Huh? I do not understand your comment at all. Misfit Toy seemed to take significant exception to the speculation about Portia, surmising JoeMcBlow was easily distracted. I was curious whether she had watched the season or was just reacting to speculation about an actress' plastic surgery in general, since it is clear…

I am exceedingly proud to have made the exact same anchor joke as the estimable LaComtesse. :)

If he is, he's certainly not the only one. I too found it hugely distracting. Did you watch the season? Are you an AD fan? Just curious if your objection to this speculation about Portia's work is just general or you actually watched seasons 1-4 and didn't think it was jarring at all?

"Lindsay Lohan got her whole family anchor necklaces because they're anchors in her life."

Anna, that theory sounds good, but Mitch Hurwitz and co are also smart enough, if that was their intent, to NOT use that "Lindsey had plastic surgery" makeup during the scenes in Season 4 that happen directly after Season 3 scenes. She clearly had work done- the duck lips and china doll complexion are dead giveaways.…

I was right where you are. I called it nectar of the gods and said that if The Divine Being came down from on high to tell me I could only drink water and one other beverage for the rest of my life, I'd choose Diet Coke (bye bye beloved white wine). And then a year and a half ago I read some horrific article about…

Can we make a pact, on Jezebel at least, that we DO NOT VALIDATE anti-abortion conservatives by referring to them as "pro-life." I am a pro-choice liberal and I am decidedly "pro-life" - the life of the mother, the life of babies, the life of women, life in general. "Pro-life" in place of anti-abortion is a nasty…

Goddamn, religion sucks. It's amazing to me that the Church of England has any moral leg to stand on since it was founded on letting Henry XVIII divorce rather than behead his wife. Why do we care now? Because we expect it to be different? Religion (of ANY ilk) is NEVER different in how it treats women, gay people, or…

That's a significant (and unsurprising) bummer, but on a semi-related note: am I the only one who absolutely loathes Manhola Dargis? She writes like a graduate film student, trying to cram in to her reviews as much pseudo-intellectual film history as she can. She's the worst. Love me some Stephanie Zacherek, though.

Anna can sometimes be exceptionally glib when it comes to sexual misconduct. She said she could get behind Selena Gomez (20 years old) dating Jaden Smith (14 years old). She thought some weird sexually aggressive posturing by Kathy Griffin was totes hilarious. Now she refers to Polanski's rape of a child as "patchy"…

Now I will engage for a second. So you believe that a full-grown woman's life is more than that of a fetus (congrats to you for being human, BTW)? You JUST said that a fetus is a life, but yet you are okay with killing a new life for an old one. How does that work, in your morality?

Thanks! What else do you hold in the same regard, or nearly? I like to approximate my enjoyment by pinning it to other things a recommender also enjoys. For example, if someone were to say about a TV rec, "there's a great new show that's as good as Arrested Development and Parks & Rec and Sherlock" I'd be devouring in…

Any reason why your endorsements of my posts are giving you/me the Kinja 404 death? I clicked on your name finally to see what you are about so I could guess what comments of mine you were promoting and got this post... Fucking, AMEN, sister, preach on. And, thanks.

Awesome. Thank you. I will read very soon. I go on staycation in two weeks for two weeks and that's my window. I really really appreciate the insightful nudge. :)

Thanks! This helps. What are your second, third favorites? I always think it's telling about book recommendations what else a person has loved, because my mother likes to give me book recs and yawwwwwnnnnnnn, we don't like the same literature. Movies we can do, TV we can do, but not books. My literature faves are…

What, if anything, do you compare it to, reward-wise? I am wondering if you ever read Ulysses and if that impacts your thinking, because I did and it was such tough going but to this day one of the most rewarding reading experiences of my life. Also like that: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Thanks for the…

So, is Infinite Jest worth it? Due to my love and respect for all things Ken Tremendous, on his advice I have it downloaded. However, I never find the time/headspace/balls to dive in. Tell me I am a moron for not taking the plunge so maybe I'll get off my ass!

Taste the happy, BananaStandby.

As you can tell from my handle, my inner dork re: Arrested Development is not so inner. Sunday morning I should be packing to move apartments but will instead be pouring myself a glass of Cloudmir and consuming all 7 hours in one big gulp. I swear to a most benevolent god, rainy East Coast weather must be in cahoots…

I will watch Jiro tonight (unless I get suckered once again into more Top Gear episodes- been watching/rewatching their great challenge ones. Just saw the Vietnam motorcycle trek which was SO good). Which one is the Supermax one? That sounds right up my alley.