Thank you for this comment. Turning people into consumers has been a pernicious tendency, I have noticed for the last 25 years. I observed this first in library school in the early 1990s when one of my professors (a business librarian) who told us that we should not refer to our clients as patrons but rather we should…

Reading your post made me a little teary-eyed knowing how difficult life is now for healthcare workers and individuals who work with the public. As someone who has had a rather slightly bitter view of humanity for my entire life and who has in the past worked retail - witnessing the bad behavior of others even has…

My sister reminded me a couple of days ago about her friends who were once neighbors of Hilaria and Alex in Manhattan. They liked Alex but loathed Hilaria. I guess she was insufferable. She is just exactly what you would think she would be.

My first thought after hearing about her lying about her “Spanish” heritage was what kind of non Spanish family from the US owns a “summer” house in Majorca? So after hearing she grew up in extremely affluent town outside of Boston it is not shocking to hear her family is LOADED and hopefully they are a bit…

Of course you do because it is superior

I agree. She was never cool.

Beautiful skin is mostly a product of genetics and not expensive products.

This remake is not necessary or wanted.

Yeah. I can relate. I remember having a similar mindset when I was young in the early 1980s, but I also remember thinking f—k it, I can’t deny that I love Steely Dan and Neil Young!

I first saw the film the 400 Blows may be when I was 12 or 13 after seeing it on TV on Channel 11 in Chicago. Back in the 1970s, Chanel 11 would regularly play foreign films distributed by Janus Films. I can still remember how I felt when I saw the last scene of Antoine Doinel running on the beach. Though the scene is…

In the mid 2000s one of my oldest friends got a job in Omaha. She was told when she was living there that Alexander Payne had the reputation of cruising college aged woman whenever he was visiting Omaha. Her friend said Payn was pretty skeevy. I really love his movies so I was fairly disappointed to hear this bit of…

Stefani Robinson is EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED and I can’t wait for Season 3 of What We do in the Shadows. This year has been horrible and the show and Stefani Robinson has brought me more joy than she can even imagine. Congratulations on their Emmy nominations. YOU guys deserve to win.

I am a Boomer (granted I was born the last year one can be a boomer). I didn’t vote for him and never liked him. Many of his policies I strongly opposed at the time including NAFTA and the changes he made to welfare and the financial industry. His policies pushed the Democratic party so far to the right to the point so…

Jason Schwartzman

Everyone is different. My mother told me that my dad (he has a narcissistic personality disorder) wanted to abort me and my twin sister - I accepted for what it was because I know a lot about my parents and their fucked up relationship. I also told my mother (who was very pro-life) had she aborted me I would have…

I have the same problem with a lot of white actresses (meaning I can’t really tell them apart) and I am white! Hollywood definitely promotes certain physical types and the range is super limited.

Not to diminish your fun but bird feed attracts rats. Make sure your house is well sealed so the rats can’t come in to your structure and make sure your feeders are well away from the house. Learned the hard way that if there is a tiny space anywhere near your foundation or roof - the rats can fit into - they will…

I wonder how Maude Apatow got her job? I hear acting is a very competitive business!

I went to a lot of marches then too.

I think the first protest I ever attended was in March of 1982 in Chicago. The protest there was one of many that day demanding that the US government end all aid to El Salvador. I remember chanting - No Draft, No War, U.S. Out of El Salvador.