Why would her TV bosses care? I can understand why the magazines that published her essays would care since they are presented as fact and not fiction, but what she writes/wrote for Grey’s is fiction. *scratches head**

So, a writer just made stuff up and put it in a pretend show about pretend people in pretend situations. Isn’t that, you know, writing?

One survey found that 94% of men and 85% of women have ever done it; another found the...

But will it still make you go blind, or have hairy palms?

Willie Mays Hayes?

Mercedes, I wish I had the words to explain how much I relate to your story. 10 years after getting my license I’m still daily-driving the Land Cruiser I got handed down from my parents. Hell, the day you bought your car I was just west in Naperville with my whole family packed into it helping pull neighbors out of…

Hi Mercedes, just want to let you know I love your work and I‘m very happy things are working out for you. 

Re Mercedes’ story about coming out as transgender and how your car was a safe place. This made my day - thanks for sharing. I'm so happy you're getting to live as your true self!

I still maintain that Shaloub’s delivery of that line is, arguably, one of the best delivered comedy lines in movie history.

That was a hell of a thing.  

So...the employees aren’t locals, too? If you’re not a fan, don’t spend your money there. But I wouldn’t want to deny people the choice of either.

The average reader probably understood ‘make’ to be a revenue number, not a net profit. (It would be depressing to describe what I ‘make’ at my job on an after tax basis...).

Today in reading and regurgitating is hard: They don’t make $7 mil per location. That’s the gross per the linked article.

BJ’s has the closest store to my home and work. I just like to snicker like an adolescent and have an excuse to say “BJ.”

I don’t remember anyone wearing those clothes in the 70's. Except the assclowns.

these are not rich people. in Cali $1.5M home is a starter for us. these are dual income hard working families, who are living paycheck to paycheck to pay their mortgage.

Came here to say exactly that.  The Roscosmos group are excellent people and would never do anything to put any astronaut in danger but if Putin intervenes, what choice do they have?

Silver Lake is one of the most exclusive and expensive neighborhoods in L.A.

No they will bring him down and hold him hostage.  Sorry “Gee, we can’t find the missing American Astronaut.  We would continue to look but our credit cards declined when we went to get some snacks for the trip.”