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Brief and Bright Firefly
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Ooh I wish you hadn’t told me that!

Ask Barry Zuckercorn

At my previous job, the founder was a big time art collector, particularly southwestern art. The conference room I was interviewed in had a Georgia O’Keefe painting in it and it was hanging behind the interviewers head. I kept wondering how many people were aware what that cattle skull with the horns and flowers

I was confused why she thought that was wrong.

“My flower ended up looking suspiciously like a vagina. I threw it away once I got home.”

i miss him so much. the piece he did about waiting to meet Grumpy Cat made me laugh forever. I nominate it as his runner up.

Mark’s twitter says he’s getting an eye surgery today. He shared a video of the procedure and it is the most gross terrifying thing he’s ever shared.

He was one of my favourites. A huge loss for jezebel.

I loved Mark’s article about his wedding to Alan. It was great and thought provoking. I miss Mark.

Dude, I have a Lochlan, born in 2014, and this article is pissing me off. It’s a perfectly good name, and kind of sounds like Kyle McLachlan. Ain’t nothing wrong with that.

Whatever, Wolfgang is badass!

Those are both traditional names that come from people’s heritage tho.

Someone on Twitter recently (I wish I could remember who) pointed out that, the way it was originally written and performed, what this song is really about is a woman who wants to buck social norms of propriety and stay with him but feels pressured to leave so she doesn’t suffer social consequences and stigma. And

Sorry, I need two entries, but this one is about my worst toy. My mom bought this doll for me; she did somersaults and I was terrified of it. I screamed when I opened the box. So what did my lovely mom do? She hid that hideous creepy doll in the closet and would threaten me with it when I was naughty. “Do I have to

My stuffed animals. I hated dolls except for the one whose hair grew when you pressed her belly button. Embarrassing confession: I used sleep with a different stuffed animal each night and had a chart with a schedule so none of them would have hurt feelings.

oh my God I couldn’t figure out why she looked so familiar but you just cracked the case

DEAR GOD I CANNOT UNSEE THIS!