Could I interest you in Hanukkah? Maybe something with a Festival of Lights? It’s a sensible alternative to Christmas, and it lasts for seven—for you, eight—nights!

It may be a minor point, but I’m glad that the “shatter” obliterates Cosby’s image and leaves the others relatively intact. It would seem unfair if the rest of the cast was defaced or vandalized.

Exactly how many Texans over the age of 200 are there?

In fairness, if you’ve gotta die, going out coked up in a brothel is probably one of the better ways. Right behind saving your entire family from the wreck of a burning battleship.

Ok so post debate here are my first annual ILikeThunderstorms DemDebate Awards recipients:

Lincoln Chaffey looks like the moral senator who gets set up/and or killed the corrupt organization/senator in a conspiracy thriller.

Has anyone who has ever said “I think we need to take a break” done so with the intent of actually getting back together?

I got dumped pretty spectacularly, once. My ex-boyfriend’s birthday was four days later. I agonized very briefly over whether I should call him, or send a card, or something, to wish him a happy birthday, but ultimately decided not to.

It gives me a lot of happiness that these two are still together and seem to be loving and close to their living children. So often stories that start out this horrific only lead to divorce and fucked up survivors.

I know everyone hates candy corn but i wwwuuuvvvvs it

I read every one of these - and there were definitely some gems - but I just flat-out can’t get over putting jelly on pizza, let alone asking for it like it’s not completely insane.

I was working in an upscale restaurant

I don’t understand this. I’m pretty sure the first time every single child was screamed at by their parents was for trying to talk to them while they were on the phone. Getting yelled at by one of your parents for that is up there with, like, receiving hugs, in terms of common childhood experiences.

People at work do this to me, so it’s not just the PUAs. (Seriously, in an office environment, I’m on the phone, you walk up & see and hear me talking on the phone & start to ask me questions? WTF is wrong with you? I give them the total stinkeye.

One time I was on the Tube reading a book. I looked up and a man sitting across from me was reading the exact same book, kind of an unusual title, not exactly Jane Eyre or anything. What an odd coincidence! We made eye contact, nodded, and carried on.

When I took the train and read all the time, I got questions almost every day. I’ve told this story before here I think, but when i was a first year vet student, had a guy sit next to me and try to strike up a conversation about my book. It was a romance, and he told me something like I needed to get a man, so I…

Me: A book about rap.

Hey there.

If you give a kid a fifth of vodka and a tampon and tell him to get drunk, he’ll drink the vodka and then play with the tampon after getting drunk.