The VV monologue at the beginning of E2 almost made me gag on the other hand. Ugh! So bad. Not necessarily the writing. His delivery was awful though. Episode 1 was just ok to me, didn’t love or hate it.

Exactly. At the risk of sounding like a deranged fan-girl, I kind of wonder if he made the first few episodes especially murky and kind of dry in order to fuck with people who wanted more of the same. Haha. Not so far-fetched when you consider the ego on that guy! Musicians and novelists do it all the time — would be…

Haha thanks. I’m probably not as bent out of shape as I sound — it’s just a TV show! But still. The format is defeating the very worthwhile point, which is annoying.

Well, I think they were set up BECAUSE they’re crappy at their jobs and thus expendable/not respected. Agree on the Fukunaga/strong leads points though. But I think another factor is that last season was way more of a character study and this season is more of a conspiracy/crime mystery in earnest. So this season…

Are you paying any attention to the actual plot at all?? Yes they are bad detectives — they’re fall guys, just like in that huge exposition conversation Ani and CF had??? You know???

My husband is a major NBA obsessive and there’s this weird Instagram account called NBA face merge where they two player’s faces together like this...I wonder if that was part of the inspiration?? https://instagram.com/nbafacemerge/

Me neither and it’s probably for the best. If I could I would never ever ever stop.

I hate crowds and I’m not much of a seafood eater (I grew up in the woods please take it easy on me!). Would I be miserable in Japan? At home and on European vacations my main activities are eating out and hiking/exploring around on foot, so I’m kind of at a loss as to what I’d actually DO there. Amusement parks of…

How is this even a debate. You are only invited if your name is on the invitation. How did kids even start getting included at weddings anyway? It’s the least kid-friendly event ever. Most adults can barely make it through a ceremony without fidgeting, and the receptions are usually an “adult” party. I’m sure I’ll…

Other people’s limitations do not reflect on your strengths, right? If people think they “can’t” wear heels then that is their loss I say! You should be like “how’s the weather down there shrimps?” Hahaha.

So strange how those things play out. All my grandparents are about average height or a little on the short side, and my mom was randomly 5’8” and taller than either of her parents. And my brother is only 5’9”. Then my husband is 6’3” and his parents are like 5’3” and 5’6”! Height is so unpredictable.

Haha wow, I was like “do I recognize this girl?” and then I realized I met you with my friend Hannah from Captured Tracks back in early June when I was visiting NY. Nice article! And thank you for calling out the fact that baking is not hard! Just requires extreme adherence to recipes. These look delicious.

Ha! I too am 5’7” and I’m convinced it’s secretly the perfect height! I never feel too tall or too short and can wear whatever height of shoes I want. Gotta count your blessings when you can.

Agreed. Anti-vax people are basically declaring that they don’t want to participate in society (which I think is kind of where the whole movement stems from, on a macro level), so fine, let them act out their isolation by staying home.

I’m pretty sure he’s just the High Priest of Sex Stuff and she’s his ALTAR. Boom.

Thank you for posting that! I’ve been reading Rick Perlstein’s books on the modern conservative movement and this stuff was the most stomach-turning of all. And of course I learned nothing about it in school...twelve years of history, politics, economics and of course they just couldn’t find time to cover any of it.

It at least puts police departments nationwide on watch by creating an example. Now they know they will be investigated and their mis-deeds will be made public. The Ferguson Chief resigned — assuming most police leadership wish to keep their jobs and not suffer this kind of scrutiny, they’ll follow the example and…

I was the Idiot Server. It’s really quite sad. My friends used to come in just to see me create my path of destruction :(

My all-time weirdest scent experience was years ago, when I worked at a coffee shop. This woman opened her purse to pay and the aroma hit me like a truck — I asked her “do you have Marlboro Lights, light blue Extra gum, and Estee Lauder White Linen in there?” And she opened it to show me all three. The exact combo…

On the plus side, when/if you’re looking to have an affair, no worries about wedding ring removal!