Almost a year to the day since this story came up last time...almost like...i don’t know. a bird or something. rising from the ashes.

Being hired in the first place. Being promoted. I don’t want to dox myself by revealing my profession, but if we were say, talking about being the one of only two female writer in a writer’s room full of men, what I am saying is that I would not be hired to be/invited to be in that room in the first place. And not to…

You’re not the first person to say that believing attractiveness is part of it makes the case that the harassment is the *women’s* fault, which I find a very odd idea; no-one has said that or is saying it - if anything, saying that attractiveness plays a part blames the *men*, not the women.

“Hearing stories about unwanted male attention that supposedly EVERYONE gets just makes me feel even more unnatural.”

I have also had the very strange experience of feeling kind of... jealous in the midst of all this MeToo stuff. I recognize that it’s fucked up. But when you are an adult woman who has spent your entire life being ignored by men, it messes with your head. I look at couples and always feel like that is not for me and…

You reiterated the trope that it’s not about attractiveness. It *is*.

No, look, sorry, but it *is* about having a certain amount of attractiveness. I am butt ugly and fat to boot. I have never been sexually harassed or cat called. I have had plenty of comments directed at me in relation to my appearance, but no, never harassed. What annoys me is posters who insist that women are…

Counterpoint: I enjoy the Californians.

You’re right that it’s not about attractiveness. But when you’ve never had what everyone tells you is a universal experience for all women, you look for reasons as to how and why.

Maybe it’s just a better sketch for us real Californians? Everyone I know that lives here LOVES it. I certainly do.

I’ll take the Californians any day over Herb Welch though. Still don’t know why the the Perkins likes that sketch so much. Personally I would have liked to see a Secret Word resurrection – preferably with Cecily Strong.

Cut her lose. I’ve had relationships with friends going back to kindergarten that I’ve had to abandon because they weren’t working for me anymore. Aside from our kids, no one should take more from us than they give, if its hurtful or stressful. It would be one thing if you saw an end in sight, but it doesn’t seem like…

Seriously, life’s too short to waste time like that.

Man, that’s luscious as FUCK.

So as many of you know I am employed by a fancy cosmetics retailer whose store is a black and white theme. I work in a mall in a rich suburb of northeast Ohio. While I was there today, in the middle of ringing someone out, a rush of people flooded into the store and all I heard was, “THERE’S A GUN.”

I have a chocolate-chocolate-chip-pecan recipe that creates some brownie flavor goodness but without the need for a deep baking dish. It’s on the bottom of a cookie jar (or rather, “biscuit barrel”— it’s from the UK) I have...

I decided on chocolate cake. Lolz

... yes?

St. Patrick’s Day gradient with real gold!

• After graduating from college 4 years ago, my niece relocated across the country and she is now close to me. It worked out nicely because my own kids moved the other way. It’s nice to have her near, we get together about once a week for dinner or coffee. About a year after she got here, her life…