Pround cat mom. He is so beautiful and the camera never does him justice. At least centuries of Egyptian art have captured that beauty though.

This is a digression. The Ken Burns country music doc was soooooo great, but I missed Kenny Roger from the coverage. Meanwhile Dolly and Reba were all over the place. I missed Kenny, because The Gambler is such an important 70s album. Anyway, I wonder if Kenny refused interviews because of his plastic surgery face.…

Jezebel themed Viking River Cruise? Just putting that out there on my vision board...

Writing about and around one’s own nicotine addiction is a rite of writing passage, right?

Eexactly. Esther may not be a teen, but she is still young enough to not realize that nicotine is a BITCH WOLFMOTHER who will not let you go. Making nicotine taste less like “Rockford Bus Station” and more like sweet food is not a public health improvement. A cig smoker doesn’t buckle to health until 30 years in.…

Can we just Slumber Party Movie Roll Call? You know, so we’re ready to rent something by Friday night?

In answer to your question, NO! I tried to quit smoking for 20 years, literally one of the only things that keeps me off cigs is how disgusting they taste and smell. Now combine the demon of nicotine with cool throated candy flavor? That’s some next level evil. I don’t blame any 12-year old for getting addicted.…

Exactly, they are Republican takeout leftovers now. Not appealing, not needed.

I agree, as a television addict, “Friday Night Lights” is one of the best shows of all time (thanks to Nick-at-Night I have actually seen all the shows). Another greatest show came out of Texas as well. Does anyone remember “Austin Stories”- short lived late ‘90s comedy show on MTV? I live and breathe comedy and I…

Ttotally! That’s how we identify and build our army of “I wouldn’t join a sorority that would have me as a member” rejectors.

Bobs are also the haircut of a grown-up (or Depression era child). For Kim I say, “Yeah woman, grow up, do law school, change the conversation on incarceration!"

I went to the Universal Water World show this summer with my kids. They have some characters come out and pump up the crowd, by pitting sections against each other and squirting super soakers on the crowd. With no prompting at all, my little snuggley bear of a 6-year old son was screaming bloody murder at the “heel”…

Right! Dunked on by Sean from the “Real World".

I have that same hair and I'm borrowing your description for our hair because it's accurate and succinct. Thank you!

I wish Kit Hoover could publicly comment about this, I would trust her take. In other weird cancel culture news; the Harvey Weinstein doc on Hulu, “Untouchable”, uses a clip of Ann Curry reporting on Miramax. It's spooky. Will Matt Lauer return? My husband says no, but I think he’ll settle into a cable news or History…

Honeydew!

I made oat risotto just because I have a ton of oats. I even made it dairy free. It was nice, would be enhanced by really good mushrooms though. Years ago I saw Drew Barrymore cooking vegetarian and she had a name for really great cooked down aromatics in the pan that help any dish have a meaty, earthy base. So that…

This is my favorite show but I never recommended it to anyone beyond my brother. Because we grew up in that desert town where Costco passes as culture. I agree that Louie blends away and just is Christine. The best episode to watch to connect to the show quickly is the Mother’s Day Brunch episode. Christine’s delight…

I just drove through both fair cities on a road trip and the traffic was almost unbearable. And I'm from L.A. (trying scare people off for you but also all true.)

The father made one mistake. One mistake doesn't add up to bad parenting. One bad choice does, like leaving baby in a carrier on the roof of the car to go smoke some drugs.