You're not surprised because you follow the news closely. I think working class Trump voters didn't tune into all the Trump news that wasn't about their concerns. There was that NY Mag story about these women supporters and one of them said she hadn't read nor watched any news about the campaign and that she only…

Standup karaoke. It's awful but only because it's a civilian with no stand up comedy experience whatsoever. The awfulness is magnified by it being Kellyanne; just think of any non-comedian doing this and I bet this is the "office comedian", who some people like, some people hate. I did laugh once, at the lyric of the…

Virginia Woolf said she would buy the dildos herself. "Honey, I'm going out to buy the sex toys! Stop your blasted editing and get in bed already."

You just made me think her nomination (and Amy Adams ridiculous snub) was because of her comments and his reaction and so the Academy wants higher ratings. Probably not true, but Amy Adams was fucking robbed.

He has to keep his base happy so they won't have further regrets about voting for him. There need to be mass marches capturing the spirit and size of last Saturday about everything. He'll just double down on the policies anyway, but maybe something good will happen too.

Congratulations to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for making me agree with Donald Trump in this very specific case. I haven't seen FFJ, but Fuck that shit.

Interesting. I have no memory of this show whatsoever.

Well, with Trump as president we're certainly in Cloud Cuckoo Land.

If it was Jon Hamm he would have tried to sell you on good tax prep. I hate those commercials; they're beneath him. (I set this up for you; you're welcome.)

The head of the Republican party doing good liberal things will by definition make his party a little more liberal, something that will be resisted by Republican politicians, especially the Tea Party people. This could cause great division if not something more destructive for the GOP. Also, if his base voted for him…

A labor organization interviewed white working class Trump supporters before the election. They checked back in a few days before the Inauguration. People have regrets. The organization concludes that there is room here for Democrats to successfully grab these people (pun not intended) but that they definitely need…

Suddenly I want him doing a standup set on Trump. "What a country!" he could sadly begin with.

Um, I love that man but he deported a lot of people and killed a lot of people from the sky. The Obama administration did a great many good things, but it also did harm you would think with Barack Obama as president that it wouldn't do.

For me, it's not even the racism and misogyny. Basic reasoning and intelligence are bypassed and shut down when you vote for a person who has his behavior for the most important, influential, hardest job in the world, and then expecting him to start acting presidential and completely different once he gets into…

Look, there's no fucking reason you can't make a wide plethora of films starring orangutans. Except discrimination. Which, "Fuck you! Those apes want to work!"

Because nothing hastens acceptance of alternative lifestyles like being the hero of an action revenge film? Gay marriage would have come quicker (phrasing!) if it had been Mr. and Mr. Smith.

Jesus. I'm flamingly liberal and I think that went too far. Replace his name with one of the Obama kids back when their father became president. It's completely not fair, but Dems have to act better than Republicans, since the people in this country accept the latter, no matter how offensive they get (see: our new…

And, yes, the book is more straight reportage and not stylistic pyrotechnics of the movie, which I loved by the way as great film making.

I don't want to give the impression that mass delusion is specifically his subject. This is still a story about how a few people foresaw the Wall Street crash while everyone else around them completely did not. But there are many, many passages in the book where our heroes are gobsmacked that no one is seeing what…

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. What's it like to be a woman. What it's like to be a scientist. What it's like to be a woman scientist. What it's like to be a woman scientist in a field dominated by men. What it's like to be a best friend. What it's like to be manic-depressive. What it's like to be a mother. Finally, what…