It’s everywhere and everything creative these days. I’ve had someone (poorly) copy one of my original cosplays, post it on Twitter as her own, reap more than half a million comments/likes/retweets, and bask in the praise of being called a genius. Never once did she mention the idea was someone else’s. It galled me,…

If you need an accompanying GBBO podcast, try “Gin and Cake”.

My plain, no-S MINI just topped 14 years old, and it still runs decently, but I’m about done with it. I can feel the huge repair bill looming for standard stuff in such an old car, and I can’t bring myself to pay two or three times what it’s worth. Still, I have loved that car, it’s fun to drive, it’s small, and it’s…

Then he shouldn’t be working with Von Trier. The Academy won’t touch that!

There’s a new podcast called “Boring Books for Bedtime” that uses soft spoken reading to help you relax and get to sleep. Highly recommend checking it out, especially if the rambly-type of stories annoy you like they do me!

Hush your mouth! Why would you wish that on the world??

Next year, let’s have a rundown of the top 10 balloon/float attendant costumes, because those are SURREAL. I feel a little bit bad for the folks whose memory of parade participation is, “I walked 3.5 miles dressed as a stick of butter!” And also a little bit jealous, because that’s a great back-pocket story.

This is the enraged toddler face of a man who is mad because Macron changed the placecards and didn’t let him sit next to his best friend Putin at lunch.

Still not as blurry as that accent, yikes. There are dozens of smokin’ hot, talented Scottish actors out there. They couldn’t find one?

I know. I’ve lived here for 40 years.

There really was a lot of good news, not the least of which was Florida re-enfranchising more than a million people. All may not be lost in Crazytown, at least in 2020. I mean, it’s Florida, so hope is probably foolish here, but you never know.

I don’t try to change their minds; that is, indeed, a dead end street. I just ask them to clarify what they mean when they say crazy things. It’s like picking petals off a flower. Hmm, what do you mean by that? And that? And now that, which contradicts the first thing you said? I’m not convinced it does anything…

Definitely a huge problem. And I apologize that my frustration comes off as a blanket condemnation of anyone who lives in rural areas, which it wasn’t meant to be. I’m speaking of my experience with entire communities who are sitting there, waiting in vain for those sweet auto jobs to come back while refusing every…

My in-laws are out there, and if you can figure out a way to get through to them, let me know. I wouldn’t have believed it before, but direct contact leads me to understand that their cultural opinions don’t have jack to do with jobs and “economic insecurity” and eeeeverything to do with racism, xenophobia and…

Sooo...what was the husband thinking and doing for six whole days while all of this was going on? I just can’t conceive of watching that and thinking, yeah, we’re good here. At some point, would it not occur to him to call a damn ambulance or something? There’s no part of the country so remote that someone can’t get…

You’re smart. We never eat candy around here, but husband and I both broke into a bag because, ugh, EVERYTHING. It just made us feel sick. You know things are terrible when even candy doesn’t help!

Yes, I researched the entry standards for the various branches when my stepson was thinking about going into the military (he didn’t, thank the gods). Basically, there are few standards anymore. Dispensations for criminals, mental issues, prescription drug dependencies—you name it—are widely used to keep the numbers…

The flip side of the person who escapes their act-of-god-ruined house and thanks god.

They wouldn’t care. For people like that, it’s either what they deserved, or a false flag operation done to make upstanding white folks look bad.

Campaigning and rallying is his job, as far as he’s concerned. That’s it. All he wants is to be in the public glare. I expect we’ll see a lot more general rallies after the election and he no longer has the excuse of stumping for candidates (which are still just rallies about him, but with a veneer of legitimacy).