Yes, my favorite “well, we saved the baby, but fuck that family for riding on the coattails of hardworking bootstrappers in order to support their struggling family and their huge medical bills that came from having that kid” reasoning.

No, cars can sometimes mean things (I have never met a yellow hummer owner who was NOT a douchebag), but sometimes people have cars that conflict with their situation for unrelated reasons. I remember reading a story about a family where both parents lost their jobs and were on unemployment and food stamps while they…

I was mad when I started to own furniture because I lost my ability to throw everything in the trunk and move across the country at will (not that I would or could, I just wanted the illusion of nomadic freedom). I can’t imagine being tied down to a house so that I can’t just pack up and leave.

They should get a cat! Obama promised his kids a dog if he was elected president; maybe Trump would be more successful if he talked about what pets he would get if elected president.

I just feel bad for her. She clearly doesn’t want to be doing this, ranks lower in the list of “people who hold Trump’s ear campaign-wise” than everybody in his family (with the probable exception of Tiffany and Baron), and yet is being run through the wringer for her past modeling career, immigration status, and now…

The incubation period refers to the time needed for bacteria in fecal waste in the water that athletes were exposed to to develop into full blown illness. You can be infected but then, depending on the incubation period, only begin to show symptoms and feel sick weeks later. I know the teams competing in infected…

There is some thought that Zika came to Brazil from a Polynesian tourist during the World Cup, so it will be interesting to see if Zika goes elsewhere courtesy of the Olympics and the athletes/tourists.

I would add “crush a man” to my to-do list for this weekend, but I prefer cowboy boots to 90s chunky heels and power pumps, which seem to be the only footwear appropriate for man-crushing. Dilemma!

What these types of “how to get by as unpaid intern” articles never cover is the expense that comes with existing beyond basic necessities, which is something that you HAVE to do as an adult. Like great, you have six roommates, your social events are potlucks, and you upsource goodwill clothing, so you are housed, fed…

I want to see self-driving cars survive in a city of notoriously bad, unpredictable drivers, like anywhere in Florida or Massachusetts. If a self driving car can successfully navigate around the Massholes of Boston or the erratic driving patterns of the very young, very old, very angry, and very drunk drivers of…

Ah, so the song just didn’t want to admit that the city boy was Canadian and that the midnight train going nowhere was briefly stopped at the border by customs officials. It wouldn't mesh lyrically!

I’ve heard private school and college tuition costs referred to as “every year you buy a brand new BMW and then you proceed to drive it straight off a cliff”. This was usually followed by some fast backtracking about how education really IS valuable, we promise.

Then what is the south part of Detroit called? Or is it missing a geographic coordinate?

I went to go see a play recently that used prop guns and you could tell which actors had handled a real gun before based on whose fingers were kept religiously off the trigger, even when they were fake shooting in each other’s general (but not actual) direction. It was interesting that the rules can be so engrained…

Wait, my update didn’t do the “Nearby”, just the “sightings”. How am I going to catch that vulpix if I can’t see what pokestop it is hanging out near? Are only certain areas getting the nearby feature or will I have to pay for it?

It’s the ten days of funerary games following my burial that are proving the most financially draining. Apparently all the glitter and feathers needed to turn four chariots worth of horses into “pretty pretty princess Pegasus unicorns” is not easy on the Hello Kitty pink glitter coin purse. Glitter may cost extra, but…

I used to use the Hulu ad tailor (“is this ad relevant to you?”) to convince the robot I was different stereotypes, like a college bro or a soccer mom. Still a lot of car commercials, but it did vary somewhat depending on which stereotype was tailoring the ads that week. The best was masquerading as a crotchety old…

I wear my hair up in a bun usually and somehow this registers as an issue on the full body scans. I wear a ponytail now just so TSA doesn’t have to grope my bun for weapons anymore.

And if she did WHAT WAS IT?! I'm dying to know! Guesses?

I know some people who don’t like superhero movies, but loved the Captain America WW2 movie because they liked the period war movie aspect (with bonus badass Peggy Carter). I see this appealing to the same demographic. The costumes and the one-liners! Oh I’m so excited!