This whole thing is so insane that the only reasonable explanation I can think of is that Scientology has something WORSE on them they threatened to let leak if they didn’t write these letters. Kusher/Kunis do not seem unintelligent, and in general seem to have lived a pretty settled, steady existence since they got…

I grew up in the midwest with a very solid 4 seasons. I now live in SoCal and for a while a friend of mine from childhood also lived in California (a bit up north, but inland). She referred to this time of year as the “October Rage”. As folks used to pretty classic 4 seasons, it is hard to get used to football, soup,…

Oh man - my abusive (fortunately not physically abusive) used to threaten to kill himself pretty much every time I called him out on his bad behavior (because he was also a cheater). I should have 5150'ed him to make a point, but I couldn’t think straight when I was in the middle of it. I imagine that this probably…

I think that Fashion is still struggling to find its relevance and tone in the “new normal”. I think part of that is getting people to care about fun, interesting looks again after the last 3 years of sweatpants and the same 5 t-shirts on rotation. A lot of Fashion (i.e. the high-end houses that the magazines report…

The guy who said “I’ve never had anyone call me racist...” is really missing the last part of it which “to my face”. I assure sir, many people have identified you as racist and chosen to not say it to your face. Probably because I can only assume you also have a gun and “don’t antognize crazy” is a pretty good life…

Oh man - as the kids say “I feel seen.” My now ex-husband did this exact same thing. He was not nearly as successful as this dude, but he never adjusted the to fact that he was in fact, a not particularly remarkable dude, with a very comfortable, but not particularly exciting life. In addition constantly buying cars…

Is it just me - or like every time you apply for any type of job or the like don’t you have to plug in your school, dates attended and degree? It’s a bit of a problem for me because my degrees (undergrad and graduate) are in a somewhat specific field that often is not in the pull down. Like say I have B.S. in Asian…

I have found myself needing to do some closet clearing this fall. Mostly, I just - wore the same clothes for the last 3 years. Stuff is pilled, stained, has holes, is pitted out, and just tired. When I go to get dressed to interact with polite society - I find that I have to pick through a lot of junk to find…

SNL did a sketch a few weeks ago with Keke Palmer (and pretty much all the women cast members) that was like one of those “join our class action lawsuit PSA” commercials you see, except for people that had been slighted by being or being perceived as a former love interest of Drake. I’m an old and I don’t really…

This is my world.  I have a very good Bosch dishwasher, but it gets run maybe twice a week ... like Sunday/Monday after food prep-o’rama on the weekend and then again ... maybe Friday.  So sure - a small plate that had a single piece of toast on it can go right in.  But like reheated pasta with sauce and cheese from…

I had the same take on it. Discussing abortion has become a no win situation for many Republicans. Saying there should be even a few exceptions, that pisses of the dogmatic no abortion ever crowd, but saying no exceptions pisses off those that realize that is insane and dangerous.  This guy had one job which was talk…

I feel like ABNB tried to disrupt an industry that didn’t need to be disrupted. Unlike taxis, there were already pretty decent solutions for lodging options for most needs. Business travel - usually expensing and need to stay in a specific location (close to the work to be done). Traveling solo and need an inexpensive…

I know right... I feel like the follow-up question should be - “so this is a deeply heald personal stance that she has? This what she truely believes and we can quote her on that? She will stand-by this assertion regardless of evidence or consequences?”

I mean its like the Michael Pollan catch phrase - eat food, not too much, mostly plants. I realize that is an oversimplification for many complicated reasons... but “most things in moderation” is usually where most of us need to end up.

Disclaimer: I am not up on the super semantics of who said what when, so not really able to parse the details. That said, there are plenty of ways to dodge creatively without actually saying in public “this person is lying”  That seems to be the crux of the argument by the woman in this case.  You publicly accused me…

I mean obviously the answer is “florid narcissism”, but what is always a head scratcher to me is why these people don’t quietly live out their retirement living well off the spoils of whatever corruption and insider trader gains they accumulated over a lifetime of priviledge. If dude was 32 in ‘79... that means he’s…

I’ve lived both of these scenarios and I have to agree that being without washer/dryer is a bigger issue than being without dishwasher. When I moved into my house, no dishwasher, but had a washer and dryer. I did a big remodel and was without both for 3 months. With dishes - you can do a lot of things to minimize how…

I feel like fashion tries to do this to us almost every fall. Making a well cut, well designed piece of outerwear is quite time and labor intensive. Since bodies come in so many shapes and sizes, it may be challenging to make a tailored look that has super-mass-market appeal. As a result, I feel like every fall…

Obviously I hate this law for all the gazillion reasons, but I kind of like this first test case in terms of showing the ridiculousness of the law, but not actually being ridiculous. The (disbarred) lawyer filing the case is not going to go on a rambling crazy screed. He’s got a history of legal problems of his own,…

I read an interesting bit on Malicious Compliance about how to effectively make a data set useless... and while it is tempting to harass high profile figures, most data managers can easily account for that.  They key is to flood the database with random, inconsistent, poorly structured data such that the data set as…