My best friend is getting married and wants me to do a reading at the ceremony. Anything, as long as it’s not religious. I’m stressing because I’ve been searching for a few months now and I can’t find anything that’s good enough. This woman is the most open and generous person I know. She saved me when I got white…

Thank you for sharing, that sounds horrible and I’m glad you’re okay.

How did you break your elbow making fried chicken?

One of the first things you learn in Art History is that Giorgio Vasari wrote to entertain first and inform second. Despite arguably creating the field of Art History by writing a comprehensive biography of Italian artists, he was incredibly biased towards the ones he liked best (Michelangelo) and also blatantly…

Okay, I have to ask.

I haven’t heard of Carla Morrison or Caro Emerald. Off to Spotify to have a good listen! *rubs hands together excitedly*

Hurrah! I know it’s extra work for you, but if you ever wanted to share your complete playlist on another open thread I’d love to admire it!

Have you got any Big Band music? Standards, but none of that Sinatra crap (the entire Rat Pack is nonsense imho). Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, etc. Songs like In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo-Choo. Stormy Weather by Lena Horne. Ella Fitzgerald’s Night and Day, and her live version of Mack…

It would not surprise me at all if IKEA was an attempt by StrexCorp to extend their influence to our world.

No, the meatballs are wrong. They impair your judgement so you’re nothing but a shell of a human until you buy more meatballs.

Except for Man Up, where she played herself with an English accent.

I have entirely the wrong disposition for IKEA. I go in with my shopping list and the best intentions, but entering the twilight realm of home furnishings reduces me to low-grade urgent annoyance and immediate spiritual exhaustion.

I love Gorgonzola! Which kind do use to get that delicious flavour? Every time I make sauce with it, it’s creamy but the flavour is quite faint.

This is such an excellent explanation! I’m​ sad I only have one star to give you.

This is why I’m thankful every day for the NHS (and really stressed about the election results!). I think from about the halfway point in my pregnancy, at every checkup the midwife made​ a point of asking me if I experienced itching.

Because you’ve already done it once. And I say that as someone who was terrified through pregnancy, had a difficult labour, and decided to do it again a few years later. You’re not necessarily 100% confident, but you kind of know what to expect.

Hey, who’s to say we’ll even be alive then?

“I love that word “relationship.” Covers all manner of sins, doesn’t it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship; a relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country, but we’re a great one,…

Tender is a song for the ages, according to my friend. We used to get into fights because I was into the Stone Roses and considered Tightrope the superior ballad, mostly because it wasn’t a million years long.

I’m sorry your husband isn’t processing what’s in front of him, but I’m happy you have the support you need so you can decompress in a safe space. My cousin is on the spectrum and I can’t imagine anyone shouting at him! Recently we introduced him to my son, and that wonderful Sesame Street episode where they…