I feel you. Though, I don’t need an explanation for what happened just like I don’t in zombie movies or the Last Man on Earth. The threat (existential or otherwise) is always ancillary to the human story. For me, the acting and the story lines just weren’t compelling in and of themselves. Amy Brenneman has always been…

Michael Ian Black has this old bit about how Christmas should totally be dates and palms trees and hot days/cold, but not snowy nights if we’re actually going to act like Jesus is real and from the desert. He says Germans and the Brits totally co-opted it and are all lying to you.

I second CannedPam. This is manipulative and controlling. People like this are so destructive because what she’s doing is making you think you have all the power over her, but she’s totally attempting to control your behavior.

Tel Aviv is an amazing city. Haven’t been there in years, so I can’t recommend anything other than the standards: Dead Sea and Eilat.

I’m right there with you. I said yesterday that the only Asian person Tilda Swinton could think to ask was Margaret Cho?

I don’t care what our patriarchal legal system says about Duke, something happened there. It may take years for us to see those men for who they really were, but we’ll see it at some point. I’m sure they’ll do something years down the road that will show us all how disgusting they were.

Pretty good job. I’m sure someone at Minnesota was like hell no we’re not going to be like Baylor in this.

You’re right that she gets to interpret it however she wants. I’m not going to label Margaret Cho’s response. I think weird is the most gracious way to describe Swinton’s behavior because she was totally trying to find an Asian friend to cosign.

Nothing stops a bad guy with a gun like a good woman with a dildo.

I miss it, too.

Nah. As a WOC, I can completely see why Margaret Cho thought it was weird. Like, Tilda Swinton doesn’t know ONE Asian person she can ask a question of other than a stand-up comedian? Not one single person? Please.

I feel like you’re the only other person picking up on the major signs of domestic violence in this. His threatening to hurt himself is a classic move abusers make when the people they’re abusing are ready to leave. It’s just another way of trying to control the person’s choices or movement.

I tried to star your posting and somehow deleted two of your stars. Sorry.

Running is amazing and I totally miss it. I’m from California where I could run at any time of the day, every day of the year. Now, I live in a state that is rainy and cold in the fall and winter and ridiculously humid in the summer. There’s a tiny window where I can run, so now I just do indoor workouts. So, I’m…

I’ve never been through what you’re experiencing, but I wanted to send out good energy.

Police won’t get involved unless the items are actually stolen. If you are really concerned about losing things in a relationship, get renter’s insurance (even if you own a home, get renter’s), take photos of all of your items and attach them to your policy. If you’re not married, this is likely the only way to recoup…

$200 is nothing compared to the cost of keeping a shitty relationship in your life. You can always replace it.

I was going to say I wish you had just cut your losses in the first place, so I’m glad you did. There’s nothing that isn’t replaceable that’s at some guys house - except for a child. A child you fight for.

Gosling’s had a nose job if that makes you feel better. He also does a terribly annoying New York accent when he’s from Canada.

To be fair, I’ll say he could have a friend in crisis that he didn’t expect to visit and who really needs him.