It’s actually an Australian Aboriginal word meaning “girl”, so not related to Hindu culture at all.

Should have consisted of Queen Mother with a different hat on every page.

Not the first Ricardo to need a respite from handling the Ball.

I’m stuck at home on Halloween writing a paper on fiscal policy because I’m a compulsive procrastinator. I know a lot of people are out having fun, so its the prefect time to write something controversial. I think Quark is the greatest Star Trek character ever, and all you Capt. Picard, Capt. Kirk, and Data fan boys…

Martin Ginsburg taught tax law at my law school. Every story I ever heard about him was a positive one. He was apparently a delight to study with, a delight to his colleagues, and generally considered to be one of the best professors there.

The Chase is the stupidest thing this side of the FedEx Cup, but at least in golf nobody can intentionally wreck another guy to end his “playoff” shot. I mean, I guess teams can play spoiler, but in this sport...that’s just problematic. Just go back to points. It’s easy to understand, everyone was fine with it and…

Yeah, I guess I could see the Chargers in the Rose Bowl.

Well to be fair to the Palins, he built a clock. They have no frame of reference to deal with that kind of behavior. It’s not like he got someone pregnant or got arrested for starting a fistfight at a house party.

Which was in turn a riff on Crown Prince Frederick and his Australian bride Mary.

I mean, you can raise your child to know that women are people but in today’s society every other person outside of your home will remind him that in fact we are not. With their actions, with their laws, with their assumptions, with their words.

Oh wow, another misogynist woman-hating teenager who wants to murder women en masse because he was rejected by a female. This shit is getting real old. People - stop raising your boys to think that they are *owed* a woman. We are people, we have agency, we are NOT prizes that one can “win” by being nice or because you…

I have a pixie with a side bang. My hair will never be below my shoulders as long as I draw breath. #PixieTilIDie

Um, because women get abortions and men get guns.

“Bangs cut off your face, your wonderful, beautiful face, and make you look childlike and sad, all at the same time.”

Or you could get this $34.99 dress from Kohl’s, which is ALSO a wrinkle-free, machine-washable faux-wrap dress and looks better in person than it does on these mildly awkward models. Look, it comes in plus size too!

Here’s the thing: toxic people are going to be toxic UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE. They’re not just mean. And they don’t change.

As far as I’m concerned, you don’t owe your parents anything unless they’ve earned it. [Wanted] children are a gift and you should treat them like one or, as Alex and Alyssa say in the linked invitation, you can suck it.

I never get tired of this subject. (Not even just weddings, but cutting bad relatives out of our lives.) Out and about in in the world estranged adults of awful parents don’t have a lot of positive opportunities to talk about the estrangement, and it is so freeing to be able to be honest with our friends, coworkers,…

Agreed completely.