The real problem was the Council of Nicea, the group that, for political reasons, decided what writings did and did not go in the Bible. This practiced has been mimicked again and again throughout history as various kings and governments have snipped and edited their theological dogmas in an effort to control people.…

I remember him doing a really great rap about Puerto Rico’s debt problems on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver over a year ago... the main clearly really cares about PR.

If millennials are into houseplants, it’s just a resurgence because housewives of the 1950s and 1960s were the MASTERS of indoor greenery. Check out your grandma’s ridicuously old and prosperous Christmas cactus.

They both seem nice, and it’s nice when nice people are happy?

I don’t know why people would trust him after he tried to ruin Christmas.

But what about the drop bears?

not for long—he’s going to be someone’s girlfriend in prison.

I read the WaPo article this morning - she demonstrated that prior to this couple charging forward with their public shaming crusade she was booked months in advance and had a thriving business in Dallas for years. Since the crusade she has sign two couples. Two. She had gone through her savings and retirement fund.

The way you guys talk about the NY Times reviews and how people perceived this show at the beginning makes me think about Jennifer Weiner and how she (rightly, IMO) argues women’s fiction is automatically slapped with a “Chick Lit” label if it involves any kind of issues considered “domestic.”

She’s just a machine, period. She’s been out riding her horse at 90 years old in winter. I feel lazy just thinking about it. Time for a nap.

When I was maybe eight or nine, there was a parasite from dogs in the north of England that, if you ingested it, could turn you blind [...] That horrified me. The point is, everyone thinks it’s great to be an actor and get to kiss a bunch of beautiful actresses in films, but I actually hate it.

Meh..still better than people who refuse to dance and hate fun.

WTF kind of parent refuses- FOR THE PERSON CARRYING THE BABY - to not have testing done, especially when there are clear indications of trouble? It strikes me as incredibly selfish.

I DID THE SAME THING! Oh my god, I was like “If only he were as broken up about me as Christian is about Satine!!” So good to know I’m not the only one.

Um, Ewan is the younger brother. Colin is the older and a former RAF fighter pilot whose call sign was Obi Two.

No kidding.

I feel all sorts of sad for these closeted kids, of course, but I also love this story. It’s important to be able to look back on heteronormative institutions and see the queer reality beneath the surface. It helps to destroy the myth that things were “better” and “normal” [again, read: heteronormative] in the “good…

these scotch ties are james macavoy’s problem, not ours.

My assumption is that they had an understanding when they got married. Being FLOTUS was not part of that understanding.