I really enjoy reading the original Thomas stories to my son. All the engines are assholes and basically bully each other. The newer cartoons are all about feel good life lessons.

Man, I took voting in the elementary school mock presidential elections really seriously. I was an early political junkie. I was super pissed when Reagan won reelection when I was 7.

I am lactose intolerant, which means that only the really expensive, well-aged cheeses are digestible. So yeah, I am staying here.

I live in a rural area so I do a ton of online shopping, but I hate shopping for clothes online. When I am in a store I normally have to try on a bunch of stuff before I find something that fits right and I like. Maybe if I lived someplace next door to a post office it would be easier to do returns. Every time I…

Living in Vermont, there is a lock of good local cheddar and goat cheese that is expensive-ish (like $5) but generally good cheese in the US is a “fancy” thing.

Also statute of limitations, even if the one who wasn’t his sister did want to press charges (but as a family friend within the cult I doubt would). It happened in 2002, and didn’t come to the attention of the police until 2006, at which point all the victims were still under control of the parents.

Yeah, alcoholism and depression runs in my family, so I am glad there is no temptation there.

A kitchen in your hair? What does that mean? Should I Google that or is it something horribly racist?

Fortunately/unfortunately Vicodin makes me puke, so I feel like I am not a good candidate for opioid addiction.

Thank you for the education!

I crimped my own hair by doing the “sleeping in tiny braids with wet hair” thing. All the weirdness of crimped hair plus totally uneven.

Yes! I used to live near a Calvin Klein outlet and those fit me great for the same reason.

Yeah. I am pretty straight up and down, so mom jeans or any pants that are supposed to fit at my waist never do. I am either strangling my intestines, or the legs are like parachute pants. Mid-rise is great, with a tiny bit of stretch. I am sick of stretchy jeans where I have a droopy butt by noon.

As a fellow work-from-homer with a batshit dog, I feel you.

See, I get the impression that Ryan Reynolds is sort of a normally charming and funny guy who always needs to be the life of the party, but in a normal way. Whereas Tom Hiddleston is an ACTOR!!!!

I haven’t gotten around to reading Jesimin yet. I read the first Malazan book recently, and for the first 80% I didn’t understand people’s complaints, but by the very end I start to feel very disconnected from the characters so I didn’t feel the burning need to continue. I probably will at some point though.

I really enjoyed Mark Lawrence’s Broken Empire trilogy.

I would agree except for this part of the article “While none of the women I talked to have filed formal complaints with police accusing Kilstein of any criminal behavior, he is the most recent male comedian to be accused of using his celebrity status and progressive values as a shield for inappropriate or illegal…

Yeah, he just seems like a garden variety jerk, but I don’t understand the description of “disturbing” allegations. I am really unclear from the first story if he pressured his employee to keep having sex with him, or if she just found it hard to break it off because she had to see him every day. It definitely seems…

Man, if you are free to babysit I would love to pretend I am a barren shrew for a night or two.