I feel like this is soooo similar to the 2008 housing crisis - people were able to take out more loans than they could really afford for various reasons, but did so because houses were an “investment”, just like we say an education is now. But housing prices can deflate and so can the market value of an education. I…

Ha! Me too!

Jesus, manual labor is valuable work and not by definition horrible.

Lloyd’s ethos is very Gen-X / Slacker. His manifesto about not wanting to buy or sell anything bought or processed voices the desires of a generation. 

Would this be her first dramatic/serious role? 

Why doesn’t Elba get better roles in better movies? 

I kept asking myself what made her so special that she was invited to hang out with all these people, and so many people offered to help her, when she didn’t seem all that pretty or smart or interesting, and from reading the articles I did, the conclusion I came to was simply, they thought she was rich. They wanted to…

Nevermind

directed by Galaxy Quest filmmaker Dean Parisot

I didn’t think birthdays were worth celebrating either until I realized how much effort it can take to just get through another year, and then I got it. The one thing Sheryl Sandberg said (after her husband died) that had any value. 

Agreed - expulsion isn’t punishment for cheating to get in. It’s a retroactive denial of admission based on their actual qualifications.

Spring Break

Dr. Mrs. the Monarch is a total badass. 

Given that Dee Dee died without ever receiving a formal psychiatric evaluation, her side of the story will forever remain untold, leaving social media sleuths to wonder aloud—whether in good faith or bad—if Gypsy is a reliable narrator of her own life.

He’s only 5 years younger than the actress who plays his mom. That’s weird, even if he’ll be great in the role. 

We hope that all parties eventually find some resolve.

I kind of just want to vote for this post for president.

I enjoyed this take on his VF article: https://www.cjr.org/b-roll/vanity-fair-beto-orourke.php?fbclid=IwAR2pOK4D1Cf9hLsjHwWcCl_SvV5tqnYGveqGaeLpe29hIAh3x7vHqt_DxHA

I really hope the Democrats have cleaned up their primary act this time and don’t have a favorite they’re trying to jam down everyone’s throat. They really need to let the people’s favorite to fairly rise to the top. 

I feel like he’s running on the “guy you’d like to have a beer with” platform. A lot of people vote for that, but not me.