It turns out you were right. I went to the source material: very interesting! And she did make more (as a waitress while he was a camp counselor). I didn’t realize they were both so young--this was a college romance, they met at orientation. That’s a great time to learn this lesson.

Kamala has my vote. Or maybe Booker. Because that costume has cast a spell on me.

People can dislike anything or anyone at any time. 

Takes 21 hours (if no delays) to take my most common business trip by train. I have done it. It takes less than 90 minutes in flight. So most people can’t take a plane--if your business trip isn’t on a Monday, you really are stuck. I’ve never asked anyone not to recline. I’ve never interfered with anyone who reclines.…

She doesn’t say she’s making more (at least not in this summary). She says she has saved more. I had a friend who made twice what I make (literally) but never had cash. Spent a lot of money on rent and high end clothes and big vacations, etc. I mean, her money, her choice. But I always had savings and she never did.…

Thank you for this. I may have to watch this. I was a child during the original run and I was forbidden (FORBIDDEN) from watching it because it was A. trash and B. fodder for nightmares. So I used to get completely incoherent updates every day from my friends Elaine Tardiff and Mary Stefanski. And they would interrupt…

Are you my brother, Matt? Are all of you my brother Matt? Because all of you commenters sound like my brother Matt... He’s super nice, except about height, though, so it’s not bad. 

Are you my brother, Matt? Because you sound just like him...

I hate recliners. I never recline, even if someone in front of me reclines (and I’m 5'8", so I’m not tiny), and I think those devices are a sign of the downfall of all that is good in the world. 

What. The. Fuck. Sue Missouri, women. I’m pretty sure this is not HIPAA. 

I would get it. Because I think that all the time, but don’t say it.

This is what I was going to say. She is amazing. 

This is actually a really good plan. And the tax credit thing would be great for all those folks who are like “I paid my student debt by gum.” This is maybe how Trump gets re-elected, if he does this, but at least it would be one good thing. Also? Trump will probably get re-elected anyway because of the racism.

It’s a sacrifice I make each trip. ‘Tis true!

I used to like Cinnabon. Then I had Ann Sather’s cinnamon rolls at the Rogers Park Ann Sather’s Restaurant in Chicago. I am now Sather or die. I go there for breakfast periodically just because I can have one of those Ann Sather rolls and take the other one home, to eat as soon as I walk through the door (they come in…

You can do a lot of damage when you are massively unpopular. See McCrory. See Trump. 

I think deep down he knows that saying white men don’t have rights and they’re getting more “took” every day is both racist and sexist. And he really wants to be clear up that he’s not a racist, he just talks like one. Best guess.

Actually (and I’m embarrassed that I remember this, so no need to shame me), the poncho picture is from Stewart leaving prison and the poncho was crocheted for her by a fellow inmate, so wearing it out of the jail was kind of a solidarity moment?

The CPS strike is melting my brain. On the one hand, teachers are asking for things that folks in my generation had. Nurses in schools, librarians in schools. They also want smaller class sizes (we had big classes sometimes, but our parents’ and grandparents’ generations were building new schools—in Chicago, our…

I think your comment was not meant to be sincere, as you doubtless don’t think you are foolish. I don’t know if you are foolish but I will say that your approach is not the wisest way to move forward. Recent political history has many examples of individuals who had been right wing, moved to the center and then, on…