If it’s a plant biologist looking at these paintings, I assume they mean that they can’t specifically pinpoint the types of grapes, pears, etc. that are in the picture. 

To test the limits of my boozy beverage, I left it in the freezer overnight and was thrilled to find it was still slushy—and not rock solid—when I took it out in the morning. It was a little icy at first, but a quick stir with a straw at room temperature turned it into the sippable drink you see above.

Also really important in Asheville. The last time I looked, housing in Asheville was not very affordable, and I assume that business space in downtown also comes at a very steep price. 

“even if I wasn’t the best at walking in heels”

I think her personality is pretty rough, too, so in that respect they’re a good match.

I love/hate your cover photo for this article so much.

I don’t think you’re being an asshole. 5 million dollars is not a lot of money in Hollywood (think of the story about DeNiro that said he’d be “lucky” to make 7.5 million this year), so they probably think they are doing the right thing. It’s an issue of skewed perspective. I certainly hope they’re not asking the…

Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson are always standing as far away from one another as possible within their celebrity couple poses. I find that fascinating.

Teenage Dream was sensational. It kind of ruined The Warblers for me, though, because they never lived up to it again.

Wow I absolutely blocked that out due to trauma.

God bless her and her talent, but Adele is not my favorite artist. However. The Adele mashup—and the scenes leading into and out of the song—were a high point of the show for me. I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that Rivera could act and sing in a way that stood out from the crowd. In that song, you…

Serena Williams almost died from childbirth complications and she’s also a wealthy celebrity. Doctors don’t take Black people’s pain seriously because of implicit bias. I am going to link to this recent article, which gives a cursory rundown of the issue, but has a lot of excellent links to the studies and more…

My understanding is that it’s typical for teens to disappear in their own homes. Consider that it’s probably more difficult for you now because of the pandemic. Getting out of the house to communicate with teens is key. 

I feel like there’s not enough detail in the dad’s letter to sort this one out, which is why the family therapy option is the best advice here. My outside observation as a high school teacher and student advisor is that some parents don’t know how to turn the corner when their kids go from being “their kids” to being…

Yeah, that only works for Buffalo/Rochester. I don’t think people realize how vast New York is, and how different the regions are from one another. There’s not a coherent sense of identity as a state.

I supposed that’s true, but the potatoes are such a small part of the garbage plate—they aren’t really the base like they are in those other dishes. Just one section among the chaos.

What a cool job! Glad that you’ve found a way to pivot. And thanks! Private schools can be really tough, and I do a lot of work with the students about shaping and controlling their own school culture—but it can be a difficult dynamic for the students who don’t come from upper-middle-class backgrounds. I try to be as…

Yeah, one theory is that the pontoon boat started to drift away and she couldn’t catch up with it. A horrible scenario to think about, but pretty likely. 

Other news outlets have reported that her son told officers that they were both swimming and he climbed back onto the boat and she never made it. Of course, she could have seen him climb back on and decide to end her life, but he’s still a four-year-old alone on a boat—not exactly safe! It’s really easy to drown in a…

Almost certainly accidental. It would be weird to take your kid, in a life vest, into the water with you if you were planning on dying by suicide. At the very least you’d leave him on the boat.