Guys! My husband just turned down a job in Waco yesterday, and we were actually looking at houses in that neighborhood (it is a lovely, historic neighborhood). I am so relieved, but my whole Fixer Upper loving family is going to be crushed that we won’t be neighbors with the Gainses. (I want to edit to add: we dealt…

My husband once told me (sheepishly) that he had a crush on Emma Thompson. I told him not to be embarrassed because she is amazing! 

Yep- Hopefully the democrats use this to declare climate change a national emergency. 

I still sing the theme song sometimes.

I don’t now - but back when it came out, this was the show that hooked child me on the “news” - Meredith Viera, Joy Behar, Star Jones and Lisa Ling would talk about current events and they were smart and it was a really interesting show. Now I feel like they just yell.

We were on a waitlist for a rescue dog for a long time and were having a hard time getting one because we have an old cat and young children (and only a 3.8 foot fence in the yard). We were offered a small, 10 year old tea-cup type mix after months, but were really looking for a younger dog that would at least have…

yes- this! Take my money !(except the Trump - not because I don’t think he’s the worst - but I don’t want any thought of his awfulness invading what sounds like a perfectly lovely movie :))

I caught part of Princess Diaries 2 last week and was surprised that it is way better than it has any right to be. Andrews, Hathaway, and Chris Pine are all super charming and then I watched the credits and Shonda Rhimes has the story and script credit - so the goodness makes sense. I would actually pay for a third…

GAK! I have a family member who works for the exact same federal department as her husband and they are both “essential.” They were transferred back from an international posting in November so basically blew all of their savings shipping their life back after being international for three years and also putting a…

Only because he expanded medicaid for the ACA when a lot of other republican governors would not and he isn’t awful on environmental issues. It is insane that that is centrist policy - but there you go.

My grandma was still using her tree and color wheel in the 80's! It is one of my earliest childhood memories and I still pine for that tree :)

Us here in Toledo too - we are unreasonably excited about the weed. Christmas spirit can be found anywhere I guess :)

would watch! Maybe one of the groupies will finally find the Gutenburg Bible that Lord G once mentioned losing.

I get it - I’m more saying that the last couple of years have changed the environment and a lot of former plain old conservatives have moved to extremes that really require a lot of us to rethink our relationships. If someone had a wackadoo idea a decade ago, it wasn’t a big deal because the general circumstances were…

I know Lindsey is the worst - but - I have several friends/friends of friends who work in politics and have had regular, direct interactions with him. People LOVE him: he is funny, charming, smart, and catty as hell from what folks say - like your perfect brunch friend.  I know it doesn’t feel like it in 2018 - but…

Super interesting -  Thank you. Also, I’m a married to a prof who is very into public facing research work and I know that it is extra on top of what you do for your job - so thank you for taking the time to share your expertise with the public!

I’m also a BU alum and they are shouting to the rooftops about AOC in their social media right now. If she still has student loans, they should like, write them off or something. I hate that schools get to charge you gazillions of dollars, and then use you as an example of their superiority.

To add just a little perspective to your (essentially correct) view. It is possible to have all of those things and still feel poor. We are lucky enough to have all of the trappings of adulthood (neither of us makes 100k, but I come closer and we’re in MCOL area) and my husband and I still take rice and beans for…

I just watched the first one last night. It is pretty bad, but on the campy side so that it is a little fun as well? Sort of? I’ll probably watch the second.

As a lady in her late 30s - yes you will be able to back off a bit! I also ended up not coloring my hair blonde after a while. Very weird, but taken much more seriously with brown hair. And now that I have grey streaks, people don’t even question me anymore :)