I was supposed to be Katherine Barclay (a family name), but my mom tried to please all the grandmothers and great-grandmothers with the middle name “Jean”...and none of them even cared because she didn’t use their first names. So instead of Katherine Barclay...Katie Jean. In Alabama. Thanks, Mom.

Vancouver airport code.

Mr. Saucy and I were on a fantastic, last-minute vacation in Iceland in January, sitting in a cozy hotel lobby with the remainder of a bottle of wine, when one of us called Iceland “a landscape of arpeggios.” One of us has not been able to live it down since.

I think she self-published on Amazon. Hence no fact-checking and no ire directed at publishers.

ALSO. The watermark on the photo shows it comes from this website: https://ifunny.co/WomenPosts. No middle-aged uber-Christian mom is on that website regularly.

That’s clearly a dude - the tip-off is the “my husband let me have one” thing. And “her” use of the word “troll” is out of keeping with the rest of the persona of a technological naif.

I got my master’s at Vanderbilt and have previously been willing to give to the University. No longer will I donate. Wouldn’t it be nice if every University had donors, large and small, stop giving until they addressed sexual assault in a more effective way?

THIS.

“Frose” is the Rick Ross/Disney mashup no one ever dreamed of.

Lots of universities and college that get state money have to have “open campuses,” meaning that community members can at least walk on their grounds, since tax money at least partially funds them. Many public universities have incredibly porous borders on purpose. You can’t guard every entry.

Lady Gaga made one that was supposed to smell like blood and semen.

Most ambergris-scented stuff is now made of synthetic ambroxan, though - only the REALLY expensive stuff is actually ambergris anymore.

Or try twistedlily.com - niche perfume house in Brooklyn with excellent customer service and a truly great selection. They do samples, too, as well as sample packs with purchase and all sorts of fun stuff. I love them!