Songs like that always make me think the singer wants to kill & taxidermy the girl but I’m not really normal sometimes. I mean, I want to make a music video of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” where a pair of elves keep trying and failing to kidnap the You in question and deliver him to the singer. 

Oh my goodness! THE RAISINS IN POTATO SALAD THING STARTED IN THE COOKOUT ARTICLE. (yes, this does deserve all caps.)

Oh I’m so glad someone else is being kind of emotional about this - I live down the street from a magnet high school and I see the kids often enough that I recognize some of them, and I just want to throw myself out of my car sometimes to tell them how wonderful they are and beautiful and valuable. being a teenager is…

I love that she looks like some of the high schoolers in my neighborhood. More polished, more pretty yes*, but still like someone you might meet. And I mean that not just from on her actual appearance but she’s managing to be both glamorous and real at the same time which doesn’t seem possible. 

I really liked this piece - Kylie is a fascinating example of a number of things. She’s a way to talk about the concept of family wealth as opposed to individual wealth and how it can be good or bad for the overall success of the members of the family. She’s a way to talk about privilege and the different kinds of…

Capitalism has a major flaw* which is it’s people doing the investing - and people are pretty stupid sometimes. It’s like the way the silicon valley venture capitalists all want to invest in things that are “cool” but not in things that are humdrum no matter how successful those humdrum things might be**. there isn’t…

I just love that the guy in the picture looks as if he’s about a half-second away from cracking up.

I just love that the guy in the picture looks as if he’s about a half-second away from cracking up.

And it’s so hard to explain to other people that, no, they aren’t just drunk, they can’t just “sleep it off”, they really are having a psychotic break and need professional help. I’ll never forgive the ER staff at the George Washington Hospital for how they handled my friend who had one at 20. She had attempted to…

I wonder if they’re going to be responsible for the cost of recovering the bodies. With a helicopter involved that could be $20k right up front. 

I don’t even have nuts and I’m feeling nauseated after reading that.

God I love Father Ted. 

I don’t think I’d call the management unless the people were smoking right by the doors, but frankly, Jessica at the office doesn’t want to have to deal with it- she has real things to worry about like fire exits being blocked or whatever way someone found to clog a toilet this week.

That’s So Marchman.

Oh my goodness I love whoever is on the little guitar in the back row. He is playing his whole heart out. Captain Kirk!!

I need to know why he’s no longer in his job. I’m glad, don’t get me wrong, but what on earth happened? 

I have a list of people I want to email right now just asking “so, when you said it wouldn’t be ‘that bad’ what exactly did you mean? Because I’m pretty sure this is ‘that bad’ and you haven’t said anything yet.”

I’m finishing up my term on my HOA’s board this week and I am so, so lucky I live in a place where the neighbors don’t want an involved HOA. I’m proud of three things from my term: helping get no-lawn yards allowed, getting a set policy for yard decor*, and explaining to a neighbor that yes, we really can fine him for…

I misread when they said above that he had property in “the area”, I thought it was just in the neighborhood. A property owner is a little bit trickier. I don’t think they can ban one without going through some serious legal action. Which is a bummer because I was really looking forward to that follow-up. Instead they…

If he’s not a resident they can’t fine him, although they can ban him from the property (which is 100% what I would want my HOA to do. He threatened someone. End of discussion.)

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