No, this is Would You Rather, not Shit Happening In Five Years.
ExPatYael
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As a DC resident, I am sympathetic to the distinction between the people and leaders of the cities and the asshat out of towners who invade it.
My favorite bit is from the end:
This should be right in my wheelhouse, but I don’t think I will be able to get past A. That Mustache, B. the presence of Johnny Depp, or C. the soundtrack, if it’s anything like what was in the trailer. I mean, just one of these things might be overlookable (I have my doubts I will ever be able to look past that…
Your point is well made (and your username is awesome).
Nailed it. Facial hair and head hair color don’t have to be twins, but they gotta be brothers.
I realized finally why I hate that mustache so much.
I swear on the grave of Agatha Christie that Hercule Poirot did not have a soul patch.
And my grampa, from the Bronx— “bottle” was “bo’ull”. Also born 1920 or thereabouts. He always talked like Harvey Keitel on a bad day. :)
As I have written before, my daughter died when she was five in 2011, two months after being diagnosed with an inoperable and malignant brain tumor. There is no cure for her type of tumor - DIPG - and current treatments do little more than extend life for a few months.
News like this makes me glad I’ve already had my hysterectomy and no longer have to worry about getting birth control to try and keep my debilitating endometriosis in check. Unless they were planning on only making this the case for birth control for reproductive purposes and not for hormonal medications taken to…
Men. You do need to grow a thicker skin. Greetings, the stronger sex.
It’s interesting how she framed these remarks in terms of the impact of watching 20 films in a short period of time. I was on the jury for a film festival a few years back (a small, local festival, basically the opposite of Cannes), and the process made me realize how much violence against women is a default narrative…
Maybe the state government is thinking of all the money it will save by not buying textbooks. I live overseas so I am mildly amused by all these “My state is more backwards than your state!” discussions. But of course as an American I am horrified by this national race to the bottom.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
Better yet, a picture is worth a thousand words:
This whole piece, and especially that quote, really struck a chord with me. I grew up in a working class family and attended an elementary school in a predominately black and Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles. I earned a scholarship for all four years to a prestigious, private all girls high school. During my time…