I don’t believe she’s stupid. She defended herself with great skill (and dishonesty, but still skill). I had a friend who worked for the government and he always said “Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity.” I don’t buy it one more freaking second. The whole post-9/11 wars and more wars:…

I think Jon Stewart is hardest on journalists. Everyone knows that politicians are pushing an agenda; that’s what they do. Journalists are supposed to be reporting the truth. If something is contested, they should say that. When journalists become mouthpieces of the powerful, which has happened to a terrifying extent,…

Interesting and funny but what’s the deal with that camera work? They never looked him in the face. And with him sitting (and the way he was speaking) the energy was really low. It was odd.

I reminded my daughter of the croc story and she said “that was the last time I cared about having a brand name”. Good for her!

I didn’t even know who she was until I happened upon this 73 questions video (by Vogue). The setup is kind of assholish and Lively handles it with aplomb. The first time I watched it I thought she was charming and with-it. Link

That was the sweetest romance I have ever seen. I love that version of Anne of Green Gables. My aunt is Canadian and every gifting holiday we received Canadian-themed gifts. The video of Anne of Green Gables was probably my favorite and I still have it.

Value falling does mean demand falling when the demand is based solely on exclusivity.

Southern rich women.

Originally $30 now up to $90. People should boycott these folks because they are vultures.

When my daughter was in 2nd grade, Crocs were new and in style for kids and her father bought her some knock-offs. When she walked into homeroom wearing the knock-offs - remember 2nd grade - a “friend” dramatically walked around to the back to check out the brand name. Then she loudly told everybody that they were not…

People giving sexist answers on questionnaires is not what’s hurting women. Here’s a better idea, but maybe difficult to do, look at the Twitter history for video game users. Track that for 2 years and find out what video games the person played *and* which video game or other communities (if any) they interact with…

A lot of the clothes in Anthropologie have intricate needlework or other details that you couldn’t replicate yourself. I think their prices are high, but for a decent reason. J. Crew, on the other hand, has no excuse.

We are approaching plutocracy/oligopoly status: the corporations are not trolling us. Or it’s like NYC, all million dollar apartments and no place for poor (or even middle class) artists anymore.

I have invested in strong glasses because it is so likely that they’ll be left on a table and knocked off by the cat at some point. She started doing it because she was out of water. Then it became a fun game, but it’s more likely to happen if there is not enough water in her bowl. They can walk along the edge of a…

Everyone should watch all of this. It was worth it. I teach at a university and most of this is hidden from us, but I have gotten hints about how difficult the schedule is, how their lives are controlled, and there have been some scandals about how the athletes on certain teams have been treated by their coaches. I…

My cats can get in the bathroom door; no lock can stop them. When we have company, it's a problem.

I didn't mean to imply that they are the equal in how "bad" they are. I agree that they are different in the way you described.

So you want to own your original offensiveness? Ok, so tell me where you work or go to school. I would like to avoid that place.

Ok, I'm going to get flamed for this, but I'm the mother of a teen girl who plans to major in Computer Science and is interested in video game programming. Language like this "fix that shit in the p****" is one of the reasons women have been driven out of CS. Can we please not? Please? Can guys who don't talk like…

People who have suffered from side effects or reactions to drugs may not share your blithe confidence in the pharmaceutical industry.