Wednesday night's Metro Council meeting descended into chaos as residents took to the podium to express their opinions on the proposed "fairness ordinance."
Read More »Relationship Expert Suggests Line Dancing, Catfishing for Dating Success
Johnson reached out to The Red Shtick to request that we do him the pleasure of interviewing him, and I obliged, if only because he must have no idea what kind of website this is.
Read More »Royal Pains: What to Expect When You’re Expected
I have some words of wisdom for this baby, now gestating somewhere between 10 and 12 weeks, really too soon to understand what I am saying, so it's up to you, readers, to hold down Kate and read this article to her baby bump.
Read More »Mrs. Judge Mental’s Special Isaac Edition
Line up at gas stations. Fill every container you own with gas. Complain loudly about the long lines.
Read More »That’s What Frienemies Are For
When you choose to keep your true distaste for people hidden, it finds a way of boiling over.
Read More »An Open Letter to Tyrann Mathieu From Your No. 1 Fan
We don't know what rules you broke or why exactly you're not playing for the Tigers anymore, and to me, it doesn't matter.
Read More »Life Lesson #10: What to Expect When You’re Expecting? Judgment.
Love must be in the air this spring, because Mrs. Judge Mental has received several questions relating to the birds and bees. Mrs. Judge Mental has not so far been blessed with any children of her own, but she has seen several episodes of I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant on TLC, and she’s prepared to dispense her best advice on dealing with pregnancy and childbirth. My best advice is don’t get pregnant (unless you really want to). And by “really want to” I mean “can provide for a child in a stable environment,” not “told the audience of The Maury Povich Show that you want to have a baby even though you’re just 14.” Ideal conditions for getting pregnant involve having a stable partner and/or a steady source of legal income, and the desire to stay up all night while a tiny human screams for no reason until you …
Read More »Life Lesson #9: Gas Station Manager Syndrome
I received this distress signal from a reader: Dear Mrs. Judge Mental: I recently joined a community service organization, and the person in charge is driving me batty! Here I am VOLUNTEERING my time and talents, and the leader of the group is a total control freak, bossing everyone around. If things don’t improve, I’m afraid a mutiny is in order! Help me! “” Beat Up in Boston Dear Beat Up, Gentle Reader, thank you for your letter. It’s very likely that the person you describe has a case of Gas Station Manager Syndrome (GSMS). GSMS is a phenomenon by which a small-minded person comes to be in charge of an insignificant thing, causing him to behave like a pompous jerkface. Gas Station Manager Syndrome is a serious epidemic affecting our community. GSMs discount all opinions that are not their own, grab onto their tiny corner of the universe, …
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