“Professionals have assessed these areas, and there are usually signs posted regarding hazards and the presence of lifeguards,” White says.

Literally the only reason I was able to move to New York City is because I grew up across Upper New York Bay from it. I moved back home after graduating college in 2008, applied for tons of jobs in New York, and eventually got one and was able to move to Brooklyn.

Gas is almost definitely negligible. Mine is a flat rate of $20 a month, but our heat and hot water are included in our rent. Electric could potentially be higher, depending on whether she has electric heat (which should be outlawed). My electric bill is a solid bell curve, peaking in the summer when we run the air…

Especially since the Hudson River, once home home to the largest oyster bed and now home to the Billion Oyster Project is brackish.

I hate her sister so much. And I’m not too fond of her father. The white side of her [biological] family needs to gtfo.

I just started reading Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, and the author discusses the differences between Eastern European Jewish women and Italian women working in the garment industry in New York in the early 1900s and 1910s. He said that, while both cultures deferred to the father and oldest son, Orthodox…

As I did for the June primary, I have a Google sheet for everyone running for office in the September primary. Has...anyone else looked into Greg Waltman, who is ALSO running for governor? That guy is bananas.

No, she definitely muttered that he was an asshole.

Was Paul Hollywood making more than Mary Berry? This is what I need to know.

Fake Melania is the only conspiracy in which I believe.

The One Where Rachel Finds Out. Joey is participating in a fertility study and can’t release his swimmers into the wild. His partner is VERY appreciative of his other efforts. (Then, of course, after the study is over, he goes back to his old terrible Joey ways.)

Back on topic though: I think a good exercise for men would be to have sex without their penis. Hopefully this would help them think about sex in a new way that would be much more focused on their partner’s pleasure.

I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to sit down with some trusted loved ones and, eventually, a lawyer, to draw up a plan for exactly this sort of thing. I’m sure there are also resources on the internet about what kinds of plans you can put in place.

Exactly! There are also plenty of people who choose not to involve themselves in office gossip, so they might never find things out.

Aren’t Steven Universe fans the worst at everything though?

The amount of emotional energy I’ve spent being angry about some fans’ beliefs about my favorite actress is WAY TOO MUCH.

Another schism? The Great Schism, Part II: Electric Boogaloo? 

My boss and I just spoke about the fact that she grew up in Riverdale, which is ACTUALLY part of the Bronx, but has to kind of qualify the statement “I grew up in the Bronx.” I had to do the same when saying my grandmother, who grew up in Woodlawn, grew up in the Bronx. 

That’s almost definitely the most modest house in a very nice neighborhood. (And I mean that with no judgment - I grew up in a 2 bedroom apartment in a 2-family house in a solid working class city. My mother only bought her first house three years ago when she was 54.)

I’m not really surprised that Jessica Simpson uses PostMates for everything.