If the sex wasn’t good, it sounds like the guy needs some coaching. You’ve got to tell him what you like and what you don’t like. Talking about this might feel awkward as hell, but it’s important. Sex is like any learned skill. You improve with practice and coaching.

Your mom is a complete boss for getting through that whole thing with a straight face. I’m pretty sure I would’ve completely melted about the third time I tried to say, “Actually, it’s a parasol,” to the bus driver.

So, when I was in kindergarten, I wasn’t allowed to carry an umbrella on the bus.

I had this happen when I volunteered at my daughter’s school for picture day. I was no-makeup, hair in a bun, baggy sweatshirt, and 33 goddamn years old. A teacher came up to me and said “Whose class are you in, sweetie?”

I used to teach elementary art in a really low-income school district near Denver. One student, Franklin, was a third-grader who was homeless and living in a car with his mother at the time. The district and social services were aware and helping as much as possible, but mom was hard to work with due to some ongoing…

I bet you can still order Irish Car Bombs like it's going out of style though.

I had no idea that her character was supposed to be older than Bradley Cooper’s. I did, however, think during the movie “Man, isn’t she a little young to have had some of these life experiences?”

Hollywood: where you gotta be at least 27 to play a high schooler but no older than 25 to play a 30something.

Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest babies who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. God damn it, an entire generation passing gas, waiting for naps; slaves with white diapers. Mommy has us chasing toys and laser pointers, eating pablum we hate so we can make shit for our…

I full out judged them. Like “Wow do you also take food from food banks?” They were incredulous, like stealing from a library is a normal person thing to do.

Hell yes its ok to shame her. Bing cheap is fine, stealing shit is not. Stealing from a god damn library is really really far from ok.

I seriously question the existence of twenty-somethings with good salaries, healthy savings, and no debt.

Interesting article on Slate about how these covers were specifically designed to be “kitsch” to contrast with the refinement of the story. http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat…

I love and adore these books. Literary, brave, involving, with a spiky but passionate perspective on female friendship that is entirely real, and really rare to read described. I can not recommend them highly enough.

As much as I love these books, I don’t think I have every hated the cover art on any books as much as I hate these. The 4th is no better, it seems. They look like stock photos of people photoshopped (badly) onto stock photos of landscapes. Such a shame, they deserve much better!