A friend of mine married a guy who’s 10 years younger than she is. They have a dog and a cat. I’ve bought the “Mom,” “Skateboarding Son,” “Dog,” and “Cat” stickers—I’m just waiting to affix them to their RAV4.

My name is “Dan,” aka “Ben.”

Weirdly, my favorite Butch Vig-produced album isn’t “Nevermind.” It’s Freedy Johnston’s “This Perfect World,” which is a perfect record.

“Special” is a fucking power pop masterpiece.

I’m a middle school teacher, and I can’t tell you how many emails I send home every year with “Cetaphil” as the subject line.

Those of us inclined to conserve already do.

And, as you’d expect from the 80s, the bagpipe isn’t a bagpipe at all, but an energy bow fed into a Synclavier.

Anna, thank you for this piece. I was hoping someone would write it, and I’m glad it’s you.

This, however, is a perfect take.

I was just listening to this record over the weekend. Ms. O’Connor is something else. I hope she is found safe and gets the help she needs.

The short story is that the Gawker sites moved to a “Pending [Gray] Comments” vs. “Approved Comments” system after some horrific comments were posted again and again on Jezebel. “Approved commenters” (of which I used to be one and now am not, for some reason) can post comments “in the black” immediately. Comments by…

They get +1 for mentioning The KLF. Aside from that, I got nothing.

For some reason, I’m in the grays again, but I must post this. Perhaps it will get me un-grayed? OH DAYUMMMM.

WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE WHITE MEN???????

I went to college with her niece, who told us that Judge Judy is exactly like you’d imagine Judge Judy to be.

Horvath-Cosper has the support of many abortion doctors.

I need to try to get backstage to have him sign my original issue of Lovers. Then I need to DESIGN MY LIVING ROOM AROUND IT.

I’m going apeshit tonight because I’m seeing New Edition and Babyface twice this summer. This makes me an old. I am not in the Beehive.

Bass players would argue otherwise.