Huh! I have never heard this theory, but I am totally down with it!

I had terrible physical side effects with Lexapro, but everyone’s chemistry is different— what’s important is to keep in contact with your health provider and let them know if there is a problem. There are tons of SSRI’s out there, and finding the right one can be a process of trial and error... but when you find the…

Sweet! Thanks for the heads-up!

THANK YOU. I read Name a couple years ago because all my Tolkien/GRRM fandom friends were raving about it, and all I could muster was an “Eh.” I have WMF, but I just can’t bring myself to read it. But it’s one of those things I feel like I shouldn’t admit out loud because people will think less of me. kidding not…

Isn’t Louise Mensch kind of crazypants, though? I can’t get a good read on her— sometimes she seems to have good info and sensible commentary, other times she seems like a malevolent Conservative asshat. What’s her deal?

Doesn’t anyone remember The Falafel Monlogues?!

I don’t know if it’s a generation difference— I was in college in the early 90's— but the financial aid office at my school flat-out REQUIRED that we sign over our financial aid checks directly to the bursar’s office, where they were applied only to tuition, room and board. I had to pay for my own books, which was…

IO9 used to run really great writing articles that generated great discussions. I highly recommend hopping over there and looking through them. Even though a lot of them reference Sci-Fi and fantasy works, the advice, prompts, and discussions are pretty universal:

YES! THIS!

My first crush was Scott Baio, so I feel your pain. :(

I would pay good money to see that. I love vests.

If you don’t want to be spoiled before the show but want to understand the nuances you may have missed (and the true scope of Lin-Manuel’s AMAZING breadth of pop culture, theatrical, and historical knowledge) may I point you in the direction of the Hamilton Genius site which annotates ALL the lyrics?! I can get lost…

Do you have a link? I’d like to read it.

Goddamn, man. I’m LA now, but I got my IUD 10 years ago in NYC, and the only thing the Doc asked was copper T or Mirena, and a brief warning that insertion might be uncomfortable because I hadn’t given birth. “Uncomfortable” was a significant understatement, but the nice PA let me whimper and squeeze her hand. No…

Anyone know what the song is? I want to add it to my Haunted Trailer playlist, but google turns up nothing so far.

My father’s best friend was working downtown near the WTC on 9/11. Thankfully, he was not hurt, but he made the long, panicked trek on foot back to his home in Brooklyn. He told my dad that he had to stop running after a while because he was out of breath, and he saw a Starbucks, and he thought “Well, I should…

Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.

Honestly, nothing would make me happier than an anime version of The Fall of Gondolin. I have actually imagined it in my head repeatedly.

That’s my dad. Sigh.