Littlefinger's accent fail is particularly egregious this season.

Nope. You need not be sullied to see Shae's naivete in this respect as a total plot contrivance. Having read the books, I see this is a clash between the trajectories of book Shae and TV Shae.

Long elevator ride.

Precisely:)

Yes, I know I was being facetious. But seriously, "terrorists" and "thugs" and even "terrorist thugs" have been used interchangeably by conservatives throughout the "War on Terror" in conservative rhetoric.

What does it mean when bell hooks and Bill O'Reilly start sounding alike?

I have too many go-to lines that come right back at me from the mouths of my darling kiddos providing unintended comedic gold.

Teen love doomed by the ticking time-bomb of terminal illness is the oldest trick in YA marketing.

A woman does not need a "good reason" to get an abortion. In fact, she does not need any reason at all.

Yes! "Pop up box" is the best description of suicidal intrusive thoughts I have come across so far. This is a qualitatively different symptom from depression that, for me, is the major alarm bell.

I took Accutane for some truly depressing acne.

I had moderately bad acne back in my twenties and was prescribed Accutane in the mid-1990s, while I was in college.

Anyone else old enough to remember this 80's Milk Drinking PSA?

Yes! Thanks for reminding us of the original song's message! Don't care if it's an overplayed anthem, I feel obliged to quote the lyrics here. Note that the real fuck you she delivers to her former tormentor does not include her rising above his income bracket:

What's with the photo of the enormous fossilized giant sloth turd?

Courtesy of Walt Disney World News

Has anyone else seen the 2010 documentary The Elephant in the Living Room ?

I can see that as a closer analogy. Although, I'm thinking more about the impacts of the individual's circumcised or uncircumcised penis on not only his own health, but the health of others. At what point do we, as a society, draw the line at individual choice vs. collective safety? Really asking - cuz I dunno....