Her mother’s testimony was pretty moving, too — how heartbroken she was to see her daughter so upset, how she questioned her own parenting in raising her to be polite, and how they talked it over and decided not to call the cops because it would provoke a firestorm of horrific memes that would ensure that she had to…

No clue. I remember during the Clarence Thomas hearings my father thinking Anita Hill must be lying because all she had to do was speak up and all of the decent men around the department would have stood up for her. Even my equally conservative mom rolled her eyes and said he was living in a fantasy world.

Whatever I think about Tom Arnold, his years were the best writing years.

I don’t disagree, but most of her social connections were over 60. Having your finger on the pulse of popular culture is more challenging with every decade removed from the people you’re covering. She was 50-60 years older than the people the readers wanted to read about, and the papers wanted young eyes for both…

In 2009 the Kardashians were already a thing. Twilight stars were a thing. An 87 year old woman was probably not going to be anybody’s go-to source for hot gossip.

Choosing the word duel is a way of simultaneously saying he wants to kick her ass while patting himself on the back for being not only gentlemanly (because boys don’t hit girls, silly) but old-tyme-y gentlemanly (the kind of guy who would fight duels of honor.) Chest beating words that in no way put him at any risk of…

I always hated that song, but I’m 53 and never caught on to that line. Sigh.

In the late 70s we had that class Freshman year (called “health”) and there was a one week section on sex, or more accurately, the mechanics of pregnancy/fetal development. Boys and girls together, and I’m pretty damn sure the words penis and vagina were never mentioned, though they probably appeared on a chart on the…

Ha! I once asked my vet to look at a bump on my dog’s vulva, and I said the word vulva and his eyes widened - not in horror, just apparently taken aback that I actually named the body part.

based on nothing more than you being happy and hot for each other.

He likes children who aren’t subpoenaed.

Now we just need to make sure that the NY trials are televised...

He can’t pardon RICO crimes prosecuted by the state of New York.

A friend did a commercial with the Muppets. Can’t recall if Kermit was a part of it, but she said the puppeteers were EXTREMELY vocal about what their characters would/would not do, script-wise. They simply refused to do certain things because “___ would never do that.” All professional and friendly, just firm about…

One of my personal faves from childhood...

I have no idea who/what’s in the box, but they don’t look like roadies — they look like security.

Miss Manners had a whole column on how tragic it was to peak in your teens.

You are correct on the boob hickeys. Still have one from 30 years ago. Thankfully it’s off to the side, but the moment I read that line I thought “noooooooo!”

I love Dorinda — but as entertaining as she is when drunk/stoned, I cringe because anybody who has watched themselves behave that way under the influence (of whatever) on national television yet continues to do it.. I have to start assuming she can’t stop (on her own). It was astonishing to see her in a  flashback a…

Yeah, all I could think was “who is EVER going to go to that place again thinking the owner likes to just pop in and watch?”