There was a sitcom in 1968 called Julia, about a single (widowed) mom who worked as a nurse, and had an 8 year old son. Julia was played by Diahann Carroll, and she was “the first African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker.”

Ah yes that terrifying crime hub that is broad and walnut. How will they survive with the pot holes and the Halal carts and the public transportation.

I had to give a tour for some of the reps (it was....illuminating) yesterday and they were talking about the protesters in an aggravated fashion. I chimed up ‘You don’t know us very well if you figured Philly wasn’t going to be feisty, no matter who you are’

Long before they were for suckering evangelicals in, the Republican Party was for whatever ensured professionals could make a buck. Which meant that until Reagan’s shotgun marriage to the Moral Majority in the 1980's, it was the Republicans who were most likely to be pro-choice.

Trump is already drafting an executive order that all zoos feature animals that look like this or their funding is cut.

Slightly relevant - I saw Amy Adams at the grocery store once - she is luminous in person. She has soooooo many freckles. I nearly swooned. Much better than when I saw Andrew Dice Clay at the same grocery.

One for North Dakota and one for South Dakota.

I WOULD ACTUALLY START WASHING MY FLOORS IF YUL BRYNNER SHOWED UP IN A SKINTIGHT WHITE OUTFIT & STARTED MOPPING WITH HIS LEGS SPREAD LIKE THAT OK.

The time when a Republican might Create the EPA.

and now we have puppy bowl to look forward to !

Unfortunately this seems to be somewhat fundamental to gender relations. My husband’s a good guy, does a lot, but he definitely wants appreciation and praise and feedback for stuff that I do a hundred times over without him ever noticing.

I can now give blood again, I’m trying to give back what I took and then some. I am still amazed at what they did to me to keep me going. I’m still in awe of it all, the Interventional radiologist took a tiny spring from and threaded it through my body to plug the leaky artery. It’s kind of crazy just typing it out.

The agency that handles Maytag does use him brilliantly. I’ll always remember this tweet:

You know what I would find sexy? Coming home to find my living space had been magically cleaned and my laundry done.

Bariatric Surgery guy and the hospital staff are the goddamn heros of our time. A couple of family members have had extended hospital stays after surgery in the past few years (fortunately recovering from it all), and I now realize that amount of blood, poop, piss, bile and other squishy oozy stuff that patients and…

The time when a Republican might Create the EPA.

Also the one where Mary shames Mr Grant calling him “Louisssssssss.” She taunts him: “You deserve to be called Louissssssssssss!”

And Moore’s real-life persona reflected her character, as well, which elevated her status among feminists (even if she was a Republican)

“I’m going to have to fight a chicken right now with my dick hanging out in the Caribbean”