“Here is the dirty secret of longform: most people, even those who urge its consumption, don’t actually read it.”

Yes x 1,000,000.

He’s just wandering around looking for another one of his kind, isn't he? Poor guy.

“Undoubtedly would have been better half naked and drunk at home.”

How is this not gender discrimination?

Shakespeare sonnet #59. He must have been parallel thinking with the people who wrote the bible.

Love your work, big fan!!

It really is amazing the way gay isn’t a “thing” for this generation. That’s such a positive advancement.

I coined “hottie” in 1992. And also invented Clorox wipes in 1997. I know whereof you speak.

I took the use of the word “apologetic” to be the main non-apology element. Because it was not “I’m super sorry” or “I (super) apologize”, but rather “I’m in the state of being regretful” (perhaps about tangling with everyone’s new BFF Amy Schumer).

William Shakespeare got it right first: there is nothing new under the sun.

I don’t know. I’m of two minds here.

I was waiting for a truly descriptive explantion which failed to materialize so I watched it.

More info on “paid”, please. Have read a number of bios re: Grace but never heard this tidbit...

Now, that’s a bummer. I worry about losing my fiscal footing and the pain of having to wait tables again... I guess reality TV is Tootie’s waitressing gig.

I would have put it at more like 61%, but that's just quibbling on my part, isn't it?

Anyone else here old enough to remember when Espirit had something like 7 sub-brands? I can only specifically recall Rose Hips. I want to say there was another with something vitamin-esque but I suppose I could ask my boyfriend Google, he always knows this kind of thing.

Ada! I didn’t know he was from Ada. I’m a native of “the big city” (ha!) to the northeast myself, but recall a fabulously drunken wedding reception I attended in Ada in 1987, and remember being surprised there was a lovely venue in such a remote area for such events. Are you still there?

Perhaps the real problem is that many of us recall J. Crew’s early days as an L.L. Bean wannabe and can’t reconcile today’s prices with yesterday’s origins.

Oh, I 300% believe you know what you’re talking about! I don’t dispute the validity of the information at all.