John Adams: “I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain.”

I’d hate to be the graphic artist who was hired to design that t-shirt.

I dunno, I’m okay thinking it’s bad to fully elevate pets to human status and act like your dog is literally equivalent to a human being. It’s especially awful if you’re equating your loss of a pet or a pet’s medical hardships to someone loss of a human family member or friend or human illness.

It’s ok, when the elf-having kids age a little more and find out it’s all a lie, they will feel betrayal and confusion towards their parents. The non-elf having (or non-santa pushing) families will not, at least not for that reason.

I wouldn't say the kids are picked on, they just feel left out. Weirdly, several of my Muslim students had elves even though they don't celebrate Xmas.

My sister: I’m thinking of getting Elf on the Shelf for the kids, what do you think?

I’m for this (with caution). I worked in a Swedish pre-school in a fairly multi-cultural area of Stockholm, and we once had a minor issue when a Dad from a patriarchal society kicked off when he saw his son running around school in a princess dress. (Swedish gender neutrality means not that we don’t have princess…

As the mother of 2 boys, I’m becoming very aware of the weird way we teach them things. At my son’s playgroup a dad got super angry at his son when he got into a tussle with a little girl over a toy. He was yelling “you never hit a girl” at his kid. And I was just thinking “Dude, why not teach him not to hit ANYONE.”

Can someone offer a similar course for certain members of the GOP?

It also helps that she is just so damn good in the film. Daisy Ridley pulls off the typical Star Wars angsty struggle with the Force without coming off as whiny, something never accomplished in the prequels.

I didn’t think having a lady-lead would make that much of a difference to me (I didn’t think I’d feel so included) but it legitimately did in the best way possible.

How do famous people get into relationships so quickly? I meet someone I can stand about once every five years.

Eh. I give it until beginning of Feb. Then she’ll move on with a Jenner brother, and he’ll be Kylie’s rebound after that cat she's seeing.

America’s chocolate game is WEAK. So weak.

Frosting on fruitcake would be the only way I would eat it. I would scrape off all the frosting, suck it down, and then toss the cake part through the windows of my enemies.

Nothing says glamour quite like a stale piece of fruitcake from the celebration of an unhappy sham of a marriage.

OH MY GOD THIS IS WHY MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD

Like on one hand, I don’t want to be with another human or love anyone but myself and my cats BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I want a really good blender. My blender now BARELY blends. I also want a mixer because manual whisking is for SUCKERS.

“But the main takeaway for researchers, and us, is simple: Why marry the cow when living with it will do just as well?”

Yeah, but if you don't get married how will you get all those useless presents on your registry?