When a half-dozen Democratic donors gathered at the Whitby Hotel in Manhattan last week, the dinner began with a discussion of which presidential candidates the contributors liked. But as conversations among influential Democrats often go these days, the meeting quickly evolved into a discussion of who was not in the…

The least believable part of that was his accent.

ummm, what accent is that supposed to be? Weirdish?

My high school(25 years ago) humanities teacher used to complain about this ALL the time. She would go on and on about she and her husband had to stuff cotton balls in their hears when they would go to the theater. It’s always been bad.

Totally agree that movies are too loud. I take earplugs, which helps to dampen the sound high and low frequencies, and makes it easier to pick out dialogue.

No, but whenever things go wrong I like to remember that following that kind stranger’s roadmap to happiness is still an option. 

Hi Maria and everyone who reads this! I’ve only ever replied to comments so I’m kind of.. nervous..?

My sister got married years before I did—I was one of those people who honestly had never put much thought into the notion that I’d ever get married a all. When I did get engaged, she was an old hand at the wedded state.

My mom was right about one thing, “men will move mountains.” If I was unsure about a man or relationship, that was her advice. If he’s throwing up obstacles, he doesn’t really want it and bending over backwards to overcome them all just gets you someone who will roll with it only as long as it's easy for them. 

This advice was given to me years ago after I sent off an email I really shouldn’t have, which was very insubordinate, to my direct supervisor. Rather than fire me, which would have been completely deserved, I was sat down by my superior and he explained that he understood how passionate I was about certain topics,…

I was working as a cocktail waitress in a topless bar, and it was exactly as tedious, gross, and demoralizing as you would imagine it to be. One night, I went to close out a table of older men, and when they started talking in front of me about what to tip me. One of them turned to me and said “Honey, here’s a tip for…

Yup. Like Facebook: if you're not paying, you're the product.

From a stranger, on my 21st birthday, in St. Thomas:

I was just starting out in politics 20 years ago, and I had this advisor that looked just like Katherine Harris, the Florida AG of Gore v. Bush fame. My advisor was a staunch Republican (formero GOP adviser) on a very liberal campus, and she always looked like she just ate a lemon.

Just today, from another commenter: that GMG’s readers aren’t its customers, the advertisers are.

I promise you as a grown ass 50 year old if I had that kind of money, I’d have an extensive library, a museum worthy art collection and a giant fucking popcorn machine that produced hot, fresh any flavored popcorn at the press of a button, next to the 50 flavors ice cream machine. I  have no feelings for Bieber but I…

Those pants really are disconcerting. I don’t understand the point of lowriding basketball shorts? Unless he’s like me in control-top pantyhose. I can’t get those damn things to stay at crotch level no matter how hard I try. 

This program should be called “Lego your Legos”

She’s also one of the many courageous women and girls who lived to tell the truth of being tortured by a predator. I wonder if the height she gets in her routines is perhaps a little bit higher now that the monster was exposed and put away for life. Imagine what a role model and inspiration she is for millions of…

I mean, if he and Pence are removed from office, she becomes president, so she’s no longer speaker of the house.