Notes of Observation:

Yeah I know. I got an NES when I was seven. I loved the games then as I do now. But, nostalgia is responsible for almost all of that. It just annoys me when people of my generation get that smug sense of superiority about games today. Growing up playing first generation games doesn’t make you a better anything. At…

You say “absurd difficulty”, I say “doesn’t coddle the weak”.

we call it “Nintendo Hard” and it refers not just to Contra, but of the many, many games of absolutely absurd difficulty that came out on that system.

A terrible game?! Come say that to my face! 😡😤

Saaaame. I reread my own stuff and get this sense of smug superiority at how darn hilarious and insightful I am ALL THE TIME.

So, she dodged a bullet, then.

Nice try, Maron, but Virginia Woolf made the best biscuit observation of all time.

“I am a pleasant human person. I have a likeable persona and I do nice things. I do not scream at police officers. I single out humble municipal workers as a totally natural and not at all calculated thing. I am definitely not counting the minutes till I can go home and bathe your plebian filth off of my body. I am so…

No. She turned a person into a prop for some reason.

Sorry, Marc Maron. I have had some utterly disgusting biscuits in my time. Not all biscuits are created equal. Some overly dry, hard as a rock, tooth breakers have never even left the basket they came to the table in. Some, however are divine, and I will order an extra basket just to take the rest home for breakfast…

i can’t stop thinking about this tweet

Emmy, I also think I am hilarious and smart when I think of something witty to write. It’s so dorky, but IDGAF.

I created this account, so I could comment anonymously. If this ever gets tied back to me, I would be in serious trouble. In any case, the ‘rumor’ is absolutely true. He had an affair with a MARRIED intern on set. They made no effort to hide anything, and the intern flaunted it in the face of the other interns/staff.…

I have a friend who works for one of the...um...seamier UK publications who would confirm that. I’m not sure what the situation is with the American tabloids, but over on this side of the Atlantic, the defamation laws are so tight that fact-checkers are almost always deployed for salacious gossip stories. The stories…

I rarely believe blind gossip BUT...this seems highly plausible. Rhimes does not do BS behind the scenes and will totally fire people over personal issues that are of bad character. I haven’t watched Grey’s Anatomy since a little after Isaiah Washington was let go (left off in season 4 I think) but I remember the…

Workers organizing groups like the NY Healthy Nail Salons Coalition also deserve a ton of credit for elevating this issue, helping to secure coverage like this and the introduction of a bill back on May 1 that will improve safety for workers.

This is a worker-lead movement — especially laudable because these employees…

Great news. I feel like he had no choice. The Times, with their amazing effort on this series of pieces, essentially came out and said NYC is full of sweat shops masquerading as nail salons. Pretty damning stuff. Kudos to the journalists.

We got to see her earlier this year at a Prairie Home Companion show. She really is just so awesome.