I asked for a round one instead of the oval, so I’m hoping that will help!

Mr. Ferret and I have talked about engagement rings and I asked for a simple sapphire solitaire or halo ring with a white gold band. Fairly straightforward, but I know that anyone who sees it will probably think I’m trying to copy Kate Middleton. And I promise I’m not. If I didn’t like sapphires so much I would have…

Whether they think it’s a mistake is irrelevant. They had the choice, and they want to deny that choice to other people now. That’s the issue.

The Duggars also espoused the same type of holier-than-thou bullshit while their son molested his sisters. They’re hypocrites and beneath contempt.

Again: One rule for them, one rule for other people. They want to deny other people the choice that they were able to make. That they might regret that choice doesn’t mean they weren’t free to make it, and it doesn’t mean other people aren’t equally free to make it, and it doesn’t mean that every person who makes that…

Or they think that it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else.

I guaran-damn-tee that at least some of the women, maybe even a lot of the women, at these protests have had an abortion. Maybe even through Planned Parenthood.

That’s general (and longstanding) Times style on second reference. It’s Mr. XYZ and Mrs. ABC. That’s just how they do it. It isn’t meant to belittle anyone.

I feel like this is eventually going to come to a head when the religious exemption in question turns into, say, blood transfusions, organ donations, erectile dysfunction treatment, vaccinations, that sort of thing. If the courts are prepared to do this with contraceptives, they need to be willing to follow through on…

He had a “change of heart” because he found out that his life was about to be imminently ruined. How are you that fucking stupid?

when it’s clear that the blackmail is happening in front of your eyes? Or do you stop the blackmail?

Um. Cutting off contact in the face of blackmail is refusing the blackmail, as in, he’s not doing what the blackmailer wants. He didn’t take the blackmail bait. And your continued effort to paint Gawker as some sort of hero for publishing this is just fucking disgusting. Who the hell do you think you’re kidding?

But Gawker wouldn’t have the story if the guy hadn’t already refused to misuse his influence. The assholes here are 1. the guy attempting the blackmail and 2. Gawker for abetting the blackmail, not the guy who waited until his life was about to be ruined to desperately try to stop it by whatever means (again, if this e…

A claim that isn’t even actually corroborated in the story. The point is that the guy didn’t attempt to misuse whatever influence he might have, which is how Gawker got the story in the first place: rentboy was mad about it and ran off to tattle in the hopes of succeeding in his blackmail. But oh do go on about how…

He didn’t use his influence on the president. That’s kind of the point. The guy tried to get Geithner to abuse his connections and he didn’t, so he ran off crying to Gawker.

Natasha Vargas-Cooper. Whom I cannot stand for reasons unrelated to this (basically her laughably self-righteous, softball-as-shit interview with “Serial”-Jay for The Intercept), but those tweets just made me dislike her even more.

These people might as well wear sandwich board signs saying, “Guillotine Me First.”

This is why her running mate will be someone much younger (e.g. Julian Castro).

Mr. Ferret and I are planning to do a small civil ceremony with a few close friends/family in attendance, then go out and have a nice dinner afterward. No traditional reception. If the older sister only did this because her younger sister was engaged and she wanted to “beat her,” that’s pretty weird. But I don’t see…

I’ve only been to CDG once, on an international flight layover, but I don’t remember it being that bad. My French isn’t great (I’d say I have elementary proficiency), but I remember getting a drink and a snack without much difficulty. I’d say my biggest problem with that airport is that there’s absolutely no spillover…