For some reason, it didn’t occur to me until I read this article just how much the Detroit area would be effected by this. I don’t live there now (moving back to the area on Friday actually for work) but there’s a huge Muslim population there. I’m so glad they had support when protesting this ridiculous ban.

Word to the wise on the KitchenAid: If you’re looking to buy one and bake anything beyond a basic cake a few times a year OMG go for the professional model. That extra power makes all the difference when trying to make cookie dough in bigger batches (I made about 600 cookies at Christmas and only needed to do two…

Word to the wise on the KitchenAid: If you’re looking to buy one and bake anything beyond a basic cake a few times a…

#PEEOTUS

I stick almost exclusively to Coach (with the exception of one blue-ish/purple-ish Michael Kors suede saddle bag that just killed me it was so cute. Again, logo free because ew.) just because they have so many bags that aren’t covered in logos and they hold up so so well. My first big kid bag is an unadorned black…

Viola was so amazing! I just adore her. I ended up seeing “Lion” instead of “Jackie” and “Lion” was so good. I just loved it!

Haven’t seen Jackie yet but your post has me even more excited about it! If you haven’t seen Hell or High Water yet, do so as it’s fantastic. My favorite is probably The Nice Guys but I think the best movie of the year is Moonlight, at least from what I’ve seen so far. I thought La La Land was overrated (good but not…

Just because of this list I don’t entirely hate 2016.

I’m so happy the “Hey after fucking you” piece is on here because OMFG that tripped me out for fucking days. DAYS. I asked every guy I knew decently well if they did it and why and so many women if it had happened to them. So weirdly universal.

A lot of police departments don’t have jurisdiction over the college campuses, though, as they have their own police force. Went to the ER when I was raped in college and one of the first things they asked me was where I was a student (several major universities in about a 20 mile radius) and if it happened on campus…

My dad interviewed her when she was just getting started in her career and he was so impressed with both her talent (she played guitar and sang in his studio) and just how sweet she was. He’s interviewed a shit ton of famous people and does not sugar coat when they’re assholes and he just adored Taylor. So I’m not…

I’d like there to be some progressive group for boys. My husband was huge into scouting as a kid (he was with a hella liberal troop or whatever the fuck boy scouts call them, they even dropped the God bits of the boy scout pledge/law thing to be more inclusive) and got his Eagle. It’s a huge part of who he is and…

Almost everyone had to travel for our wedding (my husband and I lived at least a 4 hour drive from our nearest relatives and we had like half a dozen people come from other continents) and there were lots of little kids, so we did everything at Great Wolf Lodge, ceremony and reception both. Parents with kids never…

Mr. Notlois said this about that song the other day: “The little drummer boy was an asshole. Who goes and visits a newborn and then plays loud music? This is why we give the people we don’t like’s kids toys that make noise, that shit is torture.”

Weirdly enough, no. But he hasn’t been causing any problems for her thus far so maybe he’ll actually get his shit together and learn something and turn his life around. Not that our justice system is particularly rehabilitative :/

If you’re not at odds with your parents politically, you can ask for donations made in your name to orgs you support. I asked for some to ProPublica, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU this year. Last year for her birthday, I “got” my mom a tiger from WWF, so she’s adopted a tiger in the wild. Last year for Christmas,…

Happy Holidays, Jezzies!

Weirdly, a lot of signs point to the guillotine as the most “humane” way to put someone to death. It’s just so gruesome that it makes people squeamish so the state would rather torture someone as they die instead, apparently. I’m pretty anti-death penalty (partially because it is so damn expensive) but if we’re going…

When I first saw the host he was building I was like “Oh look, he’s been planning to kill Theresa for a while and is printing a new one to cover his tracks. Smart move.”
I was hella surprised when the next episode began and people were aware of Theresa’s demise.

Your nephew sounds so stinking adorable and I’m going to start saying great things make me “shake like a party dress” so thank you for that.

I have a friend who works at Starbucks and all this reminds me of is his encounter with the Merry Christmas idiots last year.
Basically, lady orders some latte under the name Merry Christmas. Stands and watches my friend make it. Sees him go to do the part with the milk and says “oh, I wanted that non-fat.” “Oh, ok,…