I thought that was the Garry Marshall holiday sequence: Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, Mother’s Day, National Ice Cream Day (ok, maybe not the last one, but the rest are horribly, surprisingly real).

It’s for everyone, really - or at least everyone who knows the agony of huddling inside your coat or under your umbrella when it’s 10 below zero or 35 & rainy while that dog JUST WON’T POOP, DAMMIT.

That’s fantastic :) I teach business writing, but I rarely get to work with grad students. Congratulations again!

When my lovely girl Lucy was still with me, I sang “Everybody Poops” to her on our walks. (Yep, it’s to the tune of “Everybody Hurts.”)

Congratulations on finishing! I know how hard grad school is - it breaks my heart that other folks haven’t recognized that for you yet, and I’ll hope that they do ASAP. What’s your program?

I’ve been saying that Rogue One was the Star Wars movie we needed & deserved right now. It’s an homage to Cold War-era nuclear holocaust movies at the end. It shows us the heroism that people may have to exemplify in the coming years/decades. All of that is simultaneously inspiring and terrifying. I’m still processing…

I swear - I’ve never been so simultaneously thrilled to see a year go away and terrified of what the next year will bring.

Excellent points. It’s true that The Voice isn’t like a whole lot of other reality shows in terms of tone. I’m just so worn down by this shitshow of a year, I’m cynical about everything right now.

Nah, that positions them perfectly for a staged breakup just before the season starts. Think about it - the coaches already compete against each other for contestants. How much more catty/dramatic would it be if two of the coaches were having relationship trouble/dealing with a breakup? It would also lend veracity to…

Trumpeter.

Coming in to say that Fancy is one of my go-to karaoke songs. The lyrics are fucked up as all hell, but REBA.

I’ll admit, I bought the tiny version of this candle as a splurge. It smells so damn good...but I will likely never again buy it (because, as nerdybirdy says, it’s A MOTHERFUCKING CANDLE). I hoard it and ration it out in small, delightfully scented doses.

Dammit, I knew I should have checked for the other comments. A+ gif-ing.

If you believe The Simpsons (and why not? they’ve predicted many things), the dolphins will one day rule over the earth again:

I loved that stupid movie last year.

Oh, god, my students (or maybe my niece) got me sick last week. Then, I made them all suffer through group conferences in my office as I hacked and sneezed, just to pay back the torment. Then, I slept all weekend, and it was GLORIOUS.

WITH POPCORN AND A SODA, OR SHIT, A BEER AT ONE OF THOSE FANCY MOVIE TAVERNS.

Charlotte, I bet. I otherwise love that airport, but the attendants make me feel really damn awkward.

The Alabama state constitution was ratified in 1901, and has undergone hundreds of amendments that make it the longest (and the unwieldiest) constitution still in use around the world. (Sidebar: some of those amendments only apply to one or two counties or cities!) Although every decade or so brings a new movement to…

The best people. Really, believe me.