That’s still no excuse to try and impress Paul Ryan!

I spoke in tongues at a weird non-denominational church service that my mom (a liberal Methodist) didn’t want me to attend. I was crushing on this evangelical pastor’s son, and my friend who was dating his brother invited me to attend services with her. I’d never seen a rock band in church before, or people jumping…

God this is so cringy. I was 19 and needed to look super, extra hot and sexy and attractive for my new bf, so after reading one incredibly dumb article in Cosmo, I followed their advice to shave - ummm, his initial - uh - down there. I spent a good twenty minutes perfecting it in the mirror and felt super sexy and…

This is a deep OG Grover Golden Books reference, and as someone who read his original childhood version of this book to his daughter last night, respect.

This is like Grover’s monster at the end of the book. I know you say “WARNING: THIS POST IS NOT A JOKE.” but damn if I don’t want to read it anyway to see if it’s a really good joke.

So for years I worked in your typical NJ pizza place upfront, Italian restaurant in the back. We had some of our regulars who were like Oma until we found the secret recipe to make it “their” place. It usually meant going above and beyond and for me it lead into increased tips, which became a bottle of red at…

We had a lovely sunset yesterday. Just wanted to share it with all of you. Ours aren’t usually this colorful.

My first Pissing Contest post! I hope this counts, because he wasn’t famous yet, but this happens to be an important week for his newest movie.

This story reminds you that conservatives are just awful people all around.

Oh shut up, you Brit! Do. Not. Even. Start!

I’m also reading Buddha of Suburbia on recommendation of my good friend, Zadie Smith (jk, she wrote an essay about it). Since I’ve now exhausted the Zadie Smith catalog, it’s a good transition!

As an Old who doesn’t get the whole “private Stories on Instagram”, I want to roll my eyes a little bit at that because there’s never anything truly private on the internet. But honestly, whatever gets her through.

I was checking on our cabin in rural Wisconsin one evening after a major storm moved through and a lot of electrical outages were reported in the area. I wanted to make sure the fridge was still running so none of the food we stocked would spoil. As I approached the door, I could hear that music was blaring from…

I am friendly with a wonderful female physician who recently told me she binges Hallmark Channel movies. I was taken aback, they’re sooooo corny and we both giggled at her admission (because she is a badass tough doctor in real life) as I teased her a little. Thinking about it though, those movies are probably a nice…

Somewhere out there, Valerie Bertinelli is considering a comeback. 

This development warms the cockles of my first-generation college student heart.

It wasn’t the brokest time, but I was pretty poor for about 2 yrs after my lupus flared but i wasn’t yet on Social Security Disability insurance.

I went to graduate school for a degree in a male-dominated STEM field. The culture in the department and university was terrible. Women were routinely sexually harassed and silenced through the department. I built up a group of women in the department and fought for two hard years alongside them and other amazing…

I mean, say what you will about Elizabeth Holmes, but my god is she an amazing pioneer in the field of gender equality for massive corporate con-jobs. 

Sounds like Irish Stromboli.