly literal to my experiences.

Has anyone ever had a cat whose one eye turned brown seemingly overnight? I just noticed this in our oldest guy Robert and after googling it, I am freaking out. I'm getting him to our vet asap, but, of course, vet's closed now, so I have to wait, but I'm so worried after what I read --...

Aaaand more snow last night and yesterday. Today we're supposed to have a wind chill of -13 F. Yes, minus. Luckily, we didn't get walloped with snow this time, only about 3-4 inches.

She only apologized when companies started pulling their ads from her show. To me, that's not a genuine, heartfelt apology, and I don't blame Hogg at all for not accepting it. Besides, a true apology doesn't go like "I'm sorry if I said blah blah blah and it hurt you." A true apology...

I did not see that Hogg agreed with Ingraham in any way. What is your source? And, for the record, if the Ivy Leagues are not competing for this kid, they are down on the count.

@FauxLiz, contact your county's family service office (or whatever it's called where you are) today and apply for Medicaid. Without an income, you are certainly eligible, and it will pay for a lot, if not all. I have been through what you're going through. I totally believed I would keel over...

Freezing rain. Gloomy.

OMG, @littleoc, have you talked with the police about your suspicion? I really hope so! I'm so sorry your dad is such an asshole. But if he's a murderer too, he needs to be brought to justice.

Thank you for your outside perspective, @Sideways. I so wish we knew what that "something else" is. The only thing I can think of is a kind of copycat thing. But why is that unique to the U.S.? Even then, there's still something else. Now that the CDC is again allowed to study this, maybe...

I have been in so much pain I've not cared whether I died. And most of it came from other people doing me wrong. All that pain never, ever caused me to even think of hurting others. There is no excuse for what that kid did. And the kids who are responding are simply being good, conscientious...

I'm so, so sorry for your loss. But glad that you are working through the grieving process and that his family is supportive of you. My oldest bestie died a few years ago but she left me with lots of her family members who are awesome. It's really a blessing to grieve together and just talk...

Anyone want to speculate on what shiny object will be thrown out today to distract us from Stormy's "60 Minutes" interview tonight? Rachel Maddow has money on pardoning Mike Flynn. Hubby thinks John Kelly, and maybe another person, will be fired. I can't even speculate, just praying it...

We got clobbered overnight with about 10" of snow. Happy spring.

I wish I could help more, @Still Standing , but your situation is your own. I really hope your hubby can hang in there. It sounds to me like he will, but you're the expert. At least in my case, I really feel it's a balancing act. I asked my hubby how much he wants to know about my traumas...

I understand. The more you know, the less you know. I was a professional researcher and writer, and that is so how it goes. Your wife has my total empathy. It's a freaking full-time job to figure out who the most credible investigators are, if you have that luxury. As a reference book...

I have asked my husband if he would like to attend a therapy session, but he has declined. I just give him the option. I think he knows quite a bit about it from online articles and from living with me :-). About your comment that your symptoms increased after being with your wife, I think...

I think your ideas for slowly letting him in are great, @Still Standing. Remember the basics of intimacy, right? It is hard. I wanted to remain the woman my husband married, but I was no longer that same woman, through no fault of my own. This thing just literally overtook me and changed my...

Several years into our marriage, my hubby knew as well as I did that something very wrong was overcoming me. I had been in therapy on and off since my early teens, but I had never been so afraid of what was going on with me. I'll never forget coming home from my first appt. when I was...