Franco yes. But Skarsgård was amazing on BLL. He deserves the award. His performance was chilling.

Maggie Haberman describes the book as “notionally true” which seems like a great description of the state of Fire and Fury. 80% of the encounters described might (or might not!) be bullshit, but the underlying portrait that book paints of the Trump administration would still be pretty dead on.

The book itself admits that some of it is very likely untrue - but it is accurate of what people claimed was true.

More and more I worry about the impulse, from the community and within the ranks of the police, to treat cops as heroes rather than just public servants, which is what they are. Yes, the face a heightened level of danger, but frankly so do nurses and sometimes even social workers (some of the clients they deal with…

I once met a guy who taught self defence courses who made most of his contacts while studying to enter law enforcement. He quit because he couldn’t stand how everyone in the class wanted to be batman.

Now remember that this was in Canada, and Batman is the superhero who doesn’t kill crooks.

Yeah, the Punisher is pretty much just a well armed, psycho killer. Travis Bickle with branding.

They don’t remember that he’s a remorseless cop killer, who happily murders any police officer suspected of corruption?

When staying in rooms with a kitchenette, I also like to pack up and ship my stainless-steel side-by-side refrigerator/freezer to the hotel ahead of time, so that when I arrive, I can get to work removing the standard white, contractor’s choice refrigerator/freezer that’s standard in most hotels. It may sound like a…

It is likely a myth that you are too broken, not enough, unloveable.

This is not trivializing anything, it’s spot on. I remember calling the radio station and asking for REM because we hadn’t gotten the new release tape cassette for sale (hee hee casette) in my college town. There was something to be said for that patience.

I remember running home after being out doing errands all day to check to see if my answering machine had a flashing light. Ohh.. the exhilaration of it all!!

Yeah, I live in New York and I’ve completely given up on online dating because it’s just used like a video game. It’s reduced people to superficial attributes and when there is literally too much choice, people simply get overwhelmed and can’t make a choice. I’ve had so many great back and forth conversations on…

Not to trivialize the discussion, but I tend to think the same thing about music, and photos, and most everything else we now interact with electronically.

SAME PAGE. I also feel like the older I get, the more connected and awesome the guy would have to be, because he’s going to have to shake loose of a hell of a lot of societal preconceptions if we’re going to do this thing. If we’d met when I was 25 I might be a lot more susceptible to the trends running through my…

I was never a looker and kind of a dork but I and most of my friends didn’t have trouble meeting people and dating in the pre technology days. I think it’s because back then you usually met them at a party or bar or class and were forced to have face to face conversation. You knew pretty quickly if you had that “hmm…

Standards and processes have completely reversed. It’s so much easier to find people and get dates now than it was back then. But I think that simplicity has made real connections more difficult, because there’s much less incentive to invest time and emotion in a potential relationship when you’ve got 50 other matches…

Same age group, and I agree; analog dating was so much easier. Texting and social networking create a drug-like effect. The highs are higher, and the lows are lower. My 20-something niece and nephew are struggling, and I hate to see it.

Yeah, I am no longer with the college boyfriend but I have not parted with the love letters. They are really sweet to read and give me nostalgia to the bone (not for him, but for that young me). It’s nice to have something tangible, I’m going to say it: kids today are missing out on the art of a letter. Texts and…

Yes . . . I still have stacks of letters from 1989-1991 tied up with ribbon that Professor Swan sent to me over the summer and during his first quarter of grad school. (Somewhere, in the closet in his office, he has mine, written on actual stationery). He had email, but my access was limited, and at the time email…

India we put the milk in with the spices (cardamom, ginger or others depending on your tastes) while boiling the tea. this potent mix is boiled for a long time. This is what we call Chai here which literally means Tea. Starbucks Chai Tea latte sounds super stupid thats why