It was opposite for me, but I also have absent parent issues, so I cried like the baby I am underneath all the sarcasm and hardened exterior.

Love that last picture! Belly rubbin’s please!

Aww; what a sweetie! And the dog too :D. Good for you for adopting her.

Very adorable! She looks like an awesome roommate. 

What are you cooking lately? I wanted to make chocolate chocolate chip cookies, but I thought we probably already had enough cookies in the house. But to carry on the conversation from earlier this week about food that tastes good, but isn’t much to look at, I made Peruvian pork stew. It’s really tasty, like pork and…

Shame on the NY Times for allowing this bit of nonsense: “mistrial was declared. And Burgos, a gay man who had accused his critics of homophobia, became emboldened...”

I know the Pink story is supposed to be uplifting, but it’s yet another reminder of how the wealthy have access to medical care that the rest of us do not.

Were they ever expecting the US to pay for their security? I feel like this is one of those pointless comments that Trump likes to make where he gets credit for doing something that would have already been done. Now his cult can clap and say “yeah, don’t let those dirty Brits take our money!” when they never would…

Their performance was obviously edited together rather than live-streamed. But I thought that they still sound good and if the worst that happens is they make people smile and remember the 90's boy band craze, so be it. Boy bands may not be my cup of tea, but there’s nothing wrong with making people happy for a bit.

As a hardcore NSYNC fangirl when I was 14, umm... objectively, I think in hindsight the Backstreet Boys are the better musical option.

Go! It’s so worth it. I’ve been to Yellowstone around 20 times now (it’s near family). We do Old Faithful almost every trip, but it’s nice to get off of the road to see some of the seldom seen sights. If you’re a hiker, check out the Falcon hiking guides for the area. They’re pretty spot on for what to expect.

Yellowstone is not my favorite national park in the west, probably because I live here. Glacier is MUCH prettier and you can combine it with Jasper and Banff for an incredible experience. However depending on where you’re driving from, you can see some really amazing things. From the East: badlands, devil’s tower,…

I was there last July and it was great, but not worth the effort I put into it. It’s literally a thousand miles from southern California and that’s a tough drive to do in a day (which I did on the way back; the way there we stayed in Cedar Breaks, Utah for the night). It was also unseasonably rainy and humid during my…

You know, I have to take back some of the rather unkind things I have said about a co-worker, who insists that we all Lysol the toilet after we use it. I said something like “No one gets sick from a goddamn toilet seat!” but I didn’t think that people were out there licking them.  My bad.

Not to worry. I’m sure someone will figure out some other investigation that she just has to be subpoenaed for. It is critical that she never stop serving as an example of just what happens if you embarrass the American government and military. 

My preferred rumour is that Harry got royally (ha) pissed at William for cheating on Kate after infidelity was such a strong theme in their childhood. William DID almost certainly cheat. 

They’re also not “rich monarchs”. The only monarch in the UK is their grandmother. William will be monarch at some point in the future, after Charles, but Harry won’t ever be monarch. 

Joan, maybe it’s better that you leave Royals coverage to Kelly Faircloth. You clearly loathe them, and I come to Jez for snark, not “loathing! unadulterated loathing!”

I think the dinner scene would be more like Harry yelling at William and the rest of the family, “The racists came for my wife and you did nothing!”