Cats are friends for a lifetime

"I'm just going back to my seat in row 2 so I can grab my water bottle and backpack. Like 10 other people, I have been in first class with you for this flight."

the hot weather won't back down without a fight

You should be willing to go above and beyond in order to ensure the happiness of the people you care about. However, what would you do if your sister—with whom you have lost contact—kept ‘dumping’ her kid on you out of the blue? The story below is an account of a frustrated sister. The original poster (OP) had no intention of having a big family. As a result, she and her spouse decided to have just one child. Therefore, the unexpected arrival of OP's sister's child in need of childcare caused s…

You could say that they're both a little bird-brained

We love random facts , but the kind we love the most are the ones that sound made up—like the fact that there are more trees on planet Earth than there are stars in our galaxy. But that’s absolutely true. In fact, there are a lot more trees—about 3 trillion on Earth—while there are “only” about 200 billion stars in the Milky Way. Or how about the fact that there are more permutations of a standard deck of 52 cards than there are seconds since the Big Bang? I mean, we all understand there are ma…

A good home to live out her retirement

We've all been the new kid at a job.

The return of the memes

If it was a "Brat Summer" and now it's "Demure Fall," does that mean "Unhinged Winter" is next?

Mood-barking AND mood-boosting

Dungeons & Dragons - It's cheaper than therapy!

Freelance workers deserve better. Despite not being salaried and not having benefits, most of these workers are forced to deal with a nebulous set of expectations that can at times be more intrusive. For instance, freelance workers may not have a set number of hours, but that does not mean that they have to be subjected to constant emails, calls, and texts from their supervisors during off hours. For some reason, the work-life boundaries for freelance workers always seem to be more nonexistent…

Thanks, mom

Childcare is a tremendous responsibility because it is your job for a defined amount of time to ensure that the children you are caring for are safe and sound. However, the benefit of babysitting is that when the parents return home at the appointed time, you are compensated and free to go about the rest of the day. How would you handle it if the parents of the children you were caring for never returned home? The story below is an account of a confused babysitter. The original poster (OP) has…