Everyone thinks I’m some sort of prima donna because my boyfriend does the grocery shopping and cooks all the meals (isn’t he put upon, the poor man!). The reason is that when I’m in charge of food, we eat ramen or microwaved veggie burgers every night, and he’s unwilling to eat that way.

Oh, I wouldn’t say “not useful.” If there’s ever a snail related incident on a plane, I’m going to be exactly the Dr. they want.

I have a PhD (in invertebrate zoology), and my mother (bless her) does not seem to understand the difference between “My daughter is a doctor” and “My daughter has a doctorate” and also apparently cannot shut up about me, ever. Whenever I visit my parents (very small town), people are always stopping me to ask medical…

Wait, they can legally double park on Sundays? Or it’s de facto because parking rules aren’t enforced on Sundays?

Every time I see a Rand Paul interview/speech/etc:

Wait, are you secretly wiretapping and listening to my life? This is embarrassing.

I sometimes interrupt people reading (men and women) if they’re reading a book that I have read and am still turning over in my mind, or if they’re reading a later book in a series I’ve been waffling about finishing.

I mentor kids in foster care and, not gonna lie, one of the great perks is having kids to take to see Disney movies!

I kind of admire her for continuing to make loads of money for something that she admits was easy to do. I’ve got no desire to read it, but if her fans are willing to buy more, I can’t blame her for exploiting it.

Depending on your ethnicity, the clocks alone might be a bad idea.

I’m really lucky I had a PhD advisor who was really concerned and thoughtful about why there aren’t enough women in the sciences. I would have felt comfortable telling him about something like this, and he would have a) found me someone else to help me with my research b) made an effort to get the guy fired c)…

I agree with that. But holding Brady to higher standard than the average American because he’s good at a sport seems a little weird to me.

Exactly! I just read about how Terrence Howard believes he can prove that 1 x 1 =2. You can love Empire and still think that maybe you should use a calculator rather than his advice on math.

I’m genuinely confused about the role model thing and who’s responsible. He’s a guy who was offered a lot of money to play a sport, and nothing about that offer, or him accepting it, hinged on any particular behaviors other than playing that sport. I don’t see why he’s then on the hook for every person who looks up to…

I guess it’s a difference of opinion about what his job is. I think he was hired to play a sport, but you’re saying he was hired to be a role model. If people follow his opinions about anything other than football, I think it says more about them than it says about Tom Brady. But I clearly have a disconnect with how…

That was exactly where my brain went, too. I don’t really know how to process the rest of this story, but I definitely know how I feel about that.

In fairness to Tom Brady (UGH I never thought I would say that ever) lots of Americans feel that way. I don’t think he’s necessarily obligated to be a better citizen because he’s paid a lot of money to throw around pig skin or whatever it is that he does. Nobody hired the man to be smart, coherent, or politically…

I’m no expert, but here’s my theory: I think they’re expensive because we’ve made MOB dresses another thing one should feel obligated to buy around a wedding. It’s not like the bride, who is expected to wear a special white dress- a parent can wear literally anything that fits with the formality of the event. The…

Yes but are they special MOB medieval tapestries? I thought not.

So many great dresses in the world... and then there are these. At MOB markup, apparently.