I get your point, and generally agree* but in this particular case it was solely on the basis of her being attractive that she’s married to the POTUS. It’s horrifyingly non-irrelevant.

I just wanted to say how much I really enjoy your work and your interpretations of things. Do consider writing a book, would you?

No worries - I was mocking myself for the ladylike drunk*, which apparently we share. :)

Out here in Ma with no power and I share your guilt about being so annoyed with no power for days, when PR has been suffering for 6 weeks. Everything sucks.

Thank you for this.

Can cosign. But wine, not beer. It’s a ladylike drunk.

EEEEEE! You found it! WOW! Thank you! I have to hunt down a copy now. Oh, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this! This is great. You guys are just wonderful.

Good lord, I think that is it!!!! The chillblains-n-possets novel! I know I recognize it and I am pretty sure that is the book I was thinking of. Kind of a Little Princess meets Cherry Ames meets The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Kinda. Thanks!!!

Oh my god, I had totally forgotten about this book, and how creepily wonderful it was when I was a “bitty”. I have a 14 year old and now I want to order it for both of us to read.

Starred because any day that starts with Patrick Stewart can’t be all bad.

No, I’m not that smart.

It’s because she’s the girl.

These women are extraordinary. This is super-hero levels of organization, calm and self-control. God, I hope they write a book.

My church even has a joke about this that we enjoy telling: Q: What is the definition of a Unitarian? A: An atheist with kids.

Conversely, we got a set of four pop-up squares of different sizes and a collapsible tube (basically something like the below) that is possibly the best gift ever given. The whole thing folds down to *nothing* and is super easy to store, can be wiped out, and I swear to god my kids got a decade of play out of it, and…

Anything, anything cool that requires extensive parental assistance to assemble or use. I AM SPEAKING TO YOU, ERECTOR SETS AND WOOD BURNING KITS. I love my kids, but christ, I do not want to spend my leisure time trying to help my 10 year old assemble a gigantic erector set or watching intently for him to scar himself…

Seconding Rockport for the arts scene. Gorgeous.

Where is the best dim sum in the area (I’m northeast, so feel free to include any recommendations from Littleton to Newburyport)? I love dim sum but the one time I tried it here it was unsatisfying. Where do you go?

Boston Express is awesome.

The glass flowers at the Peabody are wonderful as well, and the DeCordova has some of the craziest, most amazing exhibits ever. One year they commissioned a bunch of artists to create an 18 hole minigolf course. One toured it by playing it. Cheeto-floors, collapsing defensive structures to represent oppression...…