This is what bothered me. She called Nicole “honey” and was extremely condescending. I love to cook and would never speak to someone like this in my kitchen who was interested in learning. Giada - Nicole was helping you during your segment. Not the other way around.

I don’t think Nicole was that bad at all. She was paying attention to Giada, she followed along with the recipe, and she asked questions about the recipe. Asking how to make risotto in the first place is a valid question! And she backed her timer response with a question about to know they’re done without a timer.

Not to mention, “here’s how you make focaccia . . . you take my pizza dough which I just have lying around, spread some olive oil on it, and throw shit on it till it looks pretty”!

I mean, it seems like Nicole was genuinely interested at first and lost interest because Giada didn’t answer her questions and treated them like dumb questions. I have the same question, Nicole! Maybe don’t bring recipes that assume you already have risotto lying around? I love risotto. I have no clue how to make it.…

Ah the luxury of having never bought an item from Walmart. You obviously have never lived in a small town with poor parents, and the only place for 30 miles is a Walmart. In rural areas, it’s a necessity.

There was a really great piece about someone being hit by a bus once. Forget who wrote it, but it was really good!

DC’s best sign:

I’ve just never felt this way before in my life. It felt amazing to be surrounded by people who believe in me and care about me. I live in Texas and always feel so isolated. But WE ARE NOT ALONE! 50,000 people showed up in Austin! Everyone was so friendly and amazing. I made 50,000 friends.

A black, female D.C. cop led a group of us in chants.

My favorite from Philly which had NO media coverage.

I also have to make a special post for 80 year old Rose Riter of Huntington, WV, who made me promise to spread her picture, with her name and hometown, on any social media I use because she wanted to embarrass her children.

“A Series of Unfortunate Events”

This happened to me Thursday morning. I was at work having a perfectly normal day until the 10am express arrived from crazy town.

Revlon Gel pot. I swear by it. I do nothing but cat-eyes. Its smooth and creamy and far, far more forgiving than a liquid eyeliner for beginners. $10? maybe? It’s amazing.

I did love Anna’s piece on Superstar Machine, but for me, NOTHING can top her dispatches from the conspiracy theorists’ cruise. That was such an amazing bundle of WTF delivered in a thoughtful and calm way.

The animation shortcomings really did not bother me at all, and I’m willing to give them quite a bit of leeway as I can’t even imagine how hellishly difficult figure skating would be to animate. That said, I’m certainly a person who would happily trade animation that is perfect in every frame for a good story and…

To me, Swinton’s character reads as someone who has lived in Tibet for a long time and adopted many of the customs as a result, but who isn’t from there. Her dress is hybrid, her personal style is hybrid, her philosophy is hybrid. And it is that hybridization that is both the character’s strength and her downfall. She…

As the Captain of the Enterprise put it:

trust me..I know...I know the accounts of the South Pacific...it helped that WWI was not so much an ideological one....