Does he not know that Mulan is based on a famous Chinese poem about a woman warrior who lived around 500 C.E. So Disney actually didn’t make this one up.

Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, not only restored Chatsworth to its’ full glory, but started several business that have employed hundreds of local people and are based on humane and sustainable farming methods.

Obviously written by someone who knows fuck all about the Mitfords.

OMG! I was actually thinking of the Tom in In Pursuit of Love! I think I’ve read one too many Mitford books...

If you have not yet read In Pursuit of Love and Love in Cold Climate, you must do so immediately! I must have read them twenty times when I was growing up, and some of their sayings are still part of our family lexicon. We always leave fifteen minutes in case of a flat tire, and “shrieks and floods” is a favorite…

I loved that book!

Tom hated Hitler - he fought in the Lincoln Brigade in Spain.

Obviously, FLOTUS is going to run for Senator, and at the end of her second term, President Clinton will tap her for Secretary of State, afterwhich...

“Who is this person? What are their motivations?” Answer: none of your business

Her engagement ring accounted for almost half of the $11 million. She wasn’t necessary traveling with a steamer trunk filled with jewels - she may actually have lost only five or six more pieces in addition to the ring. Her bodyguard was with her sisters, who were at a nightclub. Also, I read somewhere that none of…

Honestly, to me all runway models just look incredibly unhappy. I know that they’re supposed to keep a “neutral” expression on their faces, but wouldn’t it make more sense for them to look like they’re actually enjoying wearing the clothes? It’s so weird to me to see some shows where the models are wearing bright,…

I think his PhD is in communications or something like that. He has one, just not in any medical field.

Is it just me, or does the tattoo on Beiber’s neck look like a zipper?

Another great movie that she’s in - Court Jester starring Danny Kaye. She plays the beautiful princess with a mind of her own, and she’s glorious. The pellet wit the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle...

I think that what Ice T was saying is that even though he’ll never be considered an A list actor, he’s been able to work solidly for 30 years. And the whole fast food thing was basically saying that there’s room for more than one - Burger King, Wendy’s, etc. may not make the money that McDonald’s does, but they sure…

When I was in kindergarten, my bangs would constantly fall over my eyes and it drove my teacher crazy. She pulled me aside, gave me a barrette, and told me if I needed one again, just raise my hand and ask her. So one day we were sitting around doing something I don’t remember, and I raised my hand and said “Mrs.…

Umm, my brother works for Bloomberg Philanthropies, so yay?

Considering that this ruling concerns private institutions whose endowments run to the tens on billions of dollars, I’m pretty sure the money can be found somewhere.

In case you missed it, there was a great article here last year about a program that provided free long-term birth control (ie IUDs, implants) to women in the poorest sections of Colorado. The teen pregnancy rate dropped like 40% in one year. I think it got nixed for a while, then reinstated. I wonder how long it will…

I was so looking forward to this show when it started, and watched almost every night. Then he had anti-vaxxers on as guests, and tried to have a “balanced” discussion with them, and I was done. I did try to watch every now and then, but during the most recent Powerball hysteria, he did a segment on the lottery where…