I have a question: Every time Trump attributes the government shutdown to Democrats, why isn’t somebody blasting what he said in the earlier meeting with Pelosi and Shumer at maximum volume and on an endless loop? You know, his whole “I’ll take the blame for the shutdown, don’t you worry about it” schtick? I must be mi…

Yup. As I read the post, I was struck by how easy it is to replace the Filipino names with those from our own “administration.” Kind of uncanny how it all still works. Salvador Panelo is Kellyanne Conway cloaked in a man’s body.

As a baby boomer who just never stopped toking over the years, I can identify with the concern about memory loss. Mine is especially troubling to me, since it involves forgetting how to spell things and, as you described in your post, being unable to get the right words to surface. I’m a writer who’s spent practically …

Tangentially related to Kris’s Dior turtleneck: While watching Christmas Vacation this week in a room full of millennial family members, I commented on Randy Quaid’s attire by exclaiming, “Nice dickey!” There was a moment of silence followed by uproarious laughter. I was confused by the response until I realized they…

Enormous public outcry + outgoing governor = clemency. Hopefully.

Every time a fresh vile, despicable act emanates from this “administration,” I wonder how things can possibly get worse. And then they do. 

Your comment reminded me of the time my mother—a HUGE animal lover—hit a possum while driving. We live in the deep south, so there are tons of those around, and they’re not very smart when it comes to avoiding cars.

I grew up with real Christmas trees and continued that tradition for my son until I became a single, broke mom. The first year after my divorce, my grandparents gave me a fake tree to use because I couldn’t afford a real one. I set it up, then turned to see the saddest look I’d ever seen on my son’s face. The worst…

Holy shit! You’re right, that explains everything. 

I was just reminiscing with my sister about the good old days, when my mother’s idea of a healthy breakfast was Carnation Instant Breakfast mixed with raw eggs in a blender. We didn’t realize back then that we were cases of salmonella waiting to happen.

You know you think your whole life about that moment.

If you’d only taken the time to consult the Trump manual of reductive nicknames, you’d know it’s spelled Liddle, not Lil’. Keep up!

Oh my god, that’s fucking genius. I don’t have the words to sufficiently convey how much I want that to happen.

I’m afraid you’re right. I’ve worried about Jim Acosta, who sits squarely in Trump’s figurative crosshairs. He represents what Trump loathes and fears the most, which is a free press determined to report the truth about him. I won’t be at all surprised if a Trump supporter tries to take Acosta out after this farce…

Actually, I’ve never thought about that, which is a little embarrassing because it’s so obvious. I can’t believe my dad didn’t use it to bolster his argument. He would have won!

Are you my father? Asking because he and I had a years-long feud about where to keep the ketchup. He maintained it didn’t need to be refrigerated, while I felt strongly it should. After he died, though, I moved it to the pantry in his honor.

I can’t fathom the energy that must take. I don’t know how she keeps going as long and as strongly as she seems to. Harry was raised on this shit, but she’s new to the royalty game and pregnant to boot (ha!). She has to be completely exhausted at the end of each day.

Only eight types of mustard? Amateur. Most of the items currently in my fridge are condiments. I’m obsessed with them. I have a mustard collection as extensive as yours and then some, but also numerous bottles of salad dressing, three kinds of mayo, horseradishes (yes, plural), steak sauces (I’m a Heinz 57 freak), two…

I can vouch for that, since I spent what seemed like forever sporting a purple mouth when I was a kid, thanks to thrush. Candidiasis has been my nemesis pretty much my whole life.

Apologies for the length of this comment but my indignation is off the charts here and I have lots to say.