Unpopular opinion time: All artists write songs about failed relationships. And that’s ok.

Taylor names names afterward, which is ... tacky. I did it too, when I was 14, 15, and 16. (Bad poetry and LiveJournal? I’m looking at you.) I wasn’t rewarded by millions of dollars and lots of Top 40 hits, though, so I stopped…

Where was all the crying and shame-binging on ice cream? The hand-wringing? The soft violin music as you gazed, tearfully, out a window onto a rainy field?

IS NOTHING I LEARNED ON TV TRUE?

She doesn’t talk about it at all, or doesn’t talk about it with you?

It sounds like you’re still sorting through some feelings about it, and, in your ex’s shoes, I would absolutely refuse to reopen that conversation.

You were angry with yourself but it wasn’t a hard decision? You can experience two emotions simultaneously? What is this sorcery? Are you a wizard?

You’re essentially getting the employee discount.

I work there essentially for the discount and regularly ask, “Why even bother?” after checking my email. Watch it go away at the end of the summer when I quit.

I dunno - a friend of mine was recently showing off her kid’s smarts and asked her to show me the cups.

It was a series of 1970s/80s nostalgia films I’d watched with the parents - there was a plot, but it didn’t necessarily make sense. We had just watched Dog Day Afternoon, which I kept asking, “Is this a comedy?” because it was funny until the end. Dad’s response was to call everything a comedy forever. To this day. So…

I hated it the first time, but one of my parents is weird and they’re a pretty big fan. We rewatched and it grew on me, and now I put it in the DVD player whenever I’m drunk and/or homesick and/or it’s Halloween.

As a person who teaches a lot of first generation students, I will echo: upward mobility is very much a concern, regardless of the student’s ethnic background. I can only imagine that experience with racial discrimination would make the upward mobility as much an emotional issue as a financial one.

I thought of that last one when I read the title.

“pulled from the cauldron of What the Fuck”

Hiiiiiiii! Still around. Just ... busier.

If he had thumbs for the lighter, he probably would.

Shh. Don’t give them ideas.

Ours used to do that. Now he can open the door, if it’s not locked.

Check back in a year or so. He’ll have figured out the lock.

We have learned, through trial and error, that if I get mad, he gets worse. (If I react, he’ll come over and start clawing the couch and I will lock him in the bathroom/kitty dungeon until it’s time to go back to work.)

Your cat does it because science. My (husband’s) cat does it because he’s a dick. He’s sitting on the kitchen counter, making eye contact, and shoving things off one at a time. It’s not even close to mealtime. I’m not getting up or reacting. He just wants to remind me that he does what he wants.

There is a reason we…

If I had as much money as the Kardashian/Jenner family, I’d probably do nothing but yoga all day. Can’t say I blame him.

Based on the three episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians I watched last night while grading, Bruce has a history of irresponsible spending leading to extreme debt and Kris/Kim were the only things between him and total bankruptcy.

Using this as evidence, I suspect we will be seeing periodic tell-alls from Bruce…

I think it’s only wrong if you keep him in a pit and threaten him with the hose for noncompliance.