Aaargh. That is tough. Is there any way that a friend might move in as a roommate (if your house or apartment could accommodate a second, non-romantic partner human?  

My 2¢: If your friend has the space and inclination, or you have the financial resources to have two living accommodations, I would continue to live apart. Then you can think about whether you want to give him the chance to *show* (not tell) you that he is worth the labor. At the same time, you can test out life on…

The Timothy Snyder books (On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom) are very brief and pretty great too, if your family needs a Fourth of July top-up on sanity.

I have also been trying to be kinder to myself in the new year.  And, mostly being successful.  😊

Asthmatic here with similar headspace.  People *insisting* on bringing dogs and cats everywhere is my version of this hell.  Me slowly strangling to death so they don't have to pay for doggy daycare makes me rage-filled.

As opposed to the rich people who claimed bone spurs during Vietnam....

But that would imply that US war policy has wisdom, backbone or a sense of obligation behind it.

In Tim Snyder’s book, ‘On Tyranny,’ he says, "Some of the Germans who voted for the Nazi Party in 1932 no doubt understood that this might be the last meaningfully free election for some time, but most did not. Some of the Czechs and Slovaks who voted for the Czechoslovak Communist Party in 1946 probably realized that…

He does tweet at all hours of the day and night, even if not in this instance. Your original question is still solid - how does someone tasked with running tge most powerful country on Earth have time for such nonsense and pettiness? So much so that he seems to miss valuable sleep to tweet garbage into the void?

Totally true. I have done (maybe) five loads independently in my whole 15 yr relationship because Mr. Smuttins has *very particular* laundry ways.  And I'm fine with having magically clean laundry.

Racism is alive, out and proud in a lot of the Detroit suburbs. In other strange bits of news - Detroit’s star is unabashedly on the rise, with many new businesses opening/relocating to the city and new homes being constructed. At the same time, many of the original white-flight suburbs are watching their prospects…

It is a timeless format. Norton is pretty funny, and he also knows when to sit back and let the drunk celebrities run on a bit.

Like the British sitting-on-the-red-couch-drinking show where a comedian interviews partially to fully drunk stars.  It is pretty great.  Would watch awards shows if they were reimagined through this lens.

We made Martha Stewart’s Earl Grey Tea Cookies and they were awesome!  (Also, easy!)

My two cents: This is one of the times when it is fine to tell a fib. People don’t need to know everything about everyone. Something along the lines of:

Yes, yes, 1000x yes.  Also replying to bump.

The Gin-grinches look like cardboard cutouts as well! Is that the hidden lead here? 75 cardboard cutouts of C-level politicians were scattered around a sad, sad party. Bwahahahaha!

C’mon, don’t take away my belief that MiniDon suffered an extremely uncomfortable, extremely stupid case of food poisoning!

The electric yellow chicken gravy hair mask is where my holiday cash is headed!

And lingering notes of wig glue.