Because two years of a foreign language is (or was) a requirement to graduate high school. Most high schools offer Spanish, German and French, and in most parts of the US, Spanish is the language that will have some practical use.

Patrick Leahy is awesome and I love him, but truly, I only discovered who he was after Darth Cheney told him to go fuck himself on the floor of the Senate.

I haven’t yet been in the right mind frame to watch this season. I had the same trouble with last season, in that I binged most of the season on a day when I was in a great mood. Although it gave me much to think about with regards to the parallels, I was able to separate and take it for the story it was.

That gif is unexpected perfection. I never say LOL, but it did get a literal laugh out loud from me. Fuckin’ Squiggy.

That’s how I read it. It’s a lovely name!

When you put it that way...

Yanny. Over and over again, Yanny. No “L” sounds whatsoever and I don’t understand how these things work.

When I married, I specifically told my husband I would not take his name. He was initially fine with this, but started to pressure me about a year into our marriage. I relented that year and, as a Christmas present to him, I trekked to the Social Security office and changed my last name. A year later, we divorced.

It was a gem, for sure, and it had a huge resurgence after Wayne’s World. I only meant that it wasn’t such a rare gem as to have been nearly forgotten until Wayne’s World...at least in my neck of the woods.

This tax, as I understand it, is not meant to combat those who are permanently homeless. This tax is meant to be solely for affordable housing to help prevent homelessness for those who are on the cusp/living in their cars/can’t find work close to where they can afford to live, etc.

Additionally, anyone who thinks the Seattle City Council is capable of building affordable housing on schedule and on budget is delusional. I wouldn’t trust them to paint a single damn door without going $1M overbudget and being five years late.

I tried the video again, but my ears aren’t cooperating with me today.

That must also be why your username stands out for me. All I can hear when I see it is Ralph Wiggum. “My cat’s breath smells like cat food!”

And, I am weeping. Thank you for sharing this deeply personal story and thank you for a painfully accurate description of depression.

Maybe because I grew up in a small town where “classic rock” (what does that even mean anymore?) and terrible country music ruled, but Bohemian Rhapsody was front and center in my high school days, which ended in June of 1991.

Will I always star your fart jokes when I see them? All signs point to yes.  

Cake that isn’t meant to be eaten is not, in fact, cake.

I’ll take handcuffed to a gurney, please. Everyone wins!

Unrelated but related question. Can anyone hear how to pronounce her first name? I tried watching the GMA interview, but I can’t turn the volume loud enough to hear it over the shop noise next to my office.