She’s All That, Lainey’s artsy but not smart, instead the jock dude is the A+ student.

I don’t know if you followed this, but Swift said something to that effect, but even more pointed about her public persona and politics:

Man, it’s not that hard!

Shrimp condiments? I want a shrimp vending machine!

My Asian market is letting me down!

Man, I buy so much rice. But we eat it 4-5 times a week, and also for snacks and sometimes breakfast, so that tracks.

... and ice. The trinity of things that you run out of.

I think 3/4 of my kids’ book collection is former library books. People buy crappy books, but libraries often buy amazing ones. And then apparently not enough people read them to justify storage. Win for me. But it makes me a little sad that people aren’t checking out interesting books!

Yeah, even the fancy fancy stuff doesn’t go for much.

Girl, I know.
I found a pair of Marika Dry Wik pants that are sort of like the early 00's version, not quite as ravey, but same basic cut. They aren’t too bad, and a bunch of people are selling them on Poshmark for like $20. But what I wouldn’t give for some of the pants I had in 1999.

Sadly not mine, but if you want more, you can find it here.

This is Delia’s 1998, without question.

I have one, and it’s a game changer. You’re still upright, which is never going to be great, but it alleviates neck pain and those nodding-head wake-ups.

If media about cults in your jam, def. check out “Save Me” on Netflix. It’s really good. 

We’ve had good luck as a screen-limiting family with reserving screen time for the end of playdates. It helps to have really popular alternatives.. we have a foosball table and laser tag and those seem to work pretty well for the 9-13 y.o. kids at our house. Most kids will ask for screen time, but if you say, “We’re…

There are cheaper ways to do it, if you live outside the more expensive cities.

Living the dream!

This isn’t the half of it. The New Yorker did a story on the relationship maybe 10 years ago. It’s worth a read.

This article doesn’t really capture likely ways this would happen, I think.

Yes. This is correct. :)