“Naval Reserve committment.” I am skeptical.

Let us all remember that Tom Cruise was allegedly Christian Bale’s inspiration for his portrayal of Patrick Bateman.

Cornstarch, probably.

“I was trying to explain that all hospitals are required by law to treat patients in need of emergency care regardless of their ability to pay and that the Republican plan does not change that,”

Huh. As a rower, all the ladies I know who like boats could also break me in half across their muscular thighs. Different species, I guess.

Not to be facetious, but why would you want models draped all over your yacht? What if you want to actually sail your yacht somewhere -- how do you scare them off? Can you use a broom to shoo them away, or do you have to pry them off, like barnacles on the hull?

I just... hate her? Like, so much? She wasn’t even born on third base; she was born an inch from home plate, and still somehow thinks she hit a home run.

In case anyone is wondering what you can look like after ingesting colloidial silver:

What a shame, all those years of clean living and exercise and I still developed three autoimmune disorders. OH WAIT, THEY’RE GENETIC. It doesn’t get much more pre-existing than that. Also, fuck this guy.

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…

Ha, fair enough — that was my experience with crochet, though weirdly, I can knit just about anything.