Great comment. I haven’t read OFotCN, but I know the experience of a book that is great in all other respects being marred by misogyny. I think it says something about the way women are treated in our society that so many works of art that aim to overturn societal norms and portray the plight of the disadvantaged still…

“Look I don’t need this. I could be doing an audio commentary track for a Powell & Pressburger film right now.”

Lots of people love Burton, and Alex Trebek got everyone used to watching an older host. Burton could get a lot of Gen X-ers and Millennials into watching Jeopardy.

I agree that age is a factor working against him, though I think there’s an argument that having your game show revolve around a single host for decades with no apparent succession plan isn’t the best approach. If Burton has, say, 10 good hosting years in him and does well in his guest spot, I hope they go for it.

What is something you wished someone had told you about dating when you were younger?

What is something I wish someone had told me? A date where you can decide that this person is not right for you is also a successful date.

i mean, if you can hear a tune and immediately know who wrote it, that’s...worth something, i think.

Jim Steinman DEMANDS overheated description! :)

Damn, that’s a huge loss.

He is a terrible human being, but Stranglehold still fucking rocks.

Surely your local library has one. They’re used books people donate, usually on bookshelves, you can buy for a quarter to a dollar, and the money helps fund the library’s activities. My library, we have an entire room at the front you walk into and there are shelves and shelves of books. We do pretty good selling them…

Liked her a lot in Bosch (which I really need to go back and finish). 

Do not write a letter to your ex. You had a terrible boyfriend, you broke up, you haven’t had contact in a year. That is pretty much the ideal resolution to this situation.

A friend and I were at Old Navy about 6 years ago, and we were cracking jokes about the tacky jewelry. All of a sudden someone next to us mentioned that a bracelet looked like anal beads. I mentally pulled a Michael Bluth “Well, nobody’s gonna top that”.

I think they’re conflating a couple separate things - someone being closeted, or not having figured out their own deal is one, totally understandable thing.   Someone being shitty to their partner because they’re going through something themselves is another, less excusable thing, and one that happens all the time…

Yeah, it’s not impossible that he’s regretful and will apologize, but the odds aren’t fantastic, and you’re just inviting him back into your life, however temporarily.  It’s hard to imagine the satisfaction she gets out of this will be worth it.

WHAT?

I also just don’t figure out how she is that confident about this emotion she wants to express. Is she really so certain that he absolutely knew what his sexuality was? (I’ve certainly known men who took a long time figuring out that they are gay or bi.) Is she angry that he’s happy? I just don’t know what she wants…

yea the ultimate goal of toxic behavior is to drag the other person down with you. writing a letter is sticking your leg into the muck and hoping that the other person is not going to grab it this time.