also as if there were not enough reasons to cheer for the Eagles this weekend Philly Boy Chris getting tickets to the Super Bowl to watch the Eagles is really cool. I can’t imagine watching my team make it to the Super Bowl knowing that I was going to the game. I’m sure Carrie will be an Eagles fan for a day too as…

also Bruce and Fati talking about football stadiums and Taylor Swift was hilarious. Very good comic timing in this cast.

I know we’re all focussed on Joestachio and his crystals but can we take a moment to appreciate his description of why he doesn’t play basketball?

putting Claudette in as EC was a brilliant strategy move on behalf of her three teammates, and it worked perfectly. You know that in Restaurant Wars the EC is far more likely than anyone else to get eliminated, so you put the weakest member (that no one likes to work with all that much) in that slot, knowing that if…

Was Shawn Johnson really so popular that they needed to open up a Shawn Johnson East? New York must really be running out of ideas.

I think she’s just someone who tries very hard to not let her anger get the better of her, which is probably fine when you have somewhere to go after work to decompress, but less fine when you’re in the pressure cooker that is a reality show. The moment she snapped at Carrie was really uncomfortable to watch.

Bravo did a little interview with her after she announced it on her Instagram and it sounds serious, which is really awful, but it also sounds like she’s getting awesome care which is good. She’s very young and still has so much cooking to do so I hope she recovers from this quickly.

Fair enough. It’s probably unfair to completely write off the abilities and strength of pregnant women, but I imagine that most pregnant women who do work in those climates or situations are probably more acclimated to them than your average contestant on a cooking show. I refuse to believe that at no point in the…

OK now that she’s gone I can make my true feelings known:

I’M KING OF THE SMEG, MA!

Didn’t pick the Raiders only because anything that makes Sheldon Adelson sad is probably not 100% evil. Just like, 98.5%.

Fucking Iowa Republicans, man. A former IAGOP staffer just won a $2.2 million settlement because she got fired *7 fucking hours* after handing in a memo detailing what a horrible boys club working for the Iowa State Senate Republicans was. The whole DMR article is a depressing look into how women are viewed in…

Bec, you need to quit drinking. A case of Gentleman’s Jack a week is too much, and it’s starting to effect your posting.

to his credit, have you ever had Graeter’s ice cream? it’s pretty spectacular. i’d drink a milkshake from there every day if i could.

I saw Childish Gambino live four times over the course of about 18 months: a free show at the beginning of his iamdonald tour, a Chicago club show at the end of that same tour, his Comic-Con show where he did Bonfire for the first time (which I will keep a video on my phone of forever), and a show at the university in…

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OK fellow Broadway fans, help me out (if you don't want Dear Evan Hansen spoiled skip this thread)

In slight defense of my home state, “gerrymandered” is definitely not the term to use here. Iowa is one of a few states that has a neutral third party determine congressional districts in the state, and the state itself is fairly east to divide up because we have four districts and are basically a rectangle/sad…

I leave my read receipts on because I enjoy provoking my anxiety with a large sharp stick.

there was a huge fallout where his voice actor insulted every single member of the cast one by one, in order, and then he fell down a well and I think he might still be down there. but don't worry, because that guy was a real jerk.