It’s not crazy expensive. I own a car in NYC and I street park. My neighborhood only has once a week per side street cleaning instead of twice per week per side, so it’s not nearly as annoying. My insurance is $60 per month. While Uber is relatively cheap for moving around within the city, renting a car in NYC is…

Depending on where you live, there is legal precedent for who gets the ring. Technically, the ring is given as a conditional promise of a marriage, so if the marriage doesn’t happen, the promise implied by the ring is never fulfilled and the purchaser is entitled to have it back. Not sure if that changes if the…

New Orleans-style coffee with chicory is a great alternative for sweetener. I don’t like black coffee but love unsweetened coffee with chicory. I was cold brewing it myself (no acid like with hot brewed coffee- another bonus) and then I would have about 2 weeks worth of coffee concentrate in my fridge, ready to go at…

yeah, plus BPD doesn’t “go away” ever. Just managed to some extent. You can support the person out of some really dark depression, but there are parts of BPD that make a person really difficult to have as a partner.

Really, it’s a Victorian trend! The 70s was a revival of that trend. I suppose what makes it a millennial thing is pairing it with white walls & kilims as a design scheme, instead of the deeper 70s colors.

Seriously? It was her dad’s. I lost a parent as a kid, too. All of the stuff I have from my mom feels special. Plus, this is a guitar associated with a specific, special performance.

I just watched Rent on Netflix last night and found myself in the same mindset. Why don’t he and Roger have day jobs while they work on their art? Why doesn’t he ask his parents for money? I think we are supposed to feel like they should get to live there for free indefinitely because Benny promised them that they…

I love the jockey skimmies slipshorts. I don’t find that they make any noise and unlike cotton shorts, they don’t ride up or have a seam that wears out so I never have to replace them. Looks like they are similar to undersummers but nylon instead of polyester.

The line is being blurred more and more. Modeling agencies have begun to train their models to expand their instagram presence and do things like always post photos from a shoot, thanking the brand you were working for. If a girl has the right look and a strong social media presence, hiring her means free advertising…

My trick is to identify something from a popular brand (west elm, CB2) that I want and just search craigslist for that item until it comes up. I got my west elm pull out sofa for 70% of what it cost new, and it was three months old, in perfect condition. I’m a real estate agent and I stage a lot of apartments like…

I think the walk of fame is pretty much just a financial transaction, so perhaps the remaining members of INXS just prefer to keep their money.

This is a great comment. The school that had an issue with dirty pants was especially out of line. Kids with uniforms only have a certain number of them and not having clean clothes can be a symptom of all kinds of things at home that are not related to respect for being educated or whatever. If a school wants to get…

To give context, the scene was about how the character hadn’t had sex in years, she tried to cover her baby with blankets (she lives in a studio apartment so they share a bed) and when her partner noticed the baby’s foot peeking out, he freaked and left. It may or may not be the show for you - there’s some amount of…

No one is more eager to please (and quick to complain) than the McElroy fandom!

yeah but instead of going “my coworker eats my lunch every day, so I put spiders in the tupperware, am i good?” they could be like “my coworker eats my lunch, what’s a good way to stop them from doing that?” At one point it felt like every question was just asking if their roommate’s weird behavior was weird.

It’s been interesting to hear the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me try to address this issue when they do live shows. Audience members are supposed to ask for advice, but it got to the point where most of them were just telling a funny anecdote and asking “am I good?”. Their current method is to have two people…

I think if we let Senators vote in absentia, we would have basically zero Senators voting in person. It would remove the discussion and deal making that are part of the process.

I went to his house for his birthday party in 2005 and he was super nice to me, a 20 year old nobody. I cannot for the life of me remember why I was there. The house was pretty normal-looking, too. It was a lot like this: https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Los-Feliz-Los-Angeles-CA/house_type/20812143_zpid/274359_rid…

Sure. Some of those pets are actually trained for specific tasks. ESAs do not require any training, and there is no certification or registration for them. When I have a potential renter tell me that they have a “certified” or “trained” or “registered” ESA, it signifies to me that they are likely to be a pain in the…

oh god. that is so, so terrible. I’m really sorry. No kid should have to deal with that.