In the news, the CDC was apparently told to not use seven words/terms in its internal documents. I've seen other examples like this, as in my state where the Governor does not allow the terms "global warming," "climate change," or "sea-level rise" in official documents. So on a Saturday morning the creative juices are flowing and I made a funny list of alternatives. Yes, it is funny. "Humor arrr arrr," as Mork would say. But it is 2017 (still, please make it stop) and with every harmless, funny intention comes the outrage. Turns out that some small gaggle of folks find the term "Mansition" a slam to the transgender community. First, I have a lot of empathy for transgender people. Not only do I recognize the challenges of having an identity that is traditionally forced into one box or the other, I also understand its personal and damaging implications of surviving in an intolerant world. I stand up for th