True story: I found Jezebel a looong time ago, and the coverage of the 2008 primary season was SO GOOD and it was one of the first things that made me interested in politics. And to think that I thought the 08 Republican primary was nuts...

i know a hot bank robber. it makes it better.

My usual line is “Buddy, the lady isn’t interested” which has the added bonus of sounding like I fell off the set of Boardwalk Empire and confuses people so they just leave.

Back in the 80s, a friend from college invited me to be her bridesmaid. We lived hundreds of miles from each other, and had only exchanged brief letters in the years since graduation. I shouldn’t have accepted, but I thought it would be fun to see her and the people we used to hang out with.

This is a long one, but I think it’s pretty great. Please excuse any typos.

Two friends from college got married, and it was a doozy of a wedding. My friends actually went to college with my best friend from high school, so over the course of college and the following decade her friends became mine, and vice versa.…