I see no problem with this. My husband and I just bought our Easter eggs last night at Kroger, and I don’t see why the White house needs to prepare any more than we do.

Signed,
Someone who had to spend 44$ to overnight ship a box of matzo and a jar of gefilte fish when all stores in town were sold out last night.

I would watch Arrival. I love the cinematography and the theme that things ending in tragedy does not undermine their beauty.

You’ve probably heard it a million times before, but you’ve got to network. Even for some shitty job. Like, at any given grocery store looking to hire, there is going to be at least one good employee who has a friend who needs a job. The recommendation will get them the job over you most of the time. So go to lots of…

Me too. I also really liked that post they ran about Blac Chyna’s underdog story. I thought it was an interesting perspective on her ascent to wealth and how people reacted.

Sounds good! ;) Actually, I have a friend who may be moving to Chicago, so I may be in your neck of the woods relatively soon.

I’m in the southeastern US. You? It’d be cool to make a Jezebel commenting addicts meetup!

Yeah, I am working on that stuff. I’ve surmounted this kind of thing before. I find that meetup groups are great, and I’ve been volunteering, going to a book club, and planning things with the few connections I have. That said, I’m in that inevitable period where I only have acquaintances here. I find it hard to move…

I am 31 in a new city and it is so lonely. Making friends is hard. :,(

30-ish newlywed with enough money to get buy here. Here are the things I would have loved:
Money. Everyone wants money, regardless of how much they have.
Time. As in, a gift certificate for a house cleaner or gardener to come in, or a couple of weeks of a meal subscription, or a roomba or alternative, cheaper cleaning…

That dumpster fire comment... That is why I am coming to love Durham. <3

I read The Handmaid’s Tale (THT) as a teen, totally unaware of recent history. It took me *years* before I realized THT was about real life. What tipped me off was a scene in The Kite Runner. I later read Persepolis with that in mind. Also, in the years between THT and The Kite Runner, I had a lengthy debate with a…

This is a question I wondered about in the past. I don’t think things are cut-and-dried, but I concluded that these fears are legitimate after learning more about recent history and meeting people from the middle east. To get similar experiences, I suggest you read the Kite Runner or Persepolis immediately after The…

Consider that Iran and Afghanistan were once relatively progressive places where women enjoyed freedoms similar to our own before they became what they are now. If you believe that Christianity has the same potential for extreme fundamentalist interpretations as Islam does, then if we do not guard our freedoms we…

I think the bigger question is, who the hell is Jake Tapper?

I wonder how much of that is gay people having experiences that make them more open, accepting, etc, and how much of that is selection bias. If they weren’t fun loving, you probably would not be friends with them. Also, if you are interacting with someone enough to discover their sexual orientation, they’re probably…

I was coming here to talk about these malls. I think the central malls that are attached underground will survive in cold climates because they are just too convenient in winter. It’s surprising that Dawson can’t keep Atwater afloat, but I guess it’s just too far from the rest of downtown. Maybe once all the new condo…

Isn’t that just... acting? Like when an actor plays an accountant or a lawyer even though they are not actually an accountant or lawyer???

If she’d have met a bunch of gay people who happened to be shitty, it’d just have supported her preconceived notions. I guess the saving grace is that people are mostly good (I think), and so minority groups are mostly good, so when bigots encounter them, in all probability they’ll meet nice people who defy their…

Well, I guess I must actually find a doctor here now... Ah well.

Hmm... I think my coverage may be renewed with the academic year, rather than the calendar, so I really should minimally squeak the change in before September. Thanks for the info!