WATCH: Emma Gonzalez names the murdered Parkland victims and observes several minutes of silence in a 6-minute, 20-second speech that covered the same time it took the gunman to kill 17 people in her high school:
"Fight for your lives before it's someone else's job."
Male colleague immediately after watching an #InternationalWomen’sDay panel about the adversity faced by women in the workplace:
Him: When is International Men’s Day?
Me: Every other day.
Him: Why don’t we get cake?
Me: Swap you, my cake for your pay?
Him: 😐
Me:
@Cromwell_MM Exactly. The worst thing was it was right after the panel and even after I said it he looked at me like I was making something out of nothing (like I was a whinging woman)...
The Beach Boy, Kokomo just came on the radio and now all I can think about is @JohnStamos and all the awesome snaps I would have missed because I only just discovered he’s on Snapchat😬😅😂... anyway happy Friday
Wait... doesn’t the word amendment mean change?
So if something is let’s say, a second amendment, wouldn’t that the imply that it had been changed before?
And if it had been changed before, wouldn’t ‘reason’ follow that it could be changed again? 🧐
Or...
Manager: “congratulations on 5 years here. Do you have a speech?”
Me: “umm, my Dad gave me one piece of advice that he said was applicable in all situations, so here it is: don’t eat yellow snow.”
Everyone: 😳🧐😝
Me: “I mean...thanks for making me feel welcome.” 🤦🏼♀️
One year ago today, Victoria's heart was broken. While you're going about your business today, please pause to think about the innocent people who were doing just that on Bourke Street on an ordinary afternoon in 2017. Those who we lost too soon, and those forever affected.