I remember Kate Winslet’s story of Emma giving her advice about not listening to all the garbage industry people who would tell her to starve herself or whatever if she wanted the “good roles,” and my love for Emma was sealed.

“I’m so devastated that I managed to turn on this phone, hold it steady, keep myself in focus, and type a message of devastation.”

Or the vandal was Kanye? He hasn’t been in the news declaring himself a victim of ... whatever ... for at least a week. Time to churn some news butter?

Yeah, I’m crazy liberal about a lot, but this should be a no-brainer. No remorse, no regrets, already buried two children (no regrets??), and has a third on the way, not digging life in a refugee camp, and now she wants to come on home? The UK would be fools to take her back. She can be deprogrammed elsewhere, if she…

Or male. Funny how men who get a divorce (especially ones who’ve moved on to their second wife/fiancee) get a huuuuuge pass in most every church, especially “traditional” ones, no matter what transpired in the first marriage. Women? Not so much.

Yet I bet her mommy’s little racist “human trafficking” incident got some crickets. Or did she have some fascinating explanation?

There is so much going on here! Thanks for sharing.

They will receive neither, I suspect.

Frank Herbert’s “The White Plague” also trod some of this ground in the early 1980's. And it’s tangentially explored in “Children of Men,” as well. Thank goodness Casey Affleck is here to give us his hot take.

It’s no cure-all, but if any teachers are inclined to try a few techniques with their classes, the well-known (and expensive!) Calm app is being offered free for teachers and schools. Here’s the link:

I think they think that it’s supposed to make the people left behind feel like they’re still working for a worthwhile enterprise while being forced to do the work of three people for the pathetic pay of one? It’s the only slim reasoning I can come up with.

Is he happy and well cared for in the facility where he is? If so, visit him often, enjoy his company, and let them care for him. Honestly, you have no idea how much work it is--emotional, mental, physical--when the decline begins in earnest.

That just cheered me right up, thanks!

Ta da! This morning, the FAA starts halting flights to LaGuardia, and this afternoon we have a deal to reopen the government.

I feel seen.

I think that’s lovely of your family. And rare. I’ve been going to the same urban grocery store for 25 years, and there is no chance in hell they’re handing me free food, in any circumstance, ever. They even grind up fresh deli items at the end of the day so nobody can dumpster-dive because they’re terrified of…

Husband and I have had this conversation multiple times in the past few weeks. The only people who can stop this are TSA and anyone else associated with flying. The oligarchy that rules this country doesn’t give a shit about parks, climate change, or hurricane preparedness. They don’t care about food stamps, or people…

I’m not sure it qualifies as half a sentence, honestly.

If and when I give up my Pandora subscription, I will. :)

If only there was a way to tailor the ads they send you. If I hear that Praeger University ad telling me that “all women really love a manly man” in between my 80s New Wave songs, I’m going to be rather ill.