I want to see Cecily Strong as SHS! I think she could catch the soul-less lying and hypocrisy that is part of SHS’s being.

Josephine Tey, Daughter of Time! Dated (it was published in 1951), but one of the great mystery novels of all time: a police inspector recovering from injury is given the “Richard III case” to examine from a modern perspective. A good yarn and a concise look at arguments on both sides (from well before the bones were…

I am not so optimistic, but, hey, at least it isn’t five or six years ago when cancellation would have been guaranteed - the amazing cast, production values, and important story lines would have made it network cannon fodder during the first season. AMC or Hulu surely have the budget room and AMC for sure needs the…

ARGH! I just spent way too much time in a janedoelatex.com internet spiral. Their stuff if amazing and crazy.

April Ryan is one of a dwindling group of journalists who holds on to the ethics and rigor of the profession and combines them with a commitment to inform people about things that matter in their lives. The fact that someone so smart, talented, and driven has to sit next to cretins from alt-right blogs in the WH…

And it needs to be consistent - I get so frustrated when I think one of these reporters who happened to do a good job in the past just lets some asshattery slide. Tapper is letting it happen less, but Cooper still lets panel members get ridiculous with their comments. Joy Reid can take care of the nonsense quickly and…

Seacrest needs to retire to his island made of money and relax! Quit infecting the airwaves, and just chill...

I agree about the outline/ghost writing feeling - I read and re-read the first three Stackhouse books and recommended them to many folks and then I actively avoided the last several books in the series because they were just too MUCH and lacked the soul of the first bunch. I also boycotted the Aurora Teagarden series…

I really like the Killjoys cast - it seems like everyone is engaged and being used effectively.

Give Killjoys a try - it isn’t trying to be something huge and “meaningful,” it is just fun television for sci fi fans. It took a couple of episodes for me to buy in, but the characters and the vibe are worth it.

Riz Ahmed. Everytime he shows up on a red carpet, he brings it in a unique way.

I want ONE person involved in this to admit their culpability. How can anyone who knew what was going on sleep at night? This was a mentally ill man who was obviously tortured to death - did none of the corrections workers even think what they were doing was a little bit wrong?

So, I am old. I don’t think this is necessarily tied just to the unicorny-ness of it all (mythology/hope/youth/whatever) because the unicorn frenzy reminds me of two trends that popped up when I was a teenager and in my twenties - neon makeup (to go with our neon scrunchies and cut-up sweatshirts because WHAM! videos…

Yes! People need reminding of simple stuff over and over again - it takes a basic knowledge of history and a few logical steps to understand this, but it is too damn hard for some people.

Thanks for the post - I went and read most of the replies because the contrast was so striking and echoed by many of the folks reacting on twitter.

We are going to be hearing this baloney for the next couple of days and then everyone is going to be SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I SAY when he reminds the talking heads what a tool box of stupid hammers they are by actually saying the same things but with his usual dog whistles more in evidence.

I am not someone who ever says “I can hardly wait for what so-and-so does next,” but I am genuinely excited for whatever Jenkins may move on to. It isn’t just that he can tell this amazing story in an amazing way, it is that he does it with such sincere and unabashed love for his characters, the words on the page, and…

MTM was just on the edges of my young consciousness - I remember loving that she had her own apartment (my older cousins all lived at home until they got married) and a cool job. I always thought that living in a studio with a big window and high ceilings would be the best thing ever (until I did). She was amazing.

SNL hit it right on the fame junkie’s nose: http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/everythings-coming-up-kellyanne-conway-in-snl-song.html 

Now that we are charged up and ready to deal with reality and to think about countering GOP narratives, it is worth reading this story from Mother Jones: http://bit.ly/2jmPPnN for a concise look at one Trump supporter’s ideas/mind-set/sense of self to get an idea the obstacles (in terms of hearts and minds) we face in…