Okay, but why exactly did he feel the need to tell us that banks have plenty of credit to keep lending?  

They will, but they will not get paid for furlough or work until after a spending bill passes.  Be extra nice to your TSA agents this week—they are working for free.

Boarding school wasn’t nearly as uncommon then. Plus, it’s not like you stay there all the time. Being a good part time mother was probably better than being a mediocre to poor full time mother.

Look at his little face.  He does not want to go to that soul crushing job you make him work.

When did married women stop needing their husband’s permission to get it.

But she describes herself as not cer maternal, and they were born before 1973.  It’s possible she had little to no say in having kids she did not especially want.  They probably went to perfectly fine boarding schools.

Steven King apparently really liked it.

Ruth is a family name in my family.

JD McPherson, Rodney Crowell, The Old 97s and The Mavericks all have pretty great y’alternative Christmas albums.

There are one or fewer people with my name in the US.

Here’s Matraca Berg singing a more relatable song about money in the wake of a break up:

Obviously, crystalsare not bullshit because Amythists are the best ones and that’s my birthstone. Science.

Yes, you definitely know a relationship is there for the long haul when you haven’t run out of things to talk about by week 2.

I did not realize hipster Millennial was the new jive.

Sorry, I was bragging about my 2000 square foot house.

But it’s totally cheaper to buy pay 200,000 for a studio apartment on wheels that you have to keep moving to avoid zoning laws and basically gives you no equity that also has no place to store food so you can stock up on sales.

Margo Price is partnering with Willie Nelson to market her own line of Pot:

Anyone else miss Molly Ivins?

Jennifer.  Sorry.

Yes, sorry.