I'm wondering if Peggy is going to be able to hang with NY and keep that soon-to-be staggeringly expensive brown stone she owns. She just seems so frustrated with it and depressed that I'm afraid she's going to sell too early and move to CA.

I'm starting to think there is too much foreshadowing of her murder for her to actually get murdered. This show doesn't tend to be that obvious, but it may happen.

I was thinking EST while I watched the episode, but the T.Lo guys said it's too early for EST. I think it's too early for Scientology as well, but not certain. Also, there are a number of practicing Scientologist actors on the show so I doubt they would do a critical take on Scientology.

Your criticisms are valid. If you didn't like the character you didn't like the character. I do take issue with the assumption that no one cared about Theo and no fuss was made. I recently re-read the first quarter of the novel, and actually there WAS a lot of fuss. The Barbours just shielded him from a lot of it.…

Oh I looked at it. As I have responded to other people, it was a terrible pamphlet full of "do not" and "never ever" and generally just very shame-y and not terribly informative. It was obviously written by either the doctor or someone on his staff who didn't know how to present written information effectively. As for…

How much did you love Boris? I finished the book months ago and still find myself thinking about Boris. It takes a special kind of writer to make you love a character who is, by all accounts, an extremely flawed and deeply criminal human being.

Where do you work that people chat about The Goldfinch? I want your life. I think the last time I heard my coworkers chatting about a book it was 50 Shades of Grey. And that was over a year ago.

It is NOT disappointing. I HATED The Little Friend, loved The Secret History. (Obvs). Anyway, I think Goldfinch is better than The Secret History. It's like she took what was brilliant about TSH, ditched what was amateurish, honed her amazing vivid writing style, and gave us one of the best novels of the decade with…

I am SO happy for her! I loved The Goldfinch. It was one of the best books I have read in YEARS. I still think about the characters from time to time. Her writing is so vivid and brilliant. Love.Her.

I used to work in a really boring office and I never had enough work to do, so I would bring my Kindle and read discreetly while waiting for something to do. Anyway, I had heard this book was good so I downloaded it to read in the office. BIG mistake. HUGE. I sat there, having to stifle my uncontrollable sobbing while…

Meow!

I'm TX so talk about lack of funding! What drives me crazy is that all the insane anti-choicers will dump money to in funding pregnant Medicaid but won't put more funding into the Women's Health Program or sex education outreach. I want to put a birth control vending machine in our lobby, lol. I also wish that the job…

What I think is interesting, what's really interesting to me is how culturally biased this is. Case in point, we're assuming a couple of things:

I work in eligibility, too! What state are you in? And also, yes, teeth problems generally contribute to the cycle of poverty.

I could have written this post. I can not afford, nor do I want, to quit working. My husband makes an ok living as a public defender, but it's not like we're rolling in dough. If we lost my income and health insurance it would really put a dent in our life. My mother lives two hundred miles away. She also still works…

It pisses me right the hell off, ESPECIALLY knowing the poor thing has been declawed. I really fucking hate humanity sometimes.

Goddamnit. Bobcats are wild animals. They are not house pets. Sure he's gentle until he eats your other pets and claws your eyes out. People are so fucking stupid. I just hope Rocky gets to go live in a wild life sanctuary instead of getting put down by animal control.

Exactly. This is the very definition of insanity. Be in the wedding, knock yourself out. Just don't buy yet another crazy dress. I would basically tell her that, too. "Cousin, listen, you know I love you and you know I really want to be in this wedding. I just can't buy another dress right now. For one thing, my…

Exactly. The woman has resources at her disposal that most people can only dream about. She could have a personal trainer show up at her mansion in the Hills every morning for workouts. She could have her food delivered to her door by one of those healthy food service things. This has to do with the endorsement and…

That is ridiculous! Destination bachelor party AND wedding? No. As an old person who has been through this too many times, I say give half that shit a firm "NO." Tell him what your budget is and what you can swing. This is insanity.