Yes, and I believe 40 Santa Rosa firefighters lost their homes while fighting to save others’ lives and homes. It’s truly Inspiring to see that kind of dedication and selflessness in action.

With someone that volatile and irrational, she may have been afraid of what he’d do to her when they got home if she defended you :(

If you have to declare how woke you are, you’re probably not all that woke...

This is a beautiful comment ~ thank you. I hope you and your family are doing ok in the aftermath of these horrible fires.

I grew up in Santa Rosa, have family there, and live close enough that I’ve been up several times in the past couple of weeks. The devastation to Santa Rosa is heartbreaking, but what is heartening is that the community is really pulling together, and most of the city is intact, with stores open and services …

These people lie about literally everything. They lie as easily as mammals breathe. They lie as reliably as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. They lie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They lie in their dreams; they lie when they’re awake. They lie to their priest, their rabbi, their therapist, and…

I’m so glad modern cars have doors that lock automatically when the car is put into gear!

You were smart to run. God only knows what someone that sick in the head might have done if you’d tried to confront him.

I read a lot more than whiffs. I’m the furthest thing from a Hollywood insider, and I’ve known for years that Harvey Weinstein is a sexual predator.

Didn’t Heldermann end up going to jail over the blackmail attempt?

I remember GP giving that speech, and it struck me as so odd and overly emotional in the wrong way, somehow. It made me really uncomfortable, and I remember the camera panning to her mother in the audience, and she looked sort of stricken at the state her daughter was in on that stage.

Oh, what the fuck is going on with healthcare EOs??? I’ve been completely focused on the NorCal fires this week and haven’t been following politics at all. Santa Rosa is my hometown and I have friends & family there, so it’s been a tough few days. :(

It’s become quite clear that Matt, Ben, and Casey are all assholes of the first order.

“He is an old dinosaur learning new ways.”

I’ve always wondered what Gwyneth Paltrow had to do to get the role in Shakespeare in Love, and to have Weinstein go full court press to get her the Best Actress Oscar. She won over Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth, ffs. No way was that on the merits.

It’ll be really interesting to have one “traditional” princess in Kate, i.e. someone who’s not outspoken and devotes her attention primarily to home & hearth, and one untraditional princess in Meghan, i.e. someone who’s very media savvy and accustomed to putting herself out there for work, charitable causes, etc. The…

Well, my comment was tongue in cheek, but I was referring to the fact that in the past, girl/boyfriends of royals have always had to be incredibly discreet about their relationships, never speaking publicly and certainly never giving interviews to the press. Kate didn’t speak publicly about her relationship with…

A cozy Christmas ensconced in Kensington Palace with Prince Harry, planning your very fancy wedding, sounds pretty nice. :)

Agreed. The way she talked about their love being private now, but soon they’ll have to share it with the world ~ it’s pretty plain they’re already engaged. A girlfriend, with no firm commitment from Harry, would have been kicked to the curb so fast it would have made her head spin after blathering on like that.…

Just as a reality check ... some people (me, for example) have kids in their late 30s/early 40s and everything works out fine.