@badmutha: Hemingway SUCKS. But I love Ferris Bueller.

I hate Seinfeld too! Also, all of Wes Anderson's movies. Sorry.

Does this mean that other shit they publish is also made up? Because that would go a long way to explaining why the Mail sucks so bad.

@BeeGee:

@girlscientist: You have a reading comprehension FAIL, my friend.

@Moloko: Ah, good point. I stand corrected.

@FrannyR: We were talking about the Nobel Committee. Not all Europeans.

@solaana: Nope. The last Japanese (or Asian) author to win was Kenzaburo Oe in 1994.

@morninggloria: I confess, I always get a little thrill when Roth doesn't get the Nobel, because he is such a douchebag in his personal life. Objectively speaking, he's leagues ahead of winners like Dario Fo or Herta Mueller in terms of lifetime achievement. But yeah, I'd prefer it to go someone who's brilliant AND…

@Superawesomerad: The ones that write in Hebrew, anyway. There are a fair number of Israelis writing in Arabic, Russian and English.

@Ailatan: Borges was robbed. Also, Robertson Davies.

@Ratinski: Or Amos Oz, who has achieved spectacularly by writing in a language that was essentially resurrected from the dead in the 20th century. He brings modern meaning to an ancient language and a young nation.

Yet another year when obscure European authors are favored over non-European authors of outstanding achievement, like Murakami, Oz, Munro, Vargas Llosa, and Roth. Cultural FAIL.

@Diziet_Sma: How old do you have to be to go on Project Runway? If the kid can design and sew, it's time to call Uncle Tim and alert him to a star in the making.

@CurtCole: Agreed. This is a very easily winnable lawsuit.

I've been on the pill for literally my entire sex life. Started taking it, then started fucking. I have no idea what my sex life would be like without the Pill.

@Lymed: I have one of those too. But it's at a low, fixed interest rate, so I don't worry about it the way I would about credit card debt.

And you know what's sexy? Being debt-free. I get all hot and moist and tingly just thinking about how much money I DON'T owe.

I think layaway went out in a lot of places as soon as anyone with a pulse could get a credit card.

@minnesotameltdown: True. And what's ironic is that my ex was extremely handsome, and I made roughly the same amount of money that he did. And yet people STILL thought the worst.