Different strokes, perhaps? My husband has worked for wineries for the past decade, and is currently the GM of one on California’s central coast.

I’ve never seen a whole episode of Kardashians—everything I know about them I know from Jezebel—and I’d be inclined to agree with Cherith, just based on my general pop culture knowledge and watching of the NY Housewives.

Almost everyone who works in the wine industry shortens cabernet sauvignon to ‘cab sauv’ in casual conversation. ‘Cab franc’ happens all day long too.

The half-and-half placed out on the bar is explicitly meant to be used as creamer for plain coffees, as when you order more than 4oz of milk at Starbucks, you are charged for it.

I love Sylvain. How much? I live in California and I’ve been four times in the last three years.

Advertising would mean Kotaku is being paid by Hot Toys. Just because the article-writer clearly wants everyone to buy this toy doesn’t mean that this is advertising. I assume because nothing is clearly marked, that this is not sponsored content, and Hot Toys isn’t paying Kotaku/Univision anything.

There is an edit button, but it’s only available for about 10 minutes after you comment (the time limit is an anti-troll mechanism).

There is a weirdly pervasive right wing belief that California is constantly threatening to secede the union (in truth, we mostly just flex at the fed, but that’s not even close to seceding).

I was being lighthearted in my use of the word, but really “excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner,” isn’t too far off in my case. It really depends on a person’s definition of excessive. One person’s excessive attachment is another person’s totally comfortable normal.

Yeah, I’m pretty pissed at him. We—Californians, as a state—pay an inordinate amount in taxes to the federal government relative to many other states, so we deserve aid and a few kind words regardless of ideological differences. Do we hate him? Yes (excepting the dust bowl parts of the central valley). Are we still…

Congrats on seven years, and never feel bad about your codependence! Some relationships work like that, and that’s ok too. My husband and I haven’t spent more than 10 days apart in the past ten years, and it’s not forced at all, just how we operate.

I agree, someone down thread mentioned that the NDAs are probably unenforceable, which I hope so. I would like to Rose be as loud as she wants from now on.

These fires are stressing me out not because they’re big but because they seem especially unmanageable. Last year there was a huge fire very close to where we live and it did get a couple of houses, but it was contained relatively quickly—praise be to the fire fighters. Now, I feel like every time I check Facebook,…

I’m worried she is going to be punished mightily for it. She’s obviously past giving a fuck (which I admire) but it’s painfully obvious that her careful speech for years is the result of a particularly harsh NDA related to her settlement.

Actually, sometimes the royalties on ebooks are just fine! (My best friend is an author.) It’s all based on whatever deal their agent worked out with the publisher, or if they’re self-published, whatever they list at.

Marry me.

Kelly, this is such a great take and I hope sincerely that the powers that be (including those mentioned here) see it, read it, and take it seriously.

In this case it was probably a fine thing to say to them. Dancers are performers who are playing a role, and part of that role is aesthetic, same as actors and models.

I know what you were trying to say: skinny shaming isn’t real in the same way that reverse racism isn’t real. They are both not real things. That’s the analogy you made.

Congrats on being more patient and diplomatic than I.