It’s difficult to overstate just how awful this speech was. That’s two times now (Republican Convention and inauguration) that Trump has had the chance to stand before a nation that includes many people nervous at the prospect of his presidency and deliver reassuring remarks that were prepared and rehearsed ahead of…

REAL men don’t care what other people think.

In October, when I brought up the Billy Bush/Trump pussy-grabbing tape to my dad on the phone, he started screaming at me for worrying about ‘froo-froo,’ stupid shit that didn’t really matter.. He invoked the ‘lack of men’s rights’ in this country. He even employed the ‘you people’ phrase, and by that I think he…

Okay, you’re right. That wasn’t cool of me. My bad. But I’ve honestly seen a ton of articles on this story, and she herself is using it as teaser bait for her show, which isn’t a serious show at all. I guess it got pretty easy to feel a bit more....detached? From this story than I was when it first broke. So I kind of…

Medium Italic nibs! I have the dark lilac safari (you ain’t kidding about it being addictive); maybe that’s where I’ve been wanting a little *more* from it! Thank you so much for the suggestion!

I (politely!) demand to know what ink, pen,and nib were used to write this. Also, you have lovely penmanship.

I’m mostly with Julianne on this, but I can accept your writing above. What I don’t get are people lamenting that kids aren’t being taught cursive writing in elementary school anymore. When I do write, it’s only printing. My cursive was always pretty awful and stopped using it as soon as I could.

Pen shopping is an underrated pleasure. Actually unknown to MANY. Alla these high tech heifers be stealin’ pens from doc’s offices, business places, mom’s house.

Yeah. I like modern technology, but there is something really nice about putting pen to paper.

Fuck yeah, Team Fountain Pen! I had a friend in college who would get pissed at the skritchskritchskritch noise they made when I wrote, so he would take my pen out of my hand in the middle of class after ten minutes or so. The joke was on him, though, because I always had three or four in my backpack, so I just…

So let it be written, so let it be done.

There’s evidence that actually writing something by hand better encodes it into longer term memory. Also, ballpoints suck. I love my fountain pen, and you WILL pry it out of my cold dead calloused hand.*

Amen. The world doesn’t need anymore entitled little shits with entitled, I can wait forever parents.

Ugh, Afflecks.

I’m in my early 40s, never been married and am a very ‘good on paper and in presentation’ dating candidate. When people that have only known me a short time or just met me get into the whole “Why aren’t you maaaahweeeeeed? It makes no sense!” shit, I just smile and tell them “marriage and children were never something…

I’ve always been fine with the thought of staying single forever. It’s never really scared me. That said, the way you’ve presented the two options is a bit biased...on one hand, a level ongoing outlook as a single person, and on the other, a relationship that will inevitably go sour according to your approximation. So…

Samsies. I took myself off the market when I realized I didn’t want to marry or have any LTR romantic relationship. Dating was simply more trouble than it was worth. Friends, family, pets, and my own self is perfectly satisfactory.

...short-rib burger blend molded into a sad little meat thing, sitting in the center of a massive, rapidly staling brioche bun, hiding its shame under a slice of melted orange cheese...

Your screen name sounds accurate

Not a bit. They are like the Palins had inherited millions of dollars.