You just conjured up visions of goo flowing from brass that, until now, I had completely forgotten about. 🤢

I honestly wish just one person would say, “You know, I am a woman in my 40s and there aren’t a lot of roles written for women my age, particularly those that aren’t ‘wife, mother, nagging shrew, or some combination thereof’ so I made an unpalatable choice and took a job. That doesn’t mean I support him or his…

First Dance Song Thread?????

Exactly.

Growing up watching Colin Firth play the romantic lead in so many of my beloved films, I never understood what the lead ladies saw in him. As I’ve grown up, other male actors I didn’t understand as romantic leads when I was a child now appeal to me tremendously and it was like a beautiful epiphany when I finally had…

I make an exception in the case of exhibitionists like Ms. Emily here. She actually doesn’t have my consent to impose her nudity on me. Funny to me that attractive hetero women who make money from their conventional looks are always the ones who hide behind this shield of empowerment. It’s bullshit. I don’t want to…

Yes to all of these reasons. Also, I find the banquette seating more comfortable than chairs.

See, I always thought more people wanted booths. I’m definitely a booth guy as I don’t like people walking behind me while I eat.

There’s a whole dang city in Michigan that was almost entirely Polish immigrants and their descendents at one point. Now it’s a mix and shifting more towards Middle East / South Asian representing.

Yeah, I’ve seen this too. There’s an entire neighborhood in my granddad’s hometown that’s named after Donegal because at one time it was populated nearly entirely by Irish who came from there. His grandmother came there from Dublin, because she had an uncle who was already living there. Also, that’s the exact same…

Middle names are also an excellent way of letting your kid know that shit just got real: “PETER JOHN STEPHEN MILLBURG I SAID PUT YOUR SHOES ON NOW!”

These are the sort of tips I need more in my life, thank you.

I tried to explain to people recently the difference between animal rights and animal welfare, and how some organizations are not on the side of people having companion animals.

That’s like the opposite of what happened with the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford. Although, at this point Rhodes is a name brand, and we can acknowledge that Cecil Rhodes was a goddamned dick and still use his money for good.

Let’s say you righteously turn down the money, go forth and tell the truth. Best outcome is nothing happens. Likely outcome is no one cares. Worst outcome is nothing happens, no one believes you, AND people drag you all over for saying anything. At least with the money, you get some tangible compensation for your pain.

So... funny story about this expo. As you might imagine, many of the events take place in the evening, and portions of the show hall are rented out for other events during the day. One of those events a few years back was a quilting and sewing show, and my dear auntie was there, and so were several thousand other…

The real mistake was not getting a free drink while playing slots

If they came by USPS, call your local postmaster. Believe it or not, the PO takes malice by mail quite seriously.

Yes! I was being hassled in public at a music event by some old dude who “was just trying to be nice why are you getting mad!?!?” yet wouldn’t leave me alone. Dozens of people were within spitting distance of us but I couldn’t catch anyone’s eye for assistance. Some amazing petite woman about 7" shorter than me walked…

She thought the Queen of England would be happy about someone publishing a book about her underwear? That takes levels of self-deception I can only stare at, amazed.