“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, who can say, really, both sides have very good points”

How do you make through fucking HIGH SCHOOL without having read it??

Jared once told a reporter he bought it because he so loved the phrase. But when a different visitor asked what he thought of the novel, a classic set during the French Revolution, Jared was dismissive. “I haven’t read it.”

Maybe it’s just because I’m an old, but I don’t think any of these influencers (gag) look fresh-faced: they all look like they’re 10 years older trying to look their actual age. (Does that make sense? She looks like she’s late 20's/early 30's trying to look 20.) It’s weird. Maybe it’s the crazy contouring or filters…

One thing I’m really interested in (assuming we all last that long) is what do these “influencers” look like in 5 or 10 years? I already can’t believe that people give a shit what type of makeup Aunt Becky’s teenage daughter wears, but one she ages out of the slightly older sister demo, who is going to listen to her?…

Yeah, when I saw she was in her first year at a top MATH PhD program, I wondered about this...sounds like she was immensely talented, and it takes a very high achiever to accomplish what she did by the age of 23. PhD programs can really exacerbate existing mental health issues, especially in the first year, when…

Oh that last quote. 😰😰😰

supporting israel on its face certainly isn’t allegiance to a foreign power. but taking money from pro-israel groups and then pushing legislation (texas HB 89, to be more specific) that punishes anti-israel speech & boycotts—what is that, exactly? what do you call a law that prioritizes the economic well-being of a…

There’s an old legal saw that if the facts are on your side, but the law is not, you emphasize the facts. And if the law is on your side, but the facts are not, you emphasize the law.

Thank you for this piece. To this point:

Agreed. I also have a fondness for Take a Bow.

In the golden age of music videos, Madonna's Like a Prayer was an absolute standout (and also one of her best songs).

I don’t even follow them. I saw someone write one time that “everything I know about the Kardashians I learned against my will.”

Yes, a single dollar and attorney’s fees, of course.

I will be 48 in a couple of weeks, and I often forget how old I am. I mentioned to someone last week that I was a Pisces and when we started discussing birthdays, she asked how old I would be and I honestly had to do the math. I just sort of quit keeping up with them after 40. I’ve never been big on birthdays as an…

Never, ever has this gif been more relevant:

Miley is a shameless, utterly feckless, contemptible person. I haven’t forgotten her blaxploitation period, after which she denounced hip-hop as being “suck my dick” ad infinitum despite cavorting around with blowup dicks onstage of her own accord.

Someone please rescue Dinah.

I enjoy her in some of her roles (especially Secretary and The Honorable Woman), but I would like to be far away from both of them.

Yes. It was like he’d never touched a cat before. He just kind of dropped/flung it away. Peter Sarsgaard does not care for cats.