Yesterday, I found out that people I thought were my dog's foster family had actually properly adopted him and he was rehomed with us just a few months later. And when I tell you, I'm mad! I can't believe I worried that he thought she was a better mom than me.

I don't know why, but the literal police telling us to get armed response as a safety tip feels...wrong.

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to work under these circumstances. Taylor Nation Do you think the TTPD intern can write me a sick note?

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Me: Sends email signed Bianca Person: Thanks Charlotte Me: Sends another email, to a different person, from a different email address but still signed Bianca Person 2: Good catch Sonia What is going on?

I've seen the election poster removal folks in my area two days in a row and it made me wonder, what happens to all the posters? Is anyone recycling them or do they just end up in a landfill somewhere along with our hopes and dreams as a nation?

Let me get this straight. You start a political party. You do well in the election and win many seats in Parliament. But you decide that instead of doing what people voted for you to do, you're going to boycott Parliament? When do you start working for the people who elected you?

I for one am very excited to see the PR acrobatics that are going to be required to change the messaging on bloated cabinets, ministerial perks and blue light brigades.

Not this MK MP starting their maiden speech in Parliament by calling Jacob Zuma "the mastermind of all times".

That frumpy Point of Order chair in Parliament makes everyone who sits in it look like they've been assigned to the naughty corner.

Sitting in a Vienna hotel room processing the fact that the Taylor Swift concert I've been looking forward to for a year, that I flew half way around the world for, has just been cancelled.

Sitting with a broken heart in Vienna, reading about what terrible things could have befallen us.

I feel like the bees haven't died out, they just moved to Austria.

As someone who to Vienna to see Taylor Swift only for it to be cancelled, I feel for the folks at the Delicious festival. But I can't imagine my rage if they'd said "but you can have Jason Derulo instead".

I miss when we just called flowers, flowers. Everyone is talking about "blooms" and I blame influencer culture.

One of my favourite things about running a gift business is seeing my gifts out in the world.