I used to work at an estate law firm, and can report that it is somewhat common to allow the surviving spouse to maintain possession of whatever items are in the house they currently live in, for the duration of the time they are living there. This is for the exact reason one of the quotes alludes to - if the kids…

Yeah my gut says she's the jerk here, but my brain says that grief often creates displaced aggression and myopic focus on things (literal in this case or otherwise) that wouldn't normally matter to you. And my gut/brain also thought it was kind of shitty that the kids referenced them "only" being married "less than…

The mantra "it's her turn" has broad appeal among Democrats.

More cute than insane. Waiting back stage at the Kennedy Center Honors, just me and Tom Hanks. He was waiting for his cue to enter, and I was the first to places for the choir entrance. Mr. Hanks was watching the backstage monitor as the house camera panned the audience. When the camera landed on Rita Wilson, Mr.…

I met John Ritter in a bar and he asked me to hold his beer. Then he immediately yelled, "BARTENDER! THIS KID IS GETTING DRUNK OVER HERE!!", which made everyone in the bar turn and look, and me blush like crazy (I was 11). Then he bought me a water... which, errm.. was free. Because water. Also because open bar..…

It's not insane per se but it was the coolest thing ever! I've been chronically ill since 4. Loads of kidney problems, autoimmune disorders, etc. A lot of pain. A lot of sleepless nights. That's how I got into old movies. If you're in pain & awake at 4am TCM is the only thing on. I LOVE old movies. I pray to Bogart &…

Fuck all of you, then. How you're going to try to blame the readers/voters/commenters for foisting off such a piece of shit bracket on us is beyond me. "Here's something that makes no sense and is designed for the lowest possible probability of producing a result that makes any sense! Fuck you!"

Because giving those gifts to women who actually have had babies and need them would make too much sense.

We need Democrat leaders across the nation to start calling out anti-choicers now. They are not "pro-life" they are not "anti-abortion" they are simply anti-choice.

This makes me want to form a huge biker gang to chill outside abortion clinics and intimidate protesters with their very presence, like The Patriot Guard does with Westboro Church at funerals. Recruit the loudest, biggest, burliest, scariest bikers and have them rev their engines or stand around menacingly and inch…

surveillance is also a tool OF institutional power-abuse.

YOU WILL NOT DO THIS WHEN I AM AWAY FROM MY PICTURES MA'AM!

I hope my cat is ready for a Rancid dance battle tonight. I forgot how "fun" and danceable their music is!

Their new guitar player is sick.

I guess this is growing up.

I saw Rancid last year. ....Out Come the Wolves holds up!

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!

oh my god

Yay... I guess? How shitty is it that we feel any happiness in a scenario where someone was raped. Thanks, society, way to wear me down.

I bought my wedding dress in a city where none of my friends or relatives lived because we had just moved when we decided to get married. I went shopping alone. I thought it was going to be sad but it was nice, I could really chose what I liked the most. When I was trying on my favorite dress the mother of another…