I think it’s great when people make self-care a priority, especially after getting out of a relationship that was unfulfilling and unhappy for them. The problem is that, as soon as you frame those positive choices in terms of “revenge,” it ceases to be self-nurturing, and instead becomes focused on the other person.…

How have I never heard of this? Possibly willing to buy a VCR just to work out to this every day.

Nice! Validation of my opinions from authoritative sources is always welcome :)

Ivanka was getting the bad taste genes on both sides, I think. Ivana was never exactly a bastion of sartorial restraint and good taste. And she married Trump. I’ve always assumed Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous was based on her.

I do realize that’s the problem, but even in cases like that, I’d just move the loop. It would literally take less than five minutes to do, including getting out all of the gear. I realize Trump or Melania aren’t going to sew, but do they not have a butler or someone to take care of these things? He really does seem…

From everything I’ve seen the social policing of the upper crust in NYC knows no gender boundaries, although obviously women get everything worse when it comes to appearances. But Trump is NOT taken seriously in NYC society, which is part of why he has such an enormous chip on his shoulder.

Seriously. I grew up working class in a disgusting trailer park with an open sewage lagoon and a pedophile for a next door neighbor and when my partner’s tie loop ripped I knew enough to take thirty seconds to sew it back on rather than trying to rely on scotch tape.

It’s particularly strange because Trump is the personification of tacky nouveau riche, but he was born rich. He’s always been rich. How does a person grow up rich in New York City and somehow go 70 years on earth with no one referring them to a decent tailor? How did he somehow avoid all of the socialization that…

Apparently (I learned this yesterday), New Years Eve became a weird secular Christmas-like celebration in Soviet Russia as a replacement for then-outlawed Christian celebrations.

Eva Mendes once said in an interview that she would never date anyone who wasn’t an Ayn Rand fan, so their pairing has always made me wonder how much the notion that Ryan Gosling is a cool guy is PR smokescreen. Because no one who is an Ayn Rand fan is cool, or deep, or really anything other than a self-centered…

If you’re parked in a snowbank, it would be a lot easier to just put some kitty litter in front of the tires than to install a bunch of zip ties for traction.

There was a good sized contingent of extraordinarily devout guys in my high school in the “Youth for Christ” group. Every single one of them ended up being gay, with the Christian contingent being the perfect place for them to lay low during high school with a neverending supply of girlfriends who didn’t want to have…

A lot of Christians are crazy authoritarian and absolutely do not tolerate you questioning their position on religious matters even a little bit. My partner’s family are religious and his father, as the patriarch of the family and an elder in the church has zero idea how to handle it if I even partially disagree with…

My partner is an atheist who grew up in a religious household and we’ll be at weddings and funerals and afterward he frequently points out to me how the minister mis-quoted, or seriously misunderstood parts of the Bible being discussed during the sermon. This is a guy who hasn’t been a Christian since he was a…

Watching other people make purchasing and life decisions makes me feel like maybe I’m rational to the point of being horribly boring. But, yeah, picking horses based solely on them looking like a dead horse seems like a bad, bordering on crazy, idea. A friend has a father who always gets Black Labs and always names…

“Only thing coming is an AMERICA like we had in the past some years ago. A great ,strong and respected country in whom other nations have admiration and respect again.”

Right? I read that thinking, “will the Naked Cowboy’s WIFE even have sex with him?”

My father’s was a Nissan fanatic: completely in love with the cars, and it’s the only thing he and his wife have driven for decades. And he’s soured on them. Recently he had to replace one of his cars and opted for a non-Nissan. I’ve never enjoyed Nissans, so I didn’t really pry as to why, but he did mention he just…

My partner and I went through an eight year period living in a city where our lifestyle and financial situation meant it made zero sense for us to own a car. We rented on a semi-regular basis for weekend road trips and once it came time to buy a car we were so glad for the experience of having driven so many different…

I can’t imagine Trump won’t be impeached. He, and his family on his behalf, have been brazenly profiteering from his position from the day he was elected, including applying pressure to foreign governments to patronize and favor their businesses. The intent in these situations is often difficult to prove, but Ivanka…