One Mad Mom Blog

In August 2014, a local news reporter at the Wayne County Fair in Pennsylvania pulled aside a small boy who had just come off one of the rides. His name was Noah Ritter, he was five years old, and he was there with his grandfather, visiting from Wilkes-Barre. The reporter asked him what he thought of the ride. Noah did not really answer. Instead, he launched into a wandering, breathless monologue built almost entirely around one word: apparently. "It was great, and apparently I've never been on live television before," he said. He explained that he does not usually watch the news "because I'm a kid," and that his grandpa hands him the remote after they watch the Powerball drawing. The reporter tried to steer him back to the ride. Noah obliged, briefly. "Wow, it was great." Why? "Because apparently you're spinning around and apparently every time you get dizzy. Yeah, that's all you do is get dizzy." He kept returning to the fact that he was on television. "I've never ever been on live television. I never ever be on live television." He mentioned the super slide too, and how going down it had scared him half to death. The reporter, by this point clearly aware she had something unusual on her hands, asked for his name and turned to his grandfather to spell it out. R-I-T-T-E-R. From Wilkes-Barre. "All right, buddy. Good stuff." The clip ran on WNEP, a local station serving northeastern Pennsylvania. Within days it had spread across the internet. Noah became known as the "apparently kid," and the interview turned into one of the defining viral local news moments of that year.

What an amazing turnout for the Long Beach Pride Parade The city was expecting 10s of thousands for visitors The parade starts in 25 minutes and there are only 2 tents along the path. No one is lining the streets. There are maybe 10 people in total In the past the streets were lined with people. It turns out nobody cares anymore without the constant propaganda The Pride festival was cancelled yesterday and now nobody showed up to the parade

I was told by a 22yr old today that there was no way people were writing 10 page papers without AI.

I feel so disgusted with the generational vibe that told us that having kids wasn’t a priority and that being a mom was kind of a lesser path. Dealing right now with someone close to me who completely missed the life she should have had, which would have made her very happy— as a mom of a bunch of kids. She believed the social justice messages and made other choices. Materialistic superficial choices btw. She’s traveled extensively and has fancy appliances and a nice (huge, empty) house — and a bunch of social justice bona fides. She was misled. This isn’t someone who was always a bit salty and never wanted kids. She wanted them, but it seemed lame and selfish and not as important as her SJW pursuits. (Which amounted to what? Nothing. The whole thing was a vibe.) I have the same life advice.

NEW: Pope Leo XIV has named Salvadoran immigrant Evelio Menijar-Ayala to be West Virginia’s lone Catholic bishop. As a teenager, he made three attempts to enter the United States illegally. He finally arrived in California in 1990, having been smuggled in the trunk of a car with his brother over the border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego. Over the next several years, Menjivar-Ayala worked janitorial and construction jobs in California before deciding to become a priest. It’s a remarkable choice in a state that is over 90% white and voted for President Trump by 42 points.