The texts really don’t prove anything, though. I know everyone is going to attack me on this, but it is too close to my experiences with my husband’s ex to not comment. She wrote endless, constant emails full of completely untrue accusations about both of us, sent them to my husband, and showed them to her friends and…

My dentist did not talk me down. When I asked “why would I not want to go as white as possible?”, she didn’t tell me, just went along with it. I hate my teeth.

I live in Loudoun County, VA, and they are currently building a middle school where bicycles and walk-ups will be forbidden. 11-14 year-old students will be required to be driven up and dropped off by a parent or a bus. This is not a recipe for building independent teens.

No, you were right. He has a card with 3, per contestant, per show. You have to fill out a really long list of questions before you actually come to the studio, so they have plenty to choose from if you keep winning. I talked about my engagement, not having been in Willy Wonka.

Yeah, according to the Post her wallet was found in the bathroom at Dulles by the janitor cleaning up, and had two small bags of coke in it. So who is supposed to be sketchy, here? The bathroom attendant? The Loudoun Co Sheriffs Office? I mean, it’s nice here, but not exactly a hotbed of celebrity gossip.

And if you don’t live in CA, you have to pay state income tax in CA and your home state (I didn’t win, and that $2K 2nd place money didn’t go far after paying federal, CA, and VA taxes on it!)

It’s so they can be a 3-letter agency (TLA) like all the other big Intel agencies. They changed it from NIMA (National Imagery & Mapping Agency) to switch to that grammatically unjustifiable TLA.

I loved Barb, unironically. I’m pretty sure you are less than half my age, but I had that haircut, and a very similar blouse, and big ugly glasses, and often felt left out by more popular friends. She was very relatable, and no one even noticed when she was gone— the ultimate adolescent indignity.

I was on Jeopardy 10 years ago. Everybody for a week’s worth of episodes hangs out together before taping starts. One of my fellow contestants asked me, in front of the group, for advice on wagering for Final. I told her always leave yourself at least $1 in case your opponents lose everything. When I was actually…

Revealing my complete uncoolness, he is the host of Halloween Wars on the Food Network. And he often makes that face, sadly. 

To wrong a right? Not to right a wrong?

I agree. I bought bookshelves last year, and they had explicit instructions and hardware for mounting them to the wall.

And sometimes in the saltwater as well. In Cocoa Beach they occasionally swim out of the canals and into the ocean. Not liking the saltwater, they head for the beach.

It totally does. There have been articles in the Post and other media urging them to take it down. Last fall somebody put a big Kim Jong Un face over it, which has been removed.

Apparently Bill Cosby was a big early fan and booster of Ben’s Chili Bowl since the 60's, and the son who runs the business now is unwilling to take down the mural out of family loyalty. But, yeah, needs to go.

Hello, DC!

It depends. They bring in enough players for two days shooting, and tell you to bring multiple changes of clothes. If your wins overlap the second day, you have to come back the next week. And they don’t pay your travel or hotel costs.

You don’t have to answer spontaneously. Before you go, they have you email answers to a couple dozen questions, and they go over the answers with you in the green room. You even get to meet Alex in advance and talk about which question you’re going to be asked. Yes, it’s awkward, but at least you don’t have to come up…

I cancelled my subscription several years ago when they did a big piece on the plastic surgery people should have on their feet to make them aesthetically acceptable. Because apparently my second toes being a tiny bit longer than my big toes is an unsightly abomination, and I should never, ever wear sandals because of…