Absolutely! Isn't the whole point of Webinars to allow participants to only vaguely pay attention in the privacy of their own spaces as opposed to bringing people together to only vaguely pay attention in a meeting?

I thought so! This one doesn't even have the opportunity for interaction AND has the most jargon I've heard in a long time.

It sounds like traffic school, Jesse, but without the timer on the screen that won't release you until X minutes pass.

Wow, Kat! That sounds like a lot of scary but worthwhile stuff.

All strength to your sister and your family, Burrell.

And to Grace, Kat. That's exciting stuff!

It is. Grace is growing and changing. Where I used to worry about Grace physically, now I'm totally worried about Grace academically. ARGH. I need someone else to parent her for a while and I need to be Fun!Mom instead of Study Your Math!Mom or Why Are You Only Getting 60% on Reading Stuff Mom.

Actually, it would be totally groovy to not worry about Grace at all, but that's impossible.

Noah has also learned how to read Bar Graphs, Line Charts and Tables thanks to Khan Academy. He gets super impatient with the videos, though.

Thinking of you and your family, Burrell.

My brother's nephew went through a lot of the same issues as Grace, poor boo, with additional woe for facial reconstruction surgery, and I had a fascinating conversation with his mother -- it had never occurred to me that if you don't learn it at an early age, eating food can be rather non-intuitive, even frightening, not to mention 'gross' to the child. But they can and do get over it, so strength to Grace.

Is there any point in posting a Snopes link on the FB of a family friend, pointing out that her copy-pasted screed against Obamacare isn't actually factual?

I know the answer is "No", but I had to ask.

But seriously, what the hell is wrong with the House of Representatives? Jesus fucking Christ.

Ten pounds of crazy in a five pound bag?

Dana,

do it. Paste the link. See what happens.