Yes, I was just thinking that myself!

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Yup, yup, yup. Thank you, I came in just to say the same thing!

Wow. Wow. Wow. There’s a lot going on here, but: “not to mention my string of Latina girlfriends”

This has really, really, really brightened my day. I can’t stop laughing, watching this guy’s commercials on YouTube, looking at that birthday cake photo in the linked article, etc.. Thank you helping lift my funk, I really needed this!

I agree! Love brunch, still agree that it's often ridiculous (especially in San Francisco).

Internet hugs right back at you! <3 <3 <3

I'm empathizing so hard with you right now — I'm so happy that you've "come out the other side" with a stronger sense of self and self-worth. I'm just now making that transition after a long, tortured relationship that feels very similar to the couple you described and uff, that's hard work. I'm looking forward to…

1. It looks like he's slimmed down for this role.

Oooh, I miss those!

Yes! Yes please! I don't want to wait until Halloween either!

Amen to that!

Oh boy, she sounds exhausting!

Can I commiserate with you? I very rarely check my text messages or my cell phone even, — especially once I get home at the end of my day. And my phone is always on vibrate, so I rarely hear messages in the moment. People sometimes think I'm avoiding them or giving them the cold shoulder because I only reply hours…

Ufff, mean stuff on RateMyProf is the worst... I wish there were a way to say, "I'm not your jr. high school teacher and you are no longer a child!" without, you know, actually saying that. I teach mainly small seminars and feel like I can get away with correcting my students in a playful way to try to offset the…

Oooh, this is a tough one. When I worked at a large, private uni on the East Coast, I very, very rarely got "Miss" in the classroom or in the halls. Once I moved to the west coast and started working at a smaller state school, it happened all the time. In my case (not saying that it's your own, of course), I realized…

Oh, agreed — absolutely!

Uh, that's adorable. And it reminds me of my father attempting to interact with very small children. Once I found him putting on an impromptu puppet performance for my cousins (then aged 3-5) with animal puppets. He named the fox puppet "Ms. Pepper." The performance was truly inspired.

I like "warden," but in a Wuthering Heights way not an Orange is the New Black way.

I totally agree. Framing this as a kid vs. dog argument seems pretty ludicrous to me. It's a public space, and different people like to take advantage of public spaces in different ways. With and without kids. With and without dogs. Also: poop happens! Who cares! That's why conscientious dog owners pick up after their…