A) Are these fuckers embracing the Aristotelian notion that emotions and soul reside in the heart rather than the brain? Because the heartbeat signifies the development of a pump to move blood around the developing body.

I’ve never won, partly because November is so terrible for me. The closest I got was 36,000 words, and then Thanksgiving with the in-laws blew it to smithereens. But I just really like doing it, so I keep trying. There’s also Camp NaNoWriMo in April and July, which I have tried. They are better months for me, but with…

Did I do something to Lifehacker? In the grays I could understand, but every comment I make on Lifehacker disappears. I’m not using bad language, I’m not being abusive, I just want to chat about writing and productivity strategies. I do not have this issue on Jezebel, or Gizmodo, or any of the other Former Republic of…

I’ve been participating since 2008, and my high score is 36,000 words, but someday I will actually finish this damn thing. This year I am very pregnant during NaNo, but I’m still doing it. It just feels exciting to carve out some mental space for creative work, even though in my line of work (academia), November is…

My sister once went as Sexy Louis CK (Black tank top, black jean shorts, orange construction paper goatee). It was definitely mocking in her case.

I know.

To my knowledge, it is not sold as secondhand, but it is also not hermetically sealed, so I have to assume it has at least been sampled, and I do not use it.

It is 100% creepy and gross.

Mortifying your child because you are upset is not best for your child. And if he doesn’t want to alienate his daughter, what he is doing is not best for him either.

Two days before my wedding my mom bought a lip-plumping gloss and after putting it on, offered it around. I was like, “Doubly no. A) I don’t share makeup. B) I wouldn’t try a brand-new out of the package plumping lipgloss two days before my wedding. Those things work by essentially irritating the skin on your lips.”

Sessions would make me happier than Jr., because I have heard far too many people give him the benefit of the doubt in an effort to sound “evenhanded” and “reasonable.”

Ugh. My family are all makeup sharers, and I have to basically hide my products before they come over, because I know they won’t ask, and they will give me a hard time about it if I refuse to share.

I complain, but so far it hasn’t changed anything. :(

I think you are right. I am 34, and while I watched Webster, my memory of it is too hazy to have made the connection.

That would be rough to deal with as a new mom. Like, I would have to divorce someone who watched Fox News all day and all night, but you need a lot of help when the baby is little.

Glorious.

The wonderful thing about that line is that Henry Hill followed that advice until he didn’t. Manafort doesn’t have loyalty to anyone- my best guess is that he took the Trump job for no pay, which was bound to bring heightened scrutiny on him, because he was more afraid of what the Russians would do to him than what…

I definitely started reading this article thinking it was about a variant of the passive aggressive, “Well, bless your heart.”