Perhaps the same people originated the Victorian-era "tuberculosis sufferer" pasty and sickly look as chic. It's been mentioned several times on the Sawbones podcast; apparently, there were people in the 19th century, for whom being regular level pale and slim wasn't nearly good enough, that were so keen on the pale…

Trevor L. has to be satire of some kind—that is the most Tom Oatmeal-esque thing I've ever read that wasn't actually on the Tom Oatmeal Tumblr.

YESSSS! I even have it on DVD because it's responsible for my undying love of Zachary Quinto. I've watched the episode where they all go to the Not-Scientology cult center more than a few times because of the line "I'm Tori Spelling—I don't have to be relevant!"

On the one hand, I care, like .1 % about these kinds of stories. On the other hand, I find this kind of breakdown of the machinations and participating parties super fascinating.

Or Dermot McDermott? Or Dylan Mulroney?

I honestly wasn't expecting you to end it on such a positive note, but I love that you did. The world is a weird and wonderful place, sometimes.

Yet another reason why our dumbass, historical accident of a health insurance system is beyond screwed up. This would not even be a thing if health insurance wasn't largely provided through employers. If health insurance is given to employees as part of their compensation package, in lieu of, say, just more…

But we can talk about the ways in which every body is different—curvy here, flat there, long here, lumpy there—without creating this stark, artificial division between straight and plus sizes

Bubble Tape: six feet of shitty chalky gum for you, not them!

100% with you on the baked beans. Other beans that can fuck right off: kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans.

I read an article (on Slate, I think) about these pet adoption groups, and yeah, there don't seem to be any common sets of standards people must meet in order to adopt. They're pretty much subject to whatever standards the organizations deem appropriate, and standards vary from shelter to shelter.

ALL OF THIS. I am turning 30 next month, and this is the kind of mindset I'm working to maintain.

Your hatred for this televised event is so thick and sweet, I want to drizzle it like syrup over waffles!

Uh, duh! Everyone knows us womenz are all hobags, and also we want "Uncle Sugar" to pay for it so we can keep on whorin' it up real good.

Please, please make this happen, NBC. They ought to either bring someone in specifically for ice dancing, like Ben Agostso (I hear he does a great job on Universal Sports), or Tracy Wilson. She talks over the skaters a bit too much, but her technical comments are very helpful in explaining why teams get scored the…

As a viewer, NBC certainly hasn't made it the easiest to watch the competitions, and not just because of the unholy combination of Tom Hammond/Scott Hamilton/Sandra Bezic they use for the headline events, such as the national championships. They occasionally use the much more informative and just plain entertaining…

I remember that happening to Kimmie Meisner after her win at Worlds in 2006 and national title in 2007. Same with the jumping bean skaters entering senior competitions after the 2006 Olympics, like Caroline Zhang. Their placements began to plummet when the technical specialists actually started looking for correct…

Oh jesus tap dancing christ, this movie. I did not see it until the mid-'00s, right at the time I was the age of these characters; good god, did I want to throw shit at the TV. I don't think I've ever been as genuinely angry at a Netflix selection of mine before or since.

As I re-watched her free program last night, it felt very much like Yevgeny Plushenko's medal-winning programs from 2006 and 2010, where it was specifically designed to pull the maximum number of points, either at the expense of or regardless of, a choreographically cohesive or aesthetically pleasing program. Many…

She has all of the natural ability and work ethic in the world, that if she comes out the other side of puberty without serious injury, she should be a serious contender for 2018. You can tell that she is still somewhat a junior skater, as her jumps do not get the same height as some of the other top female skaters. …