TikTok Great news, everyone! Cases of the measles in the U.S. are at a 30 year high! We did it! U-S-A! U-S-A! Oh. Did I say “great news?” I meant the opposite of that. It’s a tragedy. Currently, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reporting 1,319 cases across 40 jurisdictions — and...
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I Spent Years Ashamed Of Waitressing. Now, I Realize It Made Me A Better Mom.
Andresr/Getty Images I was a waitress longer than I was anything else. I covered breakfasts at a highway diner, worked weddings at a local hotel, tended bar at an Irish pub. I’ve replenished salad dressings at salad bars when that was a trend for a while; I’ve married a million ketchups. I’ve counted beer bottles...
Redditor Wants To Know Who's Supposed To Be Feeding All These Kids This Summer?
svetikd/E+/Getty Images I’m fairly sure my parents had no idea where I was 80% of the time during the summer. Or, they had an idea but it was fairly nebulous. I could have been at Kelly’s house, or Becky’s house, or the Other Kelly’s house. Occasionally, I was with Other Jamie or Other Becky. (It...
Five Million Pools Recalled After At Least Nine Children Drown
CPSC.gov Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, kiddie pools were basically puddle-sized and it didn’t take much to crack the side or deflate it entirely. Sometime in the early-’00s, however, “kiddie pool technology” really took off. All of a sudden pools were higher quality and way bigger at a more accessible price point. But...



