Is it un-feminist of me to skip the convention because I will probably have to take my kid to a million Halloween parties and events and things that weekend? Serious question!

All my life, but I still have Hope.

Right? I only have so much time, money, and brainpower. And my kid’s childhood is short. Props to you for your success in exposing your students to good things! I admire that very much. I’m not built for teaching, but my career has been devoted to supporting those who do.

I have not, which is a sad blank-spot on my Mike Judge-viewing resume!

I don’t take elitist as an insult.

If we don’t teach children to uphold the value of art, which is emotionally stimulating as well as thought-provoking, we are raising a nation of idiots.

The sad thing is, there are MANY parents who will take their kid(s) to see this because 1. it’s marketed as a “kids” movie therefore it must be ok for family viewing and 2. they are familiar with emojis so they are more likely to spend their money seeing this movie than something they don’t know, which is exactly how…

“Every animal screams because screaming is fun”
 

“...policy could prove extremely disruptive to the individual insurance markets.” Essentially, removing the mandate could discourage healthy individuals from buying insurance in the Obamacare marketplaces, thus “putting the individual insurance market at risk of spinning into a death spiral if Senate and House…

This is great news overall, but I can’t find any information on how to submit to the screenwriting lab. Is it available to Blacklist members only? How do they choose who gets to participate? It costs $25 a month to post a script on Blacklist and beyond that, you have to do a lot of work, and pay even more money to…

I see that this movie has been Stefon-approved. It has everything: music, dancing, Wolverine, Michelle Williams, acrobats, Young Romantic Couple, sideshow freaks, bootstraps, heart-to-hearts, high society, revisionist history, children...what did they NOT cram into this?

Well, CBS does like to pander to its elderly white audiences...

If you’ve ever been stuck listening to That One Guy who insists on telling you about his “craziest antics”, you know that he is pretty much overselling himself.

How did I not know about this until now? This book is riveting - one of the few I’ve actually read more than a few times. I can’t wait to see a tv adaption! (Although the Isaacson brothers look to be way younger than I pictured them. I guess we’re doing the CW version of “The Alienist”.)

I wonder if any of this is related to the wider acceptance of divorce in our culture (some parts of it anyway). Absolutely anecdotal evidence - many of the friends I met in my post-college days had a “starter marriage” in their mid/late 20's. After remarrying, they went on to have kids. I was in the same boat.…

Binging 4 episodes last night was my Mother’s Day gift to myself. I love this show so much.

My husband is diabetic, not from lifestyle choices but because it’s a genetic condition for him, inherited from his father. It’s possible that our son will have it too one day. It sure is inconsiderate of him and his ancestors to have kept breeding!

I am a perfect mom because I am not spending my kid’s college education $ on branded beauty bars. (Generics for the win!)

Kristin Cavallari in 2015: “Chicago’s just not home.”

I think the briefly part is especially important. It’s easy to say “wow, 300,00 a year”, but that’s not like a corporate gig where you’re guaranteed that every year that you work (plus you get healthcare benefits, 401K matches, and bonuses).