Fun facts to know and tell....thanks for these tidbits.

A non-linguistic example of this is the American preference for coffee over tea....in the 17th century, when my ancestors departed the native isle, coffee was the British beverage of choice. Tea was just barely available, very expensive and no one but the very wealthy could afford it. In the late 18th and early 19th…

Dear Rest of the World:

Good for you! I hope you enjoyed it. It was front page news in the Statesman today.

That would be cool, howdy, Seth!

FWIW:

I'm pretty sure the press release says all the Alamo Drafthouses in Texas will have it.

Happy fucking holidays, dammit.

Thank you for reminding me who the one is that gets carried around. I was thinking it was this Iggy person. Sorry, cannot tell these people apart.

Dear Kara, Thank you for at last explaining to me who this Iggy Azalea person is.

My friend just brought me a dozen homemade tamales...so fresh from her kitchen. I immediately ate 4 of them, had a glass of wine and nodded off on the couch. Happy Solstice!

I used to "know" George C. when we were children in KY — my family usually sat behind his family at church and little Georgie was often turned around looking around the church in the wrong direction. He was 3 and I was 6, so I thought he was just a little punk kid, unworthy of my attention. His father was the…

That 13 minute advertisement, or whatever it is, was directed by Norman Lloyd, who is still among the living and turned 100 last month. He is usually known as a character actor, but he has done a lot of directing and producing as well.

Thank you, Ted Carnival Cruz.

"...once he was comfortable at home all zipped up in his gimp suit." This! Brilliant. *snorts* *is glad she didn't take a sip of anything right before she read that*

Thanks for the link. I didn't know, either. Next thing to be outlawed: birthday cake with candles, because ..... pagan. Actually just a wild guess.

Thanks for this. Excellent post. Go ahead with that one about the Iraqi army fleeing instead of fighting. I'll read the whole thing.

Unfortunately, what you describe is not uncommon at all. Sad but true. The only way for it to become uncommon is through the empowerment of women and straight talking, in which we must all engage. Thank you for sharing.

And then there are the ones who literally don't realize what happened because of ..... unconsciousness. Egads.

It's hundreds, if not thousands. Probably up to 10 a night at the Playboy mansion alone, and that was for decades on end. Maybe he didn't actually have intercourse with all of them, but I'm talking instances of drugging/molesting. I say it looks pretty bad at this point and just keeps getting worse.