I’m sorry, how long has he been a Republican presidential candidate? I don’t think you can run for city council in this country without be prepared to answer a question about abortion. “Wait, I wasn’t ready!” is just as childish as, “He started it!”

a) I once saw a bouquet of “flowers” made from the pages of a book. I wanted to do this but couldn’t think of a text I’d be willing to desecrate...this might be one...but then I wouldn’t want to display them in my house.

This is the only acceptable form of baby shower. I will not tolerate anything less cool than this. I have actually scheduled meetings purposefully to conflict with attending baby showers. I hate them that much.

I’ve been flying to Israel every few years since I was thirteen, and this issue has gotten increasingly worse over the years. It is only maybe in the last decade that men have made a fuss about sitting next to women. Previously they just spent the entire flight conducting prayer services in front of the women’s…

My friend’s (obscenely rich) husband once told me that my friend “needed” a big rock so that, in salary negotiations, they would know how valuable she was and pay her more. This struck me as a) a horrible thing to say to your wife’s (perpetually single and relatively poor) friend b) patriarchal and c) divorced from…

The flaw in this argument is assuming that people are rational when it comes to engagement rings. Some poor folks will buy something they can't afford; some rich people will spend the money on something else.

I’m an ordained clergy person and I will marry the shit out of that couple if they want to drive up to NY!

I am ALWAYS the person who gets moved because a couple or groups of friends wants to sit together, and they are never polite about it. On both directions on a flight from BOS to LAX, someone was just in my (aisle) seat when I got there. In one case, the person gestured to his now empty seat (and I was cool with it…

What “normal”? That girl is gorgeous!

I’m still mad at him for how he treated that nerdgirl-hero taxidermist that he had on his show: http://jezebel.com/hero-11-year-o…

With the possible exception of the Muppet Movie, which I fell asleep watching, Tina wasn’t actually bad in any of those movies. Sometimes the movie wasn’t great, but she usually puts on a great show with whatever she’s given (as far as I know, she didn’t write any of the above movies except for Baby Mama). My…

Actually most of the inconsistencies are in Danny’s character. At the beginning he told her not to fall for a wuss, then we find out he’s afraid of everything and is a total mama’s boy. He falls for this strong woman, but then wants her to be a trophy wife. He waffles on whether he wants to get married but suddenly…

A few months ago, my mom saw Tavi Gevinson on Parenthood and was CONVINCED it was Michelle Williams. It was hard to explain to her that fifteen years have passed since “Dawson’s Creek.”

If I don’t get a black and white cookie, I’m not going to be very pleasant to be around.

Even if your parents don’t actually help you (and mine certainly have at various times), knowing that they can and will provides a safety net. I just paid off my student loans yesterday (yay!) but I was able to do so only because I knew that I could rely on family in an emergency and didn’t need to hoard cash “just in…

I’m very excited by this “casserole smear” concept.

For two years in a row now, we take Pepperidge Farms puff pastry and make Thanksgiving Leftover Knishes with Cranberry Mustard (the mustard is what brings it all home) for Friday night dinner. Still working on the filling to pastry ratio, and this year felt like we could have used some leftover mashed or sweet…

I was in a wedding with 11 attendants on each side, and that was in Chicago. The couple were both lifelong Northerners. But there were 300 people at the wedding so it was proportional. I once counted and I would “have” to have nine (do you have to have everyone who had you?). So if I ever get married, it will probably…

I have two bouquets of silk flowers. Done and done!

I could see it both ways. She has that look between amusement and annoyance which I see in a lot of married couples who really love each other, and he’s just adorable. ADORABLE. How is it that he gets better looking every time I see him?!?!