I can not tell you how much this series irked me every time I saw it on the blog. Like, it hit me somewhere in the reptilian part of my brain and made me see red.

This is super-heartening to someone of my age who was raised (and mostly lived) in a time in which we were supposed to be flattered by this sort of attention. And we questioned our own damn selves when we felt discomfited and somehow shamed when it occurred.

I.... I dont think.these stories give the impression of you that you think they do.

Were the cookies good, though?

Just a reminder, don’t create mustard gas in your home.

I miss Behind closed ovens...

It’s Ratatouille as reimagined by George Romero (RIP.)

“Recently, the messages from Joe have gotten worse. He used to bang on our door when we were walking too loudly- at times, even doing so wearing only his underwear

I saw someone get thrown up on by a stranger in a very nice, fairly regular celebrity brunch haunt. They were sitting next to each other at different tables, and the young guy gets up and does a quarter turn to get up and barfs on the woman next to him. Then he kind of runs out and finishes throwing up outside, but…

Just out of curiosity do you get paid by Jez to keep people updated on what’s happening in Britain or is this something you just took upon yourself?  If you aren't you definitely should you and the Guardian are pretty much my sources for what's going on across the Atlantic and you are infinitely more entertaining to…

THAT IS INSANE.

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Please don’t compare Boy George to this generic asshole. It demeans us all.

this

This. And I'm a science teacher. The fact that you remember the mitochondria makes me smile and weep at the same time.

“THE ARISTOCRATS!”

I own an untouched rural parcel of land and my neighbor clear cut my old growth trees from the bottom 1/3 of it. Once this quarantine is over, I get to head to the Ozarks and start fighting a man in court about tree stumps and the value of old growth

Two seconds of Googling. Two. Seconds.

I thought we were going pretty well too, until about a month ago. I had a baby in late January, a kid starting grade 2 and a husband taking a year off work. Then about 4 weeks ago my anxiety started coming back, then the schools closed, then home schooling started (neither of us are teachers are anything close to…

Way to focus on what’s really important here.