I have a friend who has struggled with anorexia and does the same thing. As her friend, is it helpful if I accept these sweets and eat them in her presence? I always feel funny about it, but I accept out of politeness. We’re very open about her struggles, but I can’t quite bring myself to say to her that it makes me…

All I could think of during Weekend Update was what Tina or Amy or even Jimmy Freaking Fallon would have done. SO tired of all this Hillary is awful BS they were pushing. She is ultra-qualified and way more charismatic than many male candidates (and the 2 hosts of Weekend Update put together).

This happened in Canada years ago (although our 3rd party is well-established). The conservatives moved far right when they were effectively taken over by our version of the Tea Party (aka the Reform Party), then lost badly and reformed as the “new” conservatives, at which point they governed for a very long time. The…

She might be the most compelling actor going right now.

The death-rattle of bigotry. (I mostly believe this and desperately hope it.)

My first thought: great, another position most of us who are qualified won’t have a sniff at.

This is our problem with the in-laws too: she blames him but he acquires while she refuses to throw anything away. Including the drapes from their first apartment in Chicago, in the 70s. Like, what is the plan for these? Or what is the sentimental attachment?

This is always the conundrum. “This has value!” is said of items like those beer steins that only have value in their use. Keeping them in a box or pile for a billion years only causes them to disintegrate and be ultimately useless.

We are going through this with my in-laws too. They can’t pass up a Goodwill or any kind of second-hand store. We did have to remove some items because their was a minor flood in their basement (which is so full it can’t be used anymore. When things were most successful was when I sat with my father-in-law and…

How does she get down the stairs without using the railing?

Actually it is. There are lots of migrant workers but they don’t seem to be particularly integrated into local life there.

Please don’t use ancient culture as a defence in these cases. A) Ancient cultures had many practices that were totally unsupportable by today’s standards b) our “evidence” for locs in ancient sources is terribly unstable and c) you’re using ancient cultures as a byword for Greek, Roman, and maybe Egyptian, as though…

The best luck I’ve had (with exactly the body you describe), is Calvin Klein tailored dresses (the kind sold in department stores). They look tailored and are flattering and I’ve never had to get one altered. They are the ONLY ones like this.

Why is day 2 when the floodgates open? This is a new phenomenon to me, post-birth.

Can there be a specialist for sports bras on freshly-showered skin?

Bichon mix AKA best dog ever. Great with kids, hypoallergenic, can hang on the couch all day or hike 20kms. Like a living teddy bear.

So they’ll be paying a standard adjunct rate, right?

Are they coming for my long-sleeved swim shirt? And the long, loose pants I often wear. No. Because I am blonde and white. That is all this is about- discriminating against a specific group. At what point are they flat-out banning women head-scarved Muslim women from the beach? This is not the way to prevent extremism.

That tile is everywhere in North America. It makes my blood run cold.

The use argument always bothers me. So much of what you learn through subjects is far more important than the subject itself. Learning is a holistic process.