Oh, whatever the root cause, I agree - it’s deeply disrespectful to his coworkers. I was mostly trying to figure out how much of his behavior is “I do what I want” posturing vs. “I can’t function without it” compensation.

Most commenters are taking the “sound engineer feeds him his lines” anecdote as evidence of laziness. I’m wondering if it’s also a sign that he’s too drunk/high most of the time to remember his lines.

If it makes you feel better, I got married when I was 29 and had my first kid when I was 34, and I have absolutely no regrets about waiting that long. Provided you’ve got no reasons to worry about fertility issues, there’s nothing wrong with waiting a bit to have kids.

... sounds about right.

I just looked it up; for full-time, quality, accredited childcare for my toddler in Massachusetts, we pay the equivalent of tuition at U-Mass Amherst - plus an additional $9k [per year. And our daycare is among the cheaper ones in our area. I never considered not working when I had my son, but I’m also terrified that…

Under the assumption that nothing a Trump espouses could ever benefit anyone but himself/herself, I’m going to say “no.” This proposal will end up tailored to only benefit families who also own 2 or more dressage horses, or something.

Seconded. I read your byline and thought “Oh! From ‘Wait Wait’! I love her!” Err, in a non-creepy way, of course.

Bobby, I think you mean that Damien Lewis studied at Eton, not Elton. Though I’m sure Elton could give him some lessons.

Dear Lord, the comments on that “Dutchess Kate feels shy and isolated as a mom” article are insanely vicious. Apparently Kate doesn’t do her “job” and is too reliant on her mother. I’m not British, but I thought her job was to bear heirs, promote charities and look pretty. Is she supposed to be doing something…

Let’s see -- in 2016, Casey Affleck won an Oscar for playing a janitor in “Manchester-on-the-Sea”, Chris Pine was praised for playing a bank robber desperate to save the family ranch in “Come Hell or High Water”, Tom Hanks played a heroic airplane pilot in “Sully”, and Andrew Garfield got to play a humble war hero in…

I play “If I had ten million dollars, which house would I buy” whenever I’m walking someplace fancy.

I follow an amazing doctor on twitter, Dr. Jennifer Gunter, who is on a crusade against these jade vagina eggs:

That Bannon quote drives me nuts in its sheer incoherence; here’s the whole infuriating exchange in its entirety.

Pretty sure it’s not H1-B, which applies to highly skilled & credentialed workers; I believe there’s another program for agricultural workers.

Right, I wasn’t thinking properly for the era; I think Will is the first direct heir to the throne to be born in a hospital.

I believe that, and I can’t imagine him being in the delivery room, but it still seems a little bizarre that he wouldn’t even be at the hospital.

I believe it!

The royals are not the most emotionally healthy people. Phillip was playing squash when Charles was born, and Elizabeth saw her four children twice a day, morning and evening, before they were old enough to be sent to boarding school. Otherwise they were raised by nannies. Any self-awareness Will and Harry have comes…

I ran cross-country in the mid-90s, and even then, girls ran 2.4 miles (4 km) and boys ran 3.1 (5 km). Curiously, my uterus never fell out when I ran 5k road races....

As a non-Brit, I had to google to determine the identity of the ghoul in the strawberry sweater. No offense to Noel Fielding, but he looks terrifying, and I am disinclined to try his cupcake.