Man, your comment about folks only talking to you about their kids, but with social media. I mean, sure, you have a kid now, you’re proud, and you want to share. But the constant baby pics and baby tweets/posts bum me out. You used to be a well rounded person. Now you’re JUST a parent. :(

Sure, you’re a Mom or Dad…

I want to say that I knew Marsha in passing. I was just coming out in the early 80's and at least on the street, and to me, she always seemed a bit odd but of a good heart. I was too young and stupid to know anything different back then other then she was just another Greenwich Village street person. There were quite…

I always feel conflicted when I read stories like this. I hugely struggle with the idea that unless you have had the exact same experience as someone (race, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, etc.), you don’t have the right to create art that reflects on their story. I understand that Gossett…

One thing I think would do a lot for the economy would be to tie the income of congress to the average income of the state they represent (or the GDP of the state). This would give them an incentive to improve their state as much as possible, as they would directly benefit.

Wow let’s not drag the awesome Hercules through the mud here.

People have always disdained romance. I say “people” because a percentage of women do it as well to show they’re serious minded.

Asians are certainly not all slender. But on average, they ARE more petite. I was just in China for 10 days and it was absolute bliss being considered somewhat tall at 5.4.

Great piece. What did he even mean, “nothing is at stake”? All fiction is fiction. The stakes are almost always high for the characters, and almost always zilch for the reader, except to the degree he/she becomes invested in the story. Gottlieb’s “criticism” of the romance novels he’s read is lazy writing, tinged with…

I recently bleached my hair because I’m going for the super villain look. But I do miss my brown hair color.

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there you go! It should just work like a .jpg or .gif.

You know you’ve fucked up big time when the happiest man on earth is pissed off with you and your shit-talking.

It doesn’t appear to be Leonardo’s hand. There are not a ton of surviving preparatory drawings by Leonardo, but there are some. There are also a whole bunch of sketches that weren’t meant to directly inform paintings. This doesn’t look like him. And that image doesn’t really look like the Mona Lisa.

What kind of library are you interested in getting into? I got my MLIS over 15 years ago and after a move fell into a really niche position that’s an off shoot of my other grad degree so I’m not a current job search information goddess but I’ve been on a fair number of hiring committees for academic librarians and one…

Two things: Da Vinci was pretty gay, and artists don’t paint nudes because they’re horny or prefer people with their clothes off. Although I’m sure that was the reason for some artists, it’s certainly not why figure painting is a tradition for students and masters alike.

eta: yes, both points are super nitpicky. I…

Only 92% of the GOP.

OMG. I’m not alone? I thought we were the only couple on the downhill side of mid-40's who aren’t having sex on a super regular basis.

I wonder who talked this group into doing this. Seeing more and more of that Dem and Rep are equally evil false equivalency crap, and you have to take a second and wonder just who is pushing that narrative. It worked pretty well in ‘16, and looks to be a still potent weapon.

You want a progressive. Did you get one? Did you get anybody close to one. The GOP is rolling back progressive polices left and right. They are appointing 40 year old right wing nut jobs for judges. Judges last forever. They are rolling back regulations that protect the public. It will take years to undo this mess if…

I like that term “tune up” lol. Gonna ad that to my rolodex. Another personal favorite of mine is “get blessed”. But yes, he is luck AF he didn’t get catch an ass whoopin’