I'm so confused by your comment, the point you're trying to make, and why you're personally upset with me for being a fan of Joan Rivers. If you don't like her, that's perfectly okay. Just like anything in the arts, it's completely subjective. For example, I never really liked Seinfeld's act and show more than mild…

Yeah, she sure was. She made racist jokes, sexist jokes, fat jokes, etc. etc. I'm not excusing her act, or saying I agree with everything she said. (I'm fat, by the way!) However, I can differentiate between her act and the person she was. I admire her resilience & her ability to roll with the punches. I'd challenge…

Already watching "A Piece of Work." She was such a beast.

You fucking nailed it. I'll drink to that.

Kind of knew this was coming and still genuinely sad to hear the news. Unapologetic, badass, SURVIVOR. She came back from Carson. She came back from her husband's suicide and a damn near empty bank account. She came back from the haters time and time again. She owned her surgeries, the pressure she felt as a woman,…

"I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream richer. There were the most beautiful bevies of girls everywhere I looked in Des Moines that afternoon—they were coming home from high school—but I had no time for thoughts like that…So I rushed past the…

Agreed! I live in Chicago now, but really enjoy my time back home for visiting. Having grown up just south of Des Moines knowing what it once was and how awesome it is now?? People don't know what they're missing. And hell yeah. We were okay with all the wedded gays way back in 2009.

I'm just here to say Iowa is fucking awesome, and you should want to visit.

Right?? Plus I'm fearing for my general health at that point & hauling to a doc/calling a 24 hour nurse situation.

100%. Sexy time over. We're done here.

Oh my god! I practically hunched over in pain grabbing my guts just reading that!!

Hahaha, well then my hat off to you! I just think the malarkey lies in the "oh hey, let's take that bad boy out here in the bedroom." Nope. Ima file that under bathroom duty.

Yeah, there's no fucking way lover boy is coming in the bathroom AT ALL if that's going down. The second I realize what it is, I'm hauling ass to the bathroom & turning on a scalding hot shower before even trying to remove it. And I'm locking the door behind me until I've scoured my ladybits with Comet. I may not call…

Thanks, that's how I see this. Erin calls her the boss & then says it's a flimsy excuse in the same paragraph. We are not owed anything as viewers.

Is it a flimsy excuse, or is it simply the way she feels about it? As you said, plenty of shows have discussed it and done it well, but why is it considered an excuse if she just doesn't want to go there? She is the boss, and then not to mention the execs she has to go through. I think it's perfectly fine if she'd…

Ohhhh the delightfully flappy ears!

HAHAHA SHUT UP. I never saw that! Oh lord.

Oh no. Ohhhh, Spirit. Fire your PR/Marketing/Advertising squad. This was a horrible idea.

That's an awesome gif.

Well said. I think what bothers me about the Holderness family is that they act as if it's all about the kids and the family, but really it just reads as them holding a sign that says, LOOK AT ME, LOOK HOW FUNNY WE ARE AND HOW MUCH WE LOVE OUR KIDS. (That'd be a pretty big ass sign.) If you want a career in show…