His constituents don't care if he and his staff are lazy, ineffectual, and dishonest? They don't care if he can't handle criticism without wanting to duel everyone in the room or whine that he's going to take his game and go home, and THEN we'll be sorry? Come on, even I have a higher opinion of Kentuckians than that.

I…yeah. Well said.

Is it…a Christmas tree topper?

Are we sure that Ariana was at a cemetery and not a whorehouse, and what she saw were "textbook demons" and not Bieber covered with a sheet? I kind of imagine that the smell of sulphur probably follows him wherever he goes.

I…would, may I?

I keep picturing Gwyneth like the worst of the kids in the "I ate your Halloween candy" video (possibly the one in the princess dress?), and I can't help but enjoy the tantrum she's throwing. Even though what I've read about the actual story seems kind of boring, that really just…makes it better for her to be having a…

Very well said. "But I AM [insert ethnic group]!" seems like not a free pass to caricaturize that group as much as you like so much as a reason that, if you did actually have a meaningful connection to that group, you wouldn't even want to wear that costume.

This is 0% hyperbole, I had the exact same feels.

I didn't know until this second, so :)

I would watch that for sure. More stiletto/tight skirt bullshit about trying to get a man to condescend to marry her, though, fuck that.

Another single woman living in New York, looking for love? Snore.

That is a fabulously beautiful cat. I love the ones with soulful eyes.

Well he certainly didn't marry her for her money, after all.

I bet it does, that is irresistible.

Now, would these dead eyes lie to you?

The money things is hard, for sure. I don't know if you have any interest in teaching ESL, but that's how a lot of expats earn their travel. The EU is pretty much out for Americans, but there's a lot of South America and Asia; when I was in the market, Korea was the intersection of highest pay with lowest…

Yeah graduates of the last five years or so have had extra special challenges, for sure. I graduated in 2004 when jobs were easy, and had some pretty amazing experiences in my 20s, but on the whole I just had no real idea who I was, had no confidence, didn't know what I wanted to do, felt completely aimless and…

Keep it short is the best advice. If there's a funny moment that you can identify as the moment when you knew you were accepting the guy into your friend-family, that's a safe bet. Make them laugh, then make them cry, then make them drink.

I've thought about getting a nosejob for those reasons (minus the broken nose) but I've never had the nerve, because it weirds me out to think that I wouldn't look like me. So I don't have anything to add, but I can relate. I don't think your feelings are shallow or that there's anything wrong with fixing something…