Superhuman 13-year-old swims four hours through rough seas to save stranded family off Western Australia The brave teen covered 4km to shore near Quindalup after strong winds blew the family's kayaks and paddleboards out to sea, ditching his life jacket halfway to swim faster.

I love writing about Notre Dame because people get all high and mighty about how it’s not a real Catholic school. Notre Dame is a complicated place, and I know it firsthand. I skipped my graduation because ND gave the Laetare Medal to Joe Biden that year—not a boycott, I just

Searched on Amazon for specific Catholic picture book to keep toddler quiet in Mass. Top result: Islamic prayer rug. Seems a little blatant…

You spend years worried about your teen being swayed by anger and tribalism, and then one day they say "but, I can see why they (their "opposition") want to do that; they're trying to do what's right." And it's not everything, but, it's a big part of what we all need.

Got Amul Gold 6 percent fat milk marked down to .99 at Costco and bourbon-spiked eggnog marked down to 1.99 at the grocery store!

I’m the CEO of a hot dog company. I’ve worked on hot dogs for 10 years. And *I* wasn’t prepared for what I’ve just seen. Your life is about to change. So what can you do? Buy as many hot dogs as you can. Buy stock in hot dog companies.

The sound baby rhinos make voice their displeasure (they drank all their milk)

6yo, in bath: Are we the best kids that you could ever have? Me: Yes. 6yo: but are we also ANNOYING? Me: Sometimes, yes

this guy hangs out on a road i drive frequently. i’ve seen him chase and grab random women, and he wanders into the street and disrupts traffic and threatens people. he has extremely deranged energy but i had no idea he was a repeat felon. at what point is the county liable for

When my toddler asks what sounds silent animals make I just tell him a random answer. He just saw a ladybug and said “YEE HAW!!!” and I realized that was on me.

Normalizing IVF and egg freezing outside of medical necessity is anti-natalist because it reinforces delayed family formation, and the idea that having kids is a high-risk, burdensome imposition only to be attempted by middle aged people who have already "made it" professionally.

me when i see a strange insect in my room

NBC: Parents are opting kids out of school laptops, returning them to pen and paper - Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…

38 years ago, an 18 month old girl fell 22 feet into an 8 inch wide abandoned well in Midland, Texas. For 58 hours, Baby Jessica McClure was trapped underground without food or water while rescuers drilled a parallel shaft through solid rock to reach her. A microphone lowered

If you live with someone who has ADHD and you hear them say, “I’m going to put this somewhere safe,” you need to stop them immediately. Because that item is about to disappear into another dimension. You will not see it again. Start the search party now.

GLENDOWER I can call 100,000 lines of code from the vasty deep. HOTSPUR Why, so can I, or so can any man, But will they transform unstructured data into actionable business insights when you do call for them?

May God give me the confidence of a medieval author concocting an etymology

My Caucasian brother-in-law had an amputated leg. He died after I had already become a priest. I don’t recall ever going to church with him whenever, as kids, we went on holidays to my sister who was married to him. I started offering Holy Masses for him after his death. Then one

Very shortsighted, there’s an incoming wave of BookTok kids who have read The Secret History and are fully ready to make the worst financial mistake of their lives

My child, breaks a cracker, cries, refuses to eat it. Me: “You can put it together in your tummy!” … My child, tears a rosary pamphlet, immediately begins eating it: “I PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN MY TUMMY!”