I agree. Though they were singing “Carol of the Bells” on one of the Christmas radio stations today, and I had to turn. And “Carol of the Bells” is a favorite of mine! It was, subjectively, not good. But if someone else enjoys it, more power to them.

I actually feel like Iggy has been dragged into this kind of against her will. Granted, she should just ignore the child, but it doesn’t seem like she’s started it. Or kept it up nearly as much. I dunno. I do know that CPS should be investigating the Bregolis. That child should not be running around doing this shit.

I’m ashamed to say I’ve never seen Bottle Rocket all the way through. I thought I’d love it, but when I’ve tried to watch it I’ve never been able to get into it. Someday.

The Life Aquatic is probably my second least favorite*, but I don’t think I can be objective about it. I saw it a few months after my mother died, and either because of that or because of the (to me unexpected) death in the film, or probably both, I found it very melancholy. It’s only on rewatching that I can…

Me too (re The Royal Tenenbaums). I love Anderson’s films. I get that I’m supposed to be slightly abashed about it, but honestly it’s just a matter of “the quirk works for you, or it doesn’t.” It works for me.

I love peppermint tea, but I know some tea people get worked up about even calling herbal tea, tea.

I like both! In my experience tea people take their beverage more seriously and have a lot of rules and get appalled if you don’t follow those rules.

I don’t actually agree with you, but somehow I appreciate the provocativeness of your argument. I think I have a weird resentment of “tea over coffee” snobs.

I have blue eyes but according to 23andme I don’t have the genetic marker for it (see, there is science behind it!).

That reminds me of my ex-boss’ husband (may he rest in peace), who supposedly was so upset by his parents divorce when he was a teenager that they ended up getting remarried. That’s some parental devotion there.

It took me a while to identify what was going on and which body part belonged to which party. I had to identify the Bieb’s parts by his bad tattoos, and then Mrs. the Bieb’s came into view.

Yes. My mom and aunt were very involved in San Francisco politics at the time, and I remember them saying that during the I-Hotel evictions Jones and his thugs were well known and feared for intimidating people (even the people on their own side!). People in SF knew what Jones was about; that was part of the reason he…

I’ve noticed the smell on the Paula’s Choice brand; I liken it more toward “bacon-ish.”

There’s nothing wrong with liking him. Of course showboating isn’t a crime; I’m just speaking for myself when I say that some of his personality characteristics made me wary of his “good guy” cred.

I thought the same thing! Cedric may very well be a sleazeball user, but this is a pattern with Lisa: friendships with an unequal power balance that end up blowing up, after which Lisa acts like she doesn’t have any clue what the issue is (“I’ve been nothing but good to you”, which I swear I’ve heard her say to at…

See, I don’t watch VPR (except I get sucked into the reunions, for some reason). I had the sense that she was more accepted there in the role I think she wants to play: in charge and, as you put it, “wise queen.”

Eh, I was thinking of Lawrence O’Donnell; it seemed like he had him on his show every night for a while (though that was months ago, and I’m not a regular viewer). I do think some were too quick to give legitimacy and a platform for a person who clearly was a bit of a showboater, at the very least.

I think it wasn’t just that he had a distaste for Trump, but that he seemed good at fighting like Trump does (albeit not quite as sleazily). He seemed like an effective voice for our side (at least in a limited capacity).

Well *I* heard (via the Bitch Sesh podcast) that whichever producers were letting LVP run things and create the narrative she wanted for years moved on to The Hills, and that’s why she threw a fit and stopped filming. She’s a control freak and if she can’t at least attempt to maintain that shit-don’t-stink facade,…

Is there a mathematical formula for “team no one x infinity?”