Santacon has been in Brooklyn about as long as it’s been in NYC, I think? The one and only time I did Santacon was nine years ago and we definitely played dodgeball in Prospect Park.

Also peach preserves!

An interesting thing about using Timehop is seeing how long I’ve owned some of my clothes. I have H&M/Forever 21 pieces I wear (and wash) very frequently that have held up for a shockingly long time. I don’t keep track of how old my clothes are off the top of my head, and a couple times I’ve been floored to realize…

Taking myself out to a nice dinner with just a book for company.

Same for shoes, honestly. A $60 pair will last you longer than a $20 pair, much more expensive than that and you’re mostly paying for design and branding. I’m not the kind of person who drops huge amounts of money on shoes in general, and when I’ve been gifted fancy pairs I’ve been a bit disappointed to find that…

Did you ever see Jennifer’s Body? She’s kinda perfect in it. She’s no acting genius but that role was perfect for her and she commits to it completely. 

I used to make sandwiches with toaster waffles and frozen raspberries when I was a kid. I’d sprinkle the raspberries with sugar and microwave them a little, but not too much — I remember I liked the contrast between the warm waffles and the coldish raspberries, plus frozen raspberries get soupy and hard to sandwich whe…

I’ve never gotten the turkey hate, but my mother is an expert chef who almost always brines her bird, so that might be why. One year we ordered a rotisserie turkey instead, and that was also great. Maybe Gwen’s family could benefit from a better turkey supplier.

When did Starbucks get good at sandwiches? I avoided their food like the plague for years because I remembered it as gross and tasting like microwave, recently ended up starving in a time crunch and got the turkey bacon and egg white sandwich because if I’m going to eat something awful it might as well not be a…

I’m not a fan of “end demand” policies around sex work — they end up punishing the most vulnerable sex workers, no matter how well-intended they may be. I am in favor of tackling the supply side by creating a strong social safety net that means people aren’t forced to choose between sex work and eating, and a society…

You realize a lot of those people don’t have laptops at home, right? It’s incredibly hard to navigate the world (much less a job search) without some kind of convenient internet access. Do you have any idea how many free and cheap things can only be found online? Plus a smartphone functions as an entertainment device.…

Cosi used to have a Thanksgiving sandwich I absolutely adored — literally, I’d go on their website and file a request to make it permanent every year. At some point they took it (and nearly everything else good) off the menu. I haven’t set foot inside a Cosi since.

Marijuana edibles. Get stoned without smoking + edible high is better than smoking high when you’re sick anyway. 

Counterpoint: coffee is good for you, and people should acquire a taste for it as soon as possible. Most of you should be drinking more of it than you do.

I didn’t even try to drink on airplanes until I was a (very young looking) 21-year-old and was immediately somewhat annoyed to learn I could have been doing it all along. Took years of ordering drinks on every flight before I got carded (sleep is hard!) and I think it’s happened twice ever. I’m 29 and fly somewhat…

I’ve done it a bunch of times and had no idea it was illegal til now. I’ve never tried to be the least bit discreet. Oops.

Crossover actors still have to comply with straight porn testing procedures in order to do straight porn, though. The actor Ames turned down would have had test results from within the last two weeks, just like a non-crossover star. That includes an early-detection HIV test that catches the virus well before it…

Grew up in Bangkok. The maid used to put her hair over her face and chase me around yelling something that sounded like “phi lok” which was apparently some kind of malevolent Thai spirit I’ve never been able to find on wikipedia despite numerous attempts.

Gab’s Twitter accounted posted a tweet earlier this month explaining that Stripe is threatening to pull service if Gab does not remove pornography from the site by October 19.

I am extremely excited for the upcoming HBO series produced by Jordan Peele. The concept for the book was originally conceived as a television series and I think it’s likely to work better in that format than it did as a novel — and I say that as someone who enjoyed the novel a great deal.