Once upon a time, I had a pregnant coworker, and we had a shower for her. I had no clue what to get her, but something in the back of my mind remembered my mom saying that she liked to give a gift that she hoped would go unused: stuff for baby’s first cold. I forget everything that I got (I’m pretty sure I just…

Aww, what a cutie! Those eyes are already informing the world that trouble is on the way just as soon as she can figure out how to get moving.

There was also Pacific Heights, aka the movie in which Michael Keaton did such a spectacularly good job at calculated evil nightmare tenant manipulating landlord-tenant law to torture Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine that my mom was never able to watch anything he did afterwards.

I’m in Portland, and it’s become such a common thing since weed went fully legal here that the pet emergency hospital has an ad campaign on billboards and bus stop benches all over town about it.

I hope it’s a working title because we already have a fantastic British tv series by that name (plus a sequel series called Ashes to Ashes because, yes, Bowie), plus there was an American version of that series as well that used the same name. We don’t need something else to muddy the waters here.

I haven’t actually seen it! I’m just a weirdo who knows a shit ton of movie trivia like this.

Um. Heads up in case this affects anyone’s stance on things: This is Krasinski’s third film. His first was Brief Interviews with Hideous Men in 2009.

I’ve got an old copy that I picked up at a library sale for a buck probably fifteen years ago that I just pulled off my bookcase last night to toss because I have never, ever read it, and I need to pare down my massive amount of *stuff*. Since it was a used library copy, I can’t pass it to a used book store, so now I…

Not stupid at all. I would not be surprised to hear he just spaced it. If he gets upset at that point, though, he’s a jerk face who doesn’t deserve one more minute of consideration.

I’m struggling with maybe going on a no-buy. I know I *should*, but there’s always new stuff! And I buy almost exclusively indie stuff, so these are tiny businesses that I’m supporting! They will notice when I stop buying!  

This is actually stinky kitty litter-related for people who want to get an odor-locking bin but don’t want to shell out Litter Genie money: I’ve been using a variety of litter that comes in buckets, so I save the buckets and use them as bins for the used litter. You can also get a five-gallon bucket with a lid from…

Oh, yikes, a Portland Aquarian? We are the flakiest creatures alive. It will be September before we remember there was a thing we were going to do last February. And then we have to remember what it was. There’s usually *one* thing we can handle like an adult, and everything else in our lives will closely resemble a…

That’s not why the doctor would have been signing it. Obstetricians sign the birth certificates of babies they deliver. It has nothing to do with who the parents are. It’s just a “this person in this position of authority has to sign this form here” thing.

Fingers crossed they pick up Goffard’s Framed series (also from the LA Times) for one of the seasons even though it’s not a podcast. Seriously. There was no murder, but it’s one of the most batshit stories I’ve ever read. Short version: A PTA mom is framed for drugs by the parents of a child at their mutual kids’…

Apparently, I’m just going to spend my wait for the bus starring all of your comments about plumbing and disease. Because that is truly what drove my vote.

I keep thinking about how the rates of infection in hospitals plummeted after doctors started washing their hands. That alone made me vote for indoor plumbing.

I think it has more to do with your eye shape. I’m very, very white, but my eyes are hooded, so if I keep the color just on my lids, I can get away with bonkers colors most people would run away from screaming, even at the office. Today, I’m wearing bright glittery spring green eyeshadow, and you can barely see it…

I confess that I did click on that Bieber story. And he looks like a professional ‘80s skater who would go on to brutally murder his girlfriend, chop up her body, and bury her in the desert. I’m not saying he actually looks like Gator Rogowski, but he looks like what I would have pictured Rogowski looked like if I…

If it’s someone we would never guess, it is clearly not Meryl because she was actually my first thought. And it’s obviously not Helen Mirren because I would absolutely believe she would do that. I’ll put my money down on Diana Rigg. I know I’m wrong, but I just want to believe that Beyonce was at a party with Lady…

Portland. It’s a nice place to visit, but I don’t recommend living here unless you’re independently wealthy or find a unicorn for a landlord. I’m basically only here because I’m from here. Every time I try to leave, something happens, and I get even more stuck.