Apologies for the long post and the rambling, but here goes:

Welp I said I was gonna chop off all my hair and I did!

It’s nearly midnight and now I want a fry up, thanks MD!!!

I agree with much of what you say - asthma DOES impact certain communities and our health care system can/should do a better job of cardiac screening. But “normal” cardiac screening is just not done - not when pregnant, not when people play sports (as in some other countries) - unless/until there is an event of some…

NYE used to be my favorite day. Last year my life was really messy and I spent January 1st in a psych ward. At least I can only go up from there. I want to go out this year but not with anybody I know. I want it to feel like a totally clean slate.

God, the second letter just about had me dry heaving by the end. How the response to the following wasn’t, “Dear god, please leave your recovering husband alone and stop looking for other people to complete you (or taking advantage of those who barely know you and therefore don’t realize your escapist tendencies)!” is…

#NotAllPlushies

Second letter writer:

The same, NYE is the only holiday that i celebrate and not being alone, I don’t even celebrate my birthday. It felt like i would be alone, but then i got invited to house party, I might crush there for 1 hour or so, wondering how much Uber will cost me?

Well, it wouldn’t really be NYE for me if I didn’t go home alone, tipsy and dejected. Plus I already used up my supply of depressed, “I’m too old to go out to this shit any more” excuses on Halloween, and that was after I bought my costume and everything. So, I figure that I am more or less obligated to go out and sit…

I hate new years eve because I’m just going to spend it alone. I don’t think I’ve been invited to a party of any kind in years and my friends are all gone. I live in deep red MAGA country and largely lost contact with everyone because I’m not down with it. Been alone since. Seems a fitting way to end 2017.

Seconded, but we can all spend it together if we get an open thread.

Actually, I’ll be home with some homemade red wine, the cat, and all of my anxiety. If anyone wants to come over I actually have a lot of wine and I likely have more than one cat.

What’s the point of a city that’s too expensive to actually live in? This isn’t about Fieri’s restaurant specifically, just a general observation about high-demand urban areas that continually raise cost of living until the only people that can afford to exist are millionaires.

That was Ray J who did that awful song.

She is really one and her family seems to approve, as they appear to get money from it. Some of her work is being paid to go to a rich girl’s party and then the Daily Mail will write about it so the rich girl feels cool. The rich girl will be someone overseas who isn’t famous and the DM writer will list them as a…

She’s an escort now. If you follow her Instagram, she doesn’t even really try to hide it. I’m sure a lot of retired actors do this, but she’s putting it all out there. There is also an article from years ago about older men bringing her gifts (during The Canyons).

How did Lohan afford the vacation? Also, vacations are time off from work. Genuinely puzzled in several ways.

I would watch a live feed of this editor working in real time. Seriously.

“It’s no wonder that gingers convert to Islam in such high numbers.”