Okay, I’ll bite: where the hell are you going to the movies???

Pretty much the same here. The mention of pancakes really threw me off. My morning pre-run routine is a cup or two of coffee to, ah, “get things moving” digestively speaking, and maybe a banana but no more than that, before I hit the road.

“Technically not cheating” on your spouse, but you sure as hell are cheating on your betrothed... you know, that person who’s gonna become your spouse the very next day! Seems like a weird technicality to call out here.

I guess by “more viciously” one might imagine they become so sick so quickly that they die before any of those precious resources can be wasted on them.  If one were inclined to think along those lines, that is.

A more cruel person might wish ill on these people.  Might, for example, wish the novel coronavirus somehow struck them down more viciously than it does others.

I realize we’re both processing a scant amount of information the letter writer provided (and Dan Savage shared), so as usual a lot is left to the imagination. I don’t doubt your experience and do not doubt that you have legitimate cause to be squicked out about this! But to my eye what the letter writer shared of his…

Is it NOT the case that everyone’s aware of the delightful McMansion Hell?

As far as I’m concerned we’re fighting WWIII right now, against the coronavirus, and you’re right that the US (the Trump administration) are the baddies. 

“That other guy probably won’t be able to protect you from the things that I not only haven’t bothered trying to protect you from, but also in most cases I’ve actively fomented if not outright encouraged.”

The answer is no, none of these awful people will ever be held accountable for the many illegal things, big and small, they’ve been doing since the patriarch took office. I hate to be so fatalistic about it, but there’s no reason to believe they will face any negative repercussions for any of this shit.

That’s a good one!  As if this brainless turd has any cultural awareness whatsoever.

“...this came after a bunch of French teenagers threw tomatoes at him on the street”

My interpretation is that this fellow has women who are his friends but are not available as potential sex partners for whatever reason. In his mind this establishes his bona fides as someone who could be in a relationship with a woman, if only the sex issue could be solved, based on what he sees as a history successfu…

I saw a Rolling Stone in the grocery checkout line tonight, a special edition focused on... the Obama administration. After that, I was primed to pooh-pooh a news story about fellow old media dinosaur Sports Illustrated. But you know what, to hell with all that. This is wonderful news, for Valentina Sampaio and more…

Oh, I only mentioned Pale King as context for my recent reconsideration of re-reading Jest, as a way to express my lack of interest in this Charlie Kaufman joint. To wit, I know Infinite Jest is worth the considerable effort, but I don’t trust Kaufman to deliver the same return on investment.

Lady Karen

Ha ha, good one! As if either of those two ghouls has ever experienced the feeling of love.

I’ve been mentally workshopping something for AMY, like “Attempted Manslaughter, Yo.”

I hope they set the sequel in the Pacific Theater so they can visit the Isle of Dogs.

I was using that phrase ironically, as I agree with you.