Jesus christ, for a second there I thought I was reading about Meghan Markle and seeing the incredible amount of backlash that always results. Just mention her name in an article and the hate just explodes. That’s exactly what’s happening here.

Oh, for fuck’s sake. What does it hurt you to acknowledge them?

Although I think it sounds rather icky, I can see why it may have been popular. It sounds an awful lot like a poor man’s mulled wine. It would be interesting to see how it would do with other add-ins like orange peel and anise. Simmer it on the stove, maybe even with a cinnamon stick or two, then ladle into mugs.

It’s not really “Christmas” stuff. It’s nostalgia for all the things that remind us of when life was slower and safer, and all the rough edges have been polished off our memories. Updated toys, re-imagined comic book characters, movie remakes...people get very, very upset when those sepia-toned memories are threatened.

I hate to say it, but that’s exactly the first thing I thought, too. If it had been a little white girl, would there have been so much anger?

First thing I thought, too!

I actually loved Sonic the Hedgehog, and I didn’t expect to. And part of that was Jim Carrey - he was chewing up the scenery like he was starving, and his dance number was hilarious.

Two things that work great:

Did anybody else get a “Lenny Bruce” vibe off of Chappelle?

One of my favorite memories of Alex Trebek was when he appeared in a absurdist episode of The X-Files. I don’t recall all the details, but a witness to a UFO-encounter said he had been approached by the infamous “Men in Black”- black car, fedoras and trench coats - and warned to keep his mouth shut. When asked to…

Jesusfuckingchristonastick, this country’s slide backwards is absolutely terrifying. The very thought of this country taking a woman’s right to control her body completely away from her absolutely enrages me. The United States was not supposed to end up a theocracy or a fascist authoritative state, but four short…

It’s the only clean thing in the whole building. Sparkling, in fact. What’s up with that? It’s like there’s a serial killer in the building who scrubs clean the scene of a dismemberment to remove the evidence.

Exactly what happened to me. Circles and dead ends and gradually increasing anxiety. Like the walls kept shifting so I couldn’t find the doors. I swear it felt like some of the hallways were elongating as I tried to get out.

If I’m not going to use the whole avocado, I brush a little lime juice on the cut half and seal it in a ziplock bag. That seems to keep it from browning for a day or so.

“Accidentally.”

Something terrible happened there. I’m sure of it.

I have a few thoughts:

This is great if you can get the video to work. My company has had Zoom meetings for months, and I’ve never been able to get the video to work. Skype - fine. Facetime - fine. Zoom? I’ve been all over the ‘net and sent many emails to Zoom. They actually said they didn’t have time to help me and that I was on my own.

“...surely you can train them not to go onto the counters?”