It obviously could have - but my point still stands - you don’t get to tell people how to spend their own money. You don’t even know these people, maybe the original dog was a rescue. Maybe they donate regularly to shelters. Stop with your righteous indignation directed towards these people who are clearly trying to…

I don’t think you are. Scratch tickets are, like you say, a fun group activity, and handing them out is basically just sponsoring the activity for the group. I also think that the lottery is stupid, but I’ve always been happy to get a scratch ticket on the holidays, or from a visiting relative. A ticket is $1 or $2.…

I don’t think it’s wrong to buy them for a gift in a serious way or anything. I just the lottery is massively stupid.

maybe it’s me, but I never understood why OITNB is considered a comedy. I woulda liked to see “Catastrophe” get a nod; I’m not a rom-com kinda fella, but I thought it was delightful.

I really like asos!

21 weeks pregnant and the anatomy scan was very good. All the right parts where they should be.

Tomorrow is my 27th birthday jezzies! Right now I am babysitting a former student and watching some crazy show on Netflix with her.

An actor dumped you, huh?

Um, have you seen Rookie mag? Yes, sure, as a 12 to 16 year old she was really in to ridiculous outfits. But now she’s moving more and more in to feminism and serious writing. So good of her. If there's a bunch of fame-obsessed copycats and stage moms, they'd be doing that shit regardless of Tavi Gevinson.

I work for a coffee company in Brooklyn, and they contacted us about possibly using a bag of our coffee in a scene for this movie! I flipped out when I found out it was for Abbi Jacobson, so I hope they use the shot.

MADONNA, I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU. STAY AWAY FROM MY MAN.

This. I wasn’t left, at least not in the sense MLP was, but I spent my pregnancy alone. The worst part was going to my prenatal appointments and being labeled as “at risk” because I had no friends or family. I went to my birthing classes alone. My now-husband was there for the 3D ultrasound and for most of the labor…

I GOT THE JOB

They interviewed me yesterday and I felt like I was such an inept stammering mess that they were bound to give it to the other applicant. But they offered it to me.

On the one hand, I am excited, and on the other, I am so, so scared. I am convinced that I am going to be terrible at it and fuck everything…

Agreed. The ideal response is wretched ratings and dead silence from the audience. We won't get that, because we can't have nice things. I blame Rick Perry.

The problem here (and maybe then as well) is that for all the screaming to get Trump off of SNL, we are playing directly into his hands. If a Latino group actually does have people start shouting things during the taping, it will be an instant PR success for Trump. If the protesting is big enough, again, PR success…

Same, my in-laws really love him and they’re proud of it. They tell us how much they love him so that we can pat them on the back for not liking Trump, I think? I don’t know, I have to change the subject in order to keep the peace.

I’m a guy, and this horrifies me more than I can express.

I should probably be upset about this, but I’m so pleased to see that Janel Moloney (Donna from the West Wing) is getting work, I can’t really muster up any outrage.

Being a human is SO. HARD.

I hope it gets better for you soon. I bet your decisions were better than they seem right now.