Solid endorsement from Dr. Sleep over here!

Yeah, it's always amazing how people feel the need to feel persecuted while still being amazed when their invitation-to-persecute is taken up upon.

This lapsed Catholic asked them if they said, "You always could say it, numbshit." They were too stunned to make a rejoinder, apparently—just paid the bill and got in their "I'm With Her"-emblazoned Subaru.

So, so jealous. The Dino S'mores is the only one of that roster I've had, but it all sounds amazing.

I started with a new trainer last week, and he's great, but good lord, everything is squats. My quads are killing me.

So lazy—so surly! I adored Infinite Jest and just bathed in its verbosity and acreage, but I was also twenty-two when I read it and had no adult responsibilities beyond showing up to work on time, so that probably had something to do with it. Perfect twenty-two-year-old book.

Edited back for you.

Yeah, I have a hard time with all of that. I understand that Trump exploited an exceptionally insecure demographic, many of whom were so checked out or otherwise blindered that his toxicity either didn't register or seemed like the saner of the options somehow, but I'll be goddamned if I want to deal with them. My…

Hey, what's brown and sticky?

Rye and Cheerwine (splash of blood orange bitters, if you're feeling nasty) for a Blackout Christmas is my recommendation. Also, been really hitting the imperials—Off Color has a marshmallow stout that's festive AF.

Yeah, I didn't go see many movies in theaters this year, but I was still surprised to discover that Swiss Army Man was my favorite movie of the year. I knew it was going to be fun, but I didn't expect it to be a clear discussion of shame and social expectations.

Bless you for ranking A Serious Man up so high—that's the most underappreciated movie.

The day of the election—midafternoon, right as I was chilling the champagne and laying out firewood—I read V for Vendetta and the Voice says that the adminstration is "making Britain great again!" I laughed and thought, "man, glad we're going to avoid that shit."

Volunteer with local services that provide necessary services to the underserved—try your local sexual trauma service organization or a domestic violence nonprofit or LGBT-supporting organization (especially one that provides direct services to residents). Attend City Council meetings and try to build a relationship…

Jesus, you just scared me. Richard Kind is fine. For now.

Taco Bell Bell, where are you, man?

But don't you see? Because of the trauma they've experienced, they might as well be total strangers. Like, do we ever really know someone, man?

Run my Jews
Run my Jews fast

Damn, that's a burn so severe it'll count as a pre-existing condition once the ACA is repealed.

That's insensitive—please refer to them as "political dissenters" rather than the harmful term of "skinhead."