Saying that a beautiful former model is wearing a lovely outfit isn’t treasonous. It just means you haven’t completely let partisanship destroy your objectivity. I say you win!

Samesies

Quaker is within Pepsi, so does Pepsi count as a brand? Trader Joe’s has their own branded cereals, so there. We made it to 5!

They plan to go to 10. Only 2 more :-(

Thank you! I kept thinking throughout this thred “if she is conversing with him in a language she speaks/spoke and he uses a term out of context from another of her languages, isn’t it pretty likely that her brain would fill in a similar word that makes more sense in context?” Also, it’s entirely possible that his…

See I look at Mrs. Macron and also see someone who is dressed inappropriately. That dress is too short for a diplomatic meeting. And Melania’s is also inappropriate. I’m willing to chalk both of their faux pas up to the fact that they’re newbs.

I wasn’t a huge fan of her book, but I’m currently reading “Drop the Ball” by Tiffany Dufu and think it’s really great! It’s less directly about advancing in the work/corporate world and more about rethinking/reorganizing roles in the home. So long as women bear most of the responsibility in the home and expect their…

I always knew that our financial situation was precarious. My dad was a carpenter and so was in and out of work with the business cycle. My mom was a teacher, so she had a steady but low income until she had worked for the same district for years and gotten a masters. And we were obviously not as well off as many of…

Hmmm ... I’m starting to wonder if so many of mine are because the weddings involved grad students, so more than half of the people there (e.g., at least one person’s family plus their friends plus all grad school friends) were traveling significant distances for the festivities. I anticipate that we’ll do something…

So it used to just be the wedding party after the actual wedding rehearsal would eat dinner together and the bride and groom would maybe give them little gifts for standing up with them. But it seems to have ballooned into a dinner for all guests the night before the wedding. It makes sense if you have lots of people…

She was amazing in it!

It is so cold in my apartment (even though it says it is over 70 up in here, which simply cannot be), so I’m drinking mint hot chocolate while watching The Americans, season 3. I’m also texting back and forth with my best friend’s husband, talking him into getting grillz made when he’s deployed to the ME this Spring.…

I did that last year! It is awesome. And it has made me way pickier about folding, deciding what to buy, etc. Now my boyfriend just needs to do that and then the closet can truly be Konmari’d. Still working through some of the other categories (papers is surprisingly hard).

Oh my gosh, so much! I was going to go to the grocery store, cook all the things, clean, do my accounting homework, do some digital housework, and check out a new gym today. I checked out the gym and that’s it. Maybe tomorrow.

I’ve gotten that. My response was simply, “You are incorrect.” I’m attractive and don’t need some random dude to validate that. They fumble for response and its adorable.

I don’t know why, but I love the Rock. Congrats to him!!

I bought the first HP book for my pseudo-nephew several years ago (he was probably a bit young) and he said he didn’t like Harry Potter because it is too scary. This year: he asked me for the next book for Christmas. And he’s having a Harry Potter birthday (in April) that he invited me to. Those books are great for…

I still love Esprit! It’s super big in Germany still and whenever I’m there I have to fight the urge to buy up about a third of the store. My two favorite summer dresses are from there!

OMG, that is an amazing point! I can’t wait until I start my new job and sign up for an FSA. I started due to a car accident and it really does help minimize the shoulder pain still!

Yoga (or exercise more generally) has been an incredibly important form of self-care. When I don’t exercise regularly I am grouchy and tired. Yoga has been really helpful the last year and a half or so to deal with stress while finishing my dissertation and going on the job market.