In southern Europe it's totally normal to pay for bread. Sometimes you pay for the tableware, too. Read the guide book! (As we do to find out about crazy tipping in the USA)

Good luck to Ms. Wadler getting up her 4th floor walk up without any glute strength whatsoever, if she is so against butts.

When one of the guys tried to stop her, she pulled his beanie off his head and used it to wipe herself.

This movie is one of my favorites (Moonstruck, Tootsie, Working Girl — obviously New York in the 1980s speaks to me). For decades now, I've never heard, spoke, or thought of the number 6000 without finishing it with "it's not even leathuh." More importantly, this film was a major touchstone for me when I started my…

I remember first seeing this when I was in 8th grade and I could not understand what Tess (or Katherine) did for a living. I watched it again and I'm 38 and still do not grasp what she does for a living.

I once went out with a guy who said he was a writer, and since I'm also a writer, I asked who some of his favorite authors were. He said,

You left out the best part of the Anna Wintour quote where she threw some additional unprovoked side shade at Madonna without even batting an eyelash: "The first celebrity that I put on the cover of Vogue was Madonna, and that was considered completely controversial at the time, too. It's such a long time ago…

You continually make me LOL with these.

A tiny, elderly woman sitting down the row from me jumped up and screamed, "How much for the pants?"

Yes, although I don't find Craig attractive at all - and given the material, it was very easy to set aside my hots for Hugh for a few hours. I guess good for him making bank at the box office while he can, but I really wish he'd focus on more serious film work. Or mix his film roles up more often.

Yes to your sentiment on Hugh & Deb - they are really lovely together and love that they've been together for so long. My introduction to him was in The Boy from Oz - not a great musical but he's definitely an outstanding musical theater performer. More of that, please. I really just don't care for comic-book based…

Her cat sucks at fetch. Mine used to actually FETCH things and expect you to throw them again for her.

She had a special love for sparkley pom-poms. She kept them in her water bowl.

As you do.

What an excellent, well-written and heartfelt piece. Thank you. For I confess, I was a little disappointed in Jez's previous piece about hir. But then such a complex person, who was both ambiguous and extreme in equal measure, is difficult to sum up in the length of a typical blog post.

Beautifully written tribute. Thank you for teaching me something new.

I think I like his shirt. Not kidding.

I think that people who are happy in their own lives, well adjusted and without deep-seated issues just don't try to insinuate themselves in (let alone dedicate themselves to campaigning against) other people's private lives.

Yeah, honestly I don't even know how it would work out. I don't have a lot pf personal or valuable shit for anyone to go through so I am not super concerned about that. We have dogs that we would have to get out of the house, so hanging around is not an option. But my house is so funky right now and I refuse to…

How's your Hump Day going?

exactly. they were great record keepers but there is no documented evidence of jesus existing. none. don't take my word for it, check it out yourself.

and can i just point out that we have no evidence, zero, nada, zilch, that Jesus was even actually a real person?