I have a boss who is 45, single, childless, and a workaholic (she works 70-80 hours a week by choice. Company culture doesn't dictate that she - or anyone - do that). I have two junior coworkers who are both late 20s, married and childless for now; they both want kids. And I can tell they don't really know what to do…

She said she likes straight girls because she likes a challenge. Really, really fucked up. I kind of hope the women she's slept with who thought she was a man see the ep and curse her out.

Ditto. I've talked here about how I'm on Match (though not for much longer, I don't think) and how there are scores of men of all races on there who say they don't want to date black women. I got a message from a white guy recently and checked out his profile before I read it. As always, I scrolled down to the section…

I'm not going to listen to it on account of how I'm trying to stick to doing things that are good for me, but I feel like they make total sense as a couple because their music sucks in precisely the same way.

Certainly no more classless than her hounding you for a present. My parents - and oh Lord, my grandmother - would hit me with a shoe if I pulled that crap.

I've said this before, but I went to a wedding during the brokest period of my life - just attending (travel, lodging) put me deeper in debt. I couldn't afford a gift. Not more than a week afterward, I got a thank-you note for coming to the wedding, and another when I could scrape together enough to buy them a gift…

The fuck? Go in jeans and a t-shirt in protest. That shit cray.

The solitary anonymity can be crushing. I mostly dig it - I love cities - but I also remember reading a passage in a novel about an elderly man who would spill shit at Starbucks just to have someone speak to him, and I completely understood that inclination.

Said it before, say it again: the number of men (including black men) on Match who check every box except black when it comes to the preferred races of their dates is not small. I had a white guy who fell into that category throw me a wink; I ignored him. (He was also posed shirtless and flexing in his profile pic,…

Friday Night Lights was great about that - characters wore the same clothes over and over, Matt Saracen, who was poor, wore Dillon Panthers clothes all the time because they were free, etc.

Me too - never heard the term "Boston Pancake."

Exactly. It looks like she only gained baby weight, and only what you're "supposed" to gain (I'm neither a doctor nor mother, but I've heard 25-35 pounds is advised). I'm sure she was eating very well throughout, and I think she was/is pretty physically active. She's also 5'10", so she can hide a few extra pounds on a…

I ... wow. Do you speak to them/let your kids see them?

My second cousin is a wonderful man: master's degree, has worked in higher Ed at an Ivy for decades (he'll be 50 next year), good to everyone including his mother who suffers from dementia, attends church regularly and sings in the choir (he might direct it, I forget), pleasant personality. It sounds corny, but he's a…

I do not mean this unkindly - I am seriously asking: are your in-laws well? They sound unwell to me, mentally.

Kathy Griffin does too, and I think Zoe Saldana (although I do think Zoe is naturally tall and lean, but I read a quote from her that was something like "When everyone's eating buffalo wings, I have to have the celery stick."). I really don't like this culture of effortless perfection - why is it bad to admit you work…

He's a true gentleman. Nine times out of ten, when the designers on that show have the "design for real women" challenge, they're all stank about it (there was one designer last season who was downright cruel to his model - and he was overweight himself!) but Tim Gunn NEVER plays that shit. When he had his show, he…

It's called Iman Skin Tone Evener BB Cream. It costs $20 on drugstore.com and comes in six shades.

I feel like Iman just Gets Shit Done. Oh, there's no BB cream for women of color? I'll just go 'head and make one, and by the way, you can totally get it on drugstore.com for a reasonable price. No big! (I use it, it's awesome.)

I've seen him twice too (paid for both times). He's great. He's a wee little thing though - didn't realize how small he was until I saw him live.