Mine too. I KNEW this was going to happen.

Bumble doesn’t require you to have FB anymore due to user outcry. I deleted my FB and I’m on it. (I signed up before I deleted FB, but I never linked my FB to my Bumble account.) A lot of people link their IG to their profile but you don’t HAVE to do that (I do not). I’m not on Tinder anymore but when I was, I didn’t…

When it’s his time to go, I am going to bawl. I teared up when I saw the news on social media yesterday. You know people don’t live forever, but there are some people you just WANT to live forever.

When Michelle Wolf made that Aunt Lydia Handmaid’s Tale joke about her, I thought “She could play Ann Dowd’s sister.” I looked up Ann Dowd’s age. She’s 63. I stand by it.

Can you imagine being that child’s family member and seeing that he was pardoned? Can you imagine being that child?

I’m so sorry for your loss.

My friend said that’s how she realized her boss had voted for him - he wasn’t upset the day after and he wasn’t really prepared for people to be upset (which says something about how insulated he is). And then tried to backpedal, like “Well, it won’t be so bad, he’s just one man.” Yeah. Won’t be so bad FOR YOU,…

In Denver, at that. Columbine, the Aurora movie theater shooting, I know they closed schools recently because a teenager expressed fascination with Columbine online and authorities were afraid she’d replicate it ... just don’t fucking joke about school shootings, damn.

A non-Black WOC friend found out her boss had voted for him and she was so upset because she’d really liked and respected her boss before. She kept saying “He has daughters!” He’s an educated guy, an executive at a Fortune 50 company. She was so disappointed. 

(I did this for a while and then I got paranoid about being accused of stealing so I went back to paper. I feel guilty about the trees though. Those receipts are literally as long as I am tall, and I’m fairly tall.)

My grandmother took me and my brother to see it at the Winter Garden when we were kids. It was my first Broadway show. I was probably around 10. I loathed every second of it. To this day, I don’t really get down with audience participation in theater and that was triply true when I was a child (I was very shy). I also…

There is a woman who teaches spinning at my gym who has the worst music, and it brings down the whole vibe. I never take her class but she sometimes pops up as a sub for other (better) teachers and I’m always disappointed to see her. She’s a bad teacher in general but I can forgive a lot if your playlist slaps. Hers…

Maybe I’m dealing with the wrong oils. I always felt greasy when I tried them.

I agree, although I don’t really use oils. But my body and facial skin care regimen changes with the climate.

My brother (who is Black) went through a long phase in which he thought lotion was “girly” and didn’t use it, but my mother and I were like “we can see that you’re ashy. Don’t you itch? Just use the lotion!” Now they market lotion to men, which I think makes him feel a little better.

I use the Palmer’s in a jar when the weather gets cold and you really need something nice and thick. That and regular exfoliation keeps me nice and soft and I will apply twice a day if I need to. I have the travel size lotion in my gym bag and in my travel bag for when I fly.

I was a kid then too but I feel like a lot was made of how young she was. Her youth was part of her brand. Like on appearances, hosts and DJs would be like “You’re just 15 years old!” or whatever. It was the same with the bubblegum pop princesses like Christina, Britney, Mandy Moore. Part of the PR machine involved…

I was on them during a period of unemployment too, and have known a lot of people who have been on them. A lot of people graduated into the recession and you do what you have to do. I was THRILLED when I got a new job and cheerfully told them that and they said I would lose my benefits. I was like “Great! Okay!”

I love yoga. (My favorite teacher is Black. I’m definitely noticing more Black teachers than I did even five years ago.) I do it once or twice a week as part of my fitness regimen. At my peak training time of the year (spring and summer) when I’m logging a lot of cardio and strength training, I do yin yoga where you…

I love that series too because I like seeing how far money goes in different parts of the country (it’s why I like House Hunters - I like seeing what the COL is in different areas) and personal finance and budgeting is an interest of mine.