My mom used to tell me that if I was a boy, she would have named me "Michael Jackson." But I also think my mom likes to fuck with me sometimes, so I don't know.

Agreed. "Weird" is a very relative term. But Jezebel is US-centric so that sort of relativism can get lost.

Maybe he was deeply depressed. People can genuinely believe that their actions in a case like this (apparent murder-suicide) are in everybody's best interests. It's almost impossible to fathom looking in from outside...but we don't know what was in his head.

That's it, then. Next year, everyone's getting this card for Christmas.

I am not one, but I wish you a happy rest of your birthday!

I would die laughing and love to get a card like that from anyone.

Just got the umpteenth card in the mail of happy couples/families/pets looking all coordinated and lovely and wishing me a happy holiday.

I'm not about to bogart that beautiful body. I'll have my cat, who totally passed the bar, draft the custody documents.

Unsure if we're on the same page. I haven't shared it yet because the link didn't work. If you post a working link I will share it though.

Three months ago I was incoherent with grief. Now PTSD therapy is starting to work; I'm one month into a relationship with a funny, gorgeous lawyer; my weightlifting 1RMs are better than ever; and I'm patching things up with my family. I have a very long way to go, but for the first time in a while I have some hope…

This is a burner. I guess I just want to talk without using my normal Jez/groupthink handle.

Your link doesn't work? Maybe it's Kinja.

I'll share your post, but the link doesn't work.

I have totally ... not quite hugged, but ... warmly shaken hands with Jane Fonda. And met her dogs. I worked for one of her non-profits and she came by all the time. Fonda days were always funny days, but I like her.

Anyone else avoiding phone dates with friends because you literally have nothing new going on in your life? I love my friends, but it's starting to wear on me when we catch up and I'm like "Still single (which is a-okay with me). No new job prospects yet. Just living the same life that I've been living."

Husband is out of state for a bachelor party. Thoroughly enjoying slobbing it up around the house, watching WAY to much tv, and gifs of my imaginary boyfriend, Cumberbatch. Life is good.

UGH you know how Netflix on the wii doesn't automatically play the next episode like it does on the computer even though everybody KNOWS I'm going to watch Futurama for 5 more hours on average?? EVERYTHING IS SO HARD, GUISE.

Oh what a tangled web they weave/when scientists observing they perceive.