I’m going to take this opportunity to plug the *EXCELLENT* podcast, Crimetown. It is an absolutely fascinating expose on the rampant, and occasionally completely inept, political corruption in Providence. After listening to the entire series, which is by turns hilarious and horrifying, I am absolutely NOT shocked that…

I’ve never heard it framed quite that way, but damn... it’s as simple as that, and that is just so damn distressing.

All but one of mine were done by the same woman. Like you, the first one was just happenstance (I liked her work, but didn’t pick her specifically because she was a woman), but I really bonded with her and have literally flown across the country to have her do some touchups on a piece she did 25 years ago. My 2nd was…

Exactly. I worked for a now-defunct new media company in the late 90s-early 00s, and it was definitely dudebro anarchy— and yes, some of the shenanigans (blow-up dolls hanging from the ceiling?) were both unnecessary and obnoxious— as was the content we produced— but it was actually a decent group of guys. Purile and…

What a goofy response to this minnie-drama!

I don’t know you, but for some reason the idea of you sitting alone in your office of one, happily costumed in your popcorn suit, makes me very happy. I hope you enjoy every second of it!

My husband and I spent 2+ years on opposite coasts due to work stuff, sometimes not even texting each other for days due to schedule and time zone differences, and only seeing each other in person for a week or so every 2-3 months. We had a great marriage before, but the separation really made us closer for exactly…

How can he justifiably argue that it’s false and defamatory when he issued an apology statement?! Wouldn’t that just get dismissed right off the bat?

My husband’s favorite part of the show is watching Clint obviously pine for Joanna. He’s convinced Clint has some really creepy stalker shrine with candles and locks of her hair hidden behind some door in his workshop.

The Secretary also had self-aware humor. And good writing. And good acting.

Tangent: Archivist here. My old apartment blg had a “library” in the basement where people could leave old books (and bookshelves), but it was a big building and eventually the “library” began to run out of space. So I would sneak down at night and surreptitiously weed the “collection.” I slowly but surely recycled an…

Aren’t they kind of early this year? I haven’t lived here very long, but I thought they were more of a fall/winter thing than a summer thing. But I guess we’re close enough to fall, though... Now I’m hearing flash flood warnings for the Antelope Valley area... don’t know if that will help or hinder things. Water—…

I visited Sacre Coeur last year, and despite all of the very prominent “Shut up and don’t take flash photos” signs in multiple languages and with very obvious pictographs, my friend and I were nearly run down by a gang of elderly Polish pilgrims being led by a nun. A nun! They were all wearing their little pilgrimage…

I’ve had the opposite experience— I recently overheard a couple of well-toned, tastefully-ombred-hair mommies bitching in Whole Foods [!] about how they resent that their children will be financially burdened by having to pay taxes to support programs for people [like me] who don’t have children when they age, and…

Yeah, those lawless thugs who pulled down that statue of King George III in Bowling Green in 1776 should definitely been punished. Because that way lies chaos.

True, yes, but I think it’s also been done in very specific ways to very specific ends... think of how Arya appeared in the previous episode when she arrived back at Winterfell. Her outfit wasn’t only about practicality— she was a DEAD RINGER for her father. She wore her hair in the same style, had the same jerkin...…

Good point, and plays out in reverse, as well— Brienne is valued for her physical skill and loyalty and thus shows herself to be an extremely competent asset/ally. Same with Missandei— when given freedom from slavery and provided with personal agency, she becomes an indispensable councilor.

Greil MARCUS, not Martin.

I’d wager it’s not so much legitimate mental illness so much as the Elvis syndrome: this kid’s been surrounded by a giant team of Yes-Men since before he hit puberty (obvs Elvis was older when he hit stardom, but the parallels are the same...)— he has never had to learn to function like an actual adult; he just has to…

Let’s not forget that the NRA ultimately exists not to philosophically defend the 2nd Amendment so much as it exists to SELL FIREARMS. And gun sales have absolutely tanked since SCROTUS took office precisely because his base knows that SCROTUS will not be coming for their precious guns. This is cynical capitalism at…