The problem with what you are proposing is that readers will never learn how to identify sarcasm if it’s always made explicit for them. Words are fun, nuance is good, and being able to figure things out from context makes communication richer. Lutkin has had some odd tonal moments (The Peanut Gallery at Shade Court…

What you need to understand is that these things:

Well that’s simply not true. I’m not excited about Hillary but she’s not unelectable and the overall trends are still in our favor. This isn’t like Reagan vs. Mondale.

Mine was in Texas, too!

remind me of the excellent Outlander recaps by Roxane Gay (on Vulture)

I had a fun conversation with a same name person over a credit card mix up. I received an email from Lowes alerting me to something about my store credit card and freaked out because I don’t have a store credit card, so I went to their site and changed some password and gathered enough info to figure out where the…

I didn’t mean to sound like I was knocking women’s colleges, just explaining why I was happy to have had my all-girls educational experience at the high school level. And, you know, some of us enjoy heavy drinking and breaking shit. :)

You should spend less time in “self reflect” mode and more time listening to other people because you can’t even grasp when someone is talking about things beyond the scope of your immediate concerns.

The clowns I referred to are his paid consultants and staff, not bozos like you on the internet. I’m not a fan of Hillary. I wish she’d retired from politics after leaving the State Department and that the entire Clinton clan would disappear from public life. (Yes, even Chelsea, especially Chelsea.) I stood in line…

In defense of Jai Courtney, I first saw him in Spartacus and have always managed to recognize him since. Garrett Hedlund, on the other hand, I think I saw that guy in five different things before I looked at his imdb page and was surprised it was the same guy. And not in a good, Mark Strong, way. Just, he’s fine in…

Also there are a lot of female characters that are scantly clad to various degrees. So that can make things difficult.

It’s delicious. Well done.

I’m not sure I agree with all the implications here, but it’s expressed in such an artfully wicked manner I must applaud it.

As a feminist, I find this incredibly frustrating — this attitude that nothing could possibly be more important than making sure women aren’t challenged on their nerd love. Do you not understand how being a nerd works? This sort of petty bickering about who is properly appreciating the material is a feature, not a…

I’m sorry, are you 18? I don’t ask that as an insult, but because I’m wondering if you have any memory of the Clinton administration. Hillary’s strongest base of support is among people who do, so they’ve had almost 25 years of Republicans throwing the kitchen sink at her, Sanders isn’t going to find some magical new…

Naw, people should stop comparing him to Nader because Nader actually triumphed in the Green Party nomination process.

Have you read the books? He played that character perfectly.

I was underwhelmed by that series, but he did an excellent job. He’s just a very gifted actor.

I assume it’s related to the shame she feels for not being able to do better than this:

I watched the most recent one as God intended, on a streaming site which had a video recorded by a handheld device in a movie theater so that you got some good audience coughing and shadow heads. Divergent is the only series I’ve ever watched where I’m happy for the actors when their characters are killed off. Be…