You probably already saw this father’s defense of his son-the-rapist

But just in case, this plea for mercy is burning up the interwebs, from Dan Turner, the father of Brock Allen Turner, the former Stanford swimmer who was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015. For his crime, the younger Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail. Perhaps, as a counterpoint, you should also read …

Little girl catches whale with a Barbie pole

I have nothing more to say, other than her father sounds just beside himself which is very cool. Happy Tuesday.

It was a full weekend.

On Friday, we laid to rest Timmy, one of my husband’s cousins, who was a delightfully off-kilter man who’d been sick all his life, though you wouldn’t have known that to talk to him. He died unexpectedly the weekend before, and the family was devastated. His older brother gave the eulogy, and he did so …

For Daniel Smith Campbell, my hella father

From the day we buried you, I swore every time I heard this, I would cry. I have kept that promise.

Inspirational book by 6-year old is pulled ‘cos it’s fake

“The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven: A Remarkable Account of Miracles, Angels, and Life Beyond This World,” a 2010 runaway best-seller, has been pulled because the boy who say he came back now says he really didn’t. Alex Malarkey [this stuff almost writes itself] has said that he made up the fictional account of …