I loved this movie. I love the original trilogy but for movies based on a galactic rebellion against an evil empire, they are almost totally bloodless. This movie felt like a rebellion, like there were actual stakes, and the story felt realistic and beautiful and thankfully not the least bit superfluous. I was worried…

Did I ever tell you guys about this one time when it was almost Christmas time, and there I stood in another line trying to buy that last gift or two, not really in the Christmas mood. And standing right in front of me was a little boy waiting anxiously, pacing around like little boys do. And in his hands he held a…

People are selfish. Almost all people vote in their own self-interest. Trump promised to bring the jobs back that have been long gone and probably won’t come back. You cannot argue against that. They voted in a last chance effort to restore their way of life. If you thought your way of life was ending but had to vote…

No, it’s called the “Rita Ora-cles”

Many vestigial parts of the wedding industry hate millennials.

The worst: The Little Drummer Boy.

Today was nice. I spent the day with a friend (and former colleague) and we have this really lovely friendship that can seem a bit unconventional at times to others, mainly because of our age difference. I’m 34 and she’s 57. I’m single with no kids and she’s married with three daughters who are all in their early…

My husband has major baby-fever, and there was a super cute kid at the place where we had dinner last night. You start to think, “What if ...”

And then you read shit like this. Nevermind.

“Hold Me Closer, Tiny Hands Sir...”

American movies need to stop having “graphic” sex scenes where the actress is inexplicably wearing a bra. Just avoid showing the boobs with camera angles or sheets or Austin Powers teapots. Bra sex is just stupid looking.

And don’t forget that Mango Mussolini is now Time’s person of the year.

I don’t want to Northsplain to you, Anna, but you have to rent a snowmobile. 

The real question is, what year is his Camaro?

I’m firmly against it regardless of gender, too. But even more so for women because the military can’t seem to clean up its act when handling sexual assaults against women. I would be absolutely mortified if we were in war and my daughters were forced to participate, knowing the way things are ran currently the…

Hipster old millennial dads ew right?

Stupid hat? Check.

But I need as many opportunities as possible to wear my Wreath Witherspoon wreath dress!

If you’re spending any time on r/all... that’s the wrong way to reddit. I’ve whittled my front page down to subreddits like r/campingandhiking, r/personalfinance, r/nba, etc. It’s a useful tool if you curate it for yourself and I haven’t seen a single trace of r/the_donald all year.

The year she got the tin cup and the peppermint stick she also received a heart-shaped cake made with white sugar and a penny. The cake and the penny were from her parents who had not laid in any presents, and the candy and the cup were from Mr. Edwards who had walked to town and back to bring them. French is slipping…

What strikes me is how, to our standards, small and modest the Christmas haul was for kids until well into the seventies. Everybody knows the story of how Laura Ingalls got an orange and a penny and thought it a hoard beyond price, but well into the sixties you got maybe ten gifts, counting everything from relatives.