Well, he wrote Tropic Thunder and I loved the shit out of that.

That's true. I was bummed when Aiden sold out for Walgreens and Applebee's. HAVE YOU NO SHAME. He should be rollin in that S&TC dough.

Well you tell your man friend to just shut the hell up and deal with it. Sometimes we deserve nice things. Male types - you get to walk around in the world and feel safe at all times. Let us have a pretty gym.

Nope, there are plenty of male trainers at the women's only gym I went to.

I guess you've never been to Healthworks in Boston's beautiful Back Bay :)

He's a dentist and I work for a nonprofit. But. Next mess - all of the dental chains. They hire new grads, make them work at too fast a pace and spit them out if they can't bill enough procedures. It's nearly impossible to buy a private practice, which is where all the $$ is made. Add another $500 - 600,000 on your…

Not to mention how effed up it is that colleges raise those rates, knowing that students can get coverage from federal loans, which means the college is paid no matter what and the gov't is making money off of our students. The only people being hosed are students here. No thought to the fact that if you saddle us…

I don't know if this will be helpful - but I have a lot of teacher friends who graduated in the early aughts. My advice is to substitute when/where you can, and if this is really, truly the only thing you want to do - you're going to have to expand your search and be open to applying all over the place. Maybe even…

Not to mention the way it has a ripple effect on our economy. My husband and I can't afford a house, can't afford to travel, can't buy a car, or all of the other dollar recirculating activities locally that we would like to - all because we have astronomical debt to pay back. $430,000 and counting, to be precise.

Damn - I think executive assistants really just need a better job title. 'Assistant' puts you in a category that isn't accurate at ALL. Master of the Universe, Magician, etc - all more appropriate.

As you noted - there's a lot to be said for non-monetary gains that exist for going to college. Emotional maturity, life experiences, etc - I learned a whole helluva lot that actually does help when I'm navigating my career and dealing with people that I wouldn't have without attending college.

No kidding. I wonder if he/she was hiding behind the fern as Emily ordered.

Um...Seth. No, honey. No.

Is your confusion about how one ices a cappuccino? Mine too. I was a barista for four years. It's the foam and amount of milk that makes a capp, and icing it makes no sense.

I say it to gate attendants at the airport.

I just sent the good news around to my fellow birk wearers.

As in shaking your fist and head simultaneously while muttering his name? Yeah, that's Norman for ya.

Lorne? Tina? Jimmy, is that you?

You may Bey on to something. She was just a little TOO perfect and now she's a tinch more relatable.

I wouldn't. Serves no purpose because it's not like the person will see it and have a lightbulb moment. It will just make you look like an asshole.