I’ll never understand John McCain nostalgia. He was the very definition of a weaselly party hack. He’d spend Sunday mornings saying things that were reasonable (even when they were things I’d disagree with) and then spend the rest of the week voting the party line. The only time he made a real difference as a senator…

This! I’ve been saying the same thing about his insane tweets. I think it’s intentional on the part of his staff to bring him down to dumber level to “connect” to voters.

It’s easy to mock, but let’s be honest, there are plenty of active volcanoes around the world that are tourist attractions precisely because there is an extremely low chance that it’ll erupt while you’re on it. People like the adrenaline from putting themselves at risk. That’s why theme parks and extreme sports exist.

nope, moved to assisted living from where she writes everyone hate mail! she's a peach

Yeah, it's always best to confirm the rules/expectations with the gift exchanges. That being said, I wasn't into DC at all but I still think what you made was pretty cool.

The following is not a funny story. I was a witness.

Seriously, WTF was all that? I would have walked and let the meal die once those kids took over the kitchen and no one stopped them.

Very good point. Since all his grifts/businesses are designed to cheat the lower middle class, he has to maintain a blend of aspirational and “realistic” so they’ll buy Ivanka’s ugly-ass clothes.

Mind Blown

Well, we all know “those people” just run out and buy lobsters and Cadeeelac cars with their ill-gotten handouts!

Please note: this comment is a joke. I know that the Welsh don’t have sex with sheep.

How can you mention the era of messy, unlikeable women on TV and not give a nod to the real housewives franchise - that’s the entire brand in a nutshell?  (I guess you were only discussing scripted television)

Obviously Hannah/Lena Dunham is unlikeable, but all of the others you mentioned are pretty charming.

I can’t speak to Hannah Horvath as I never watched Girls, but I never thought of any of the other characters you mentioned as ‘unlikeable’ at all. Messy? Hell yea, but I think that makes them more relatable. I think each of the shows these characters are on explore how they have good hearts but make mistakes,…

I was under the impression that most of the women characters you cited are more like “sometimes messy, refreshingly human, and thus very relatable and likeable”? I don’t really know anything about this woman’s art, but framing it as “ugh, just another terrible TV woman” is kind of weird.

You don’t have to do this.

All while sexually exploited by the record label and media. 

And, BTW, I don’t think the first part of his sentence is actually inherently incorrect; I wouldn’t even necessarily call it a lie, because he might actually believe it. Everyone can more easily make a goal become real if there is some kind of visual representation of the complete project.

higher education is a lonely place as a minority. When I was working on my PhD, I was the only ethnic minority (I am a brown guy, incidentally) in my entire program.