I had something of a crisis at 25 because I was still a waitress who didn’t know what to be when she grew up. By 30 I was in law school and happy, and didn’t sweat that birthday one bit.

Huh?

I feel like it must come from this deep sense of being totally unloveable and undesirable. Like women won’t fuck you or anyone else with a dick if they have a choice in the matter.

I know lots of people who drink because they want to do stupid shit (or shit that isn’t stupid but is socially unacceptable for some reason) and having had a few beers beforehand provides a convenient excuse. My life changed for the better the day I realized I didn’t care about the approval of people who would judge…

I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard it used to describe a man, though perhaps I’ve heard it used to describe a child. There’s definitely something a little patronizing about it; I can’t imagine using it to describe someone I looked up to.

Reading about how kind all the health-care providers have been to her, how everyone wanted to make sure she received the very best of care, made me feel glad she had that, at least. I am, however, very sad that Americans find it increasingly difficult to have these services.

If you’re losing weight, you’re not ordering from your local pizza place enough.

Side note, I’ve spent some time poking around on RealSelf, which is like Yelp for plastic surgery, and I’ve noticed an interesting trend: the more invasive procedures tend to be more highly rated. Breast reduction is rated as “worth it” by the highest percentage of people who’ve undergone it, while things like Botox…

Actually I think the double negative puts it back where it makes sense. If this were the least of it, that would mean there was worse. So hoping this is not the least of it means s/he hopes there isn’t anything worse.

I personally regard a religion as real once it reaches a certain level of annoying fuckery. Therefore the Satanic Temple is still a brilliant satire, but the Church of the FSM has achieved realness.

Only one, though, ifyouknowwhatImean.

What is the deal with HBOGo? I had it free last year as a promotional thing when I didn’t even have cable. Can I buy it on its own? How much? Why am I too lazy to Google this?

I mean, someone came up with it. And taught it to someone else, rather than taking that shit to the grave.

There needs to be a drink called a Mazel Tov Cocktail. Maybe with some Manischewitz as an ingredient...

I did this and just re-used a single filter. It definitely improved things; each filtration was ever so slightly better, and after 7 trips through the same filter the previously-undrinkable Costco vodka ($20 for a double-sized bottle) tasted almost exactly like Skyy (which to me is drinkable straight if you must, and…

How could a wedding sub-blog fail to attract advertisers? Is it because we were all horrible people who mock the wedding industrial complex and don’t buy things from those poor hard-working people who are just trying to make our day special?

If it only takes five years this time, that’ll be an improvement, I guess.

The “you can’t sign away your rights” line is one of the most prominent urban legends about the law, and it drives me crazy. Of course you can sign away your rights, constitutional or otherwise. What exactly would be the value to the other party of you giving something up if it wasn’t something you had a right to?

I feel you on the general sentiment but I’ve definitely known POC, including women, who held those kinds of views and said those kinds of things out loud. Some have received social assistance (but think their case was special); others have always supported themselves (and of course were privileged to be able to do so,…

And they say feminists have no sense of humor...