Given the past few days of election drama, I am so grateful for this petty bullshit distraction. Thanks, Ellie :)

Mildly related: Banana-bacon french toast is the best brunch.

I am sorry you had to deal with that situation - it had to be incredibly terrifying! I’m so glad your friend was able to find the magic phrase to make him leave you alone and keep you safe.

I’m out in the burbs, too, and I’m not going anywhere near the city during the convention. It is not going to be good.

I have seen the same! I simply do not understand people sometimes.

Do you think if we just turn our collective backs on him he’ll lose all of his power?

I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. FUCK THIS JACKASS.

Yeah. It can be hard - world-shattering, even - to learn that someone you know and love in this particular way is a monster. I was shattered to learn that one of my grandfathers was one. My initial instinct was to defend him, just as Lily-Rose is doing here. That changed quickly, though. I have only empathy for her,…

They apparently DID. I remember Retro Ruth at The Midcentury Menu writing about it at some point.

I use the Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser, which is almost as gentle as that one. It’s amazing how good those two cleansers are, especially when you look at how awful some of their other stuff can be.

You have to be really careful about skincare products, especially if you have sensitive or acne-prone skin. I’ve been checking products against their reviews at Beautypedia, and it’s amazing how many face washes have high levels of skin irritants. FWIW, I’ve used the site to find several inexpensive drugstore products…

No worries - I think I speak for everyone when I say we all wish we’d missed it, too. People are hitting new levels of awful this week.

Easton, which I previously knew only as the home of Crayola and Weyerbacher beer.

Goddamnit, Rendell. Shhhhh. Just shhhhh.

THAT’S where I’ve seen her! I was trying to place her, and just couldn’t.

I do not want to take anything away from Laverne Cox here, because having her play a main character (and what a fantastic role!) is an excellent step forward for transgender actors and actresses. But wasn’t Candis Cayne the first transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character on a network show (on Dirty…

You know, I came here expecting this to be a UA sorority (sorry, Tide friends). I am only mildly surprised that it turned out to be Samford instead. Samford is a private, Southern Baptist college, and the people who attend are typically very sheltered, privileged, and conservative. Lots of old south money. Of course…

Holy shit. I saw the news about this poor woman’s murder, but I hadn’t seen this detail. What a courageous woman, to have the presence of mind to do this in the middle of such a horrifying situation.

The first season is on Hulu Plus, if you want to catch up! :)

My extended fam (parents, sis & her kid, aunts, uncles, cousins, and a few hangers-on) are taking my grandmother out for dinner at the local (but, sadly, bland) Mexican place. I miss them, but then I think about how grumpy my mom will be at her sisters, and I get super-happy that I won’t have to try to be the…