I think (and I’m not entirely sure) but I THINK what he’s looking for is a distinction between the words “mentally ill” and “evil,” as “mentally ill” often doesn’t mean “violent” let alone “evil.” Evil is probably better associated with sociopathy, though even then it’s really just a very melodramatic word we use to…

yeah, but pleading insanity is a really, really, REALLY common defense. It often amounts to nothing and is entered in when the defense can’t plead not guilty because the defendant has obviously committed a crime.

Yeah, but not really. This case is only about the murder of the two kids and whether the nanny has a legitimate insanity plea. It’s one thing to have bad employers and a bad economic situation and be in a depressed emotional place because of these factors. It is something else entirely to claim these factors made you…

Oh no! The tourists are suffering! What will Charlotteville tourists (is there a such thing?) do without racist statues to look at?

So I guess that old saying is true: the only thing that stops a bad guy with capitalism is a good guy with capitalism.

I think I’d read that somewhere too. It’s always a very funny thought—that young people will somehow skew more conservative than their elders. The chances of the next generation being more conservative than the previous are very, very slim in general. It’s possible, but I want to say it’s happened only once (or…

THIS a thousand times.

Good point. I’d also add that because the internet is still in its infancy we basically have no idea how to wield its power yet and, likely, as a result, we will destroy ourselves before we figure it out.

They sure did. It was disgusting then and it’s disgusting now.

What do we have to do to keep Lena Dunham from making any more TV shows? Is there a petition I can sign?

Yeah, but the truth is, the US is much larger than Bermuda (with a huge percentage now of legally married gay couples) and it’s very very hard to take away a civil right once its been given to such a huge populace. Logistically, and from a legal & tax standpoint it would be a nightmare to untangle, and in general this…

I love fun theories! (Also The Good Place is maybe the best comedy on TV right now). But I’m guessing this was just an Easter egg for fans of both shows since Schur produced both shows.

If you ever got married (if you’re not already) I COMPLETELY recommend doing it at a comedy club. So joyful and weird and wacky (with plenty of entertainment, liquor & music but none of the stuffy waiters & event planners ushering you into the reception hall or tea room for cocktails or whatever.)

He was a fellow comedian and also a booker for one of the clubs I performed at. (We actually got married at the same club years later, which was both weird and fun.)

Eh. I mean, I get what you’re saying, but I’m cool with letting her rot in jail too. And I don’t mean just her, but anyone who kills another person in cold blood. Having remorse for your crime does not bring the dead person back to life. Understanding what you’ve done and promising not to do it again does not make…

Yeah, agreed. My opinion on this has always been that I am stringently, ardently against the death penalty (for a number of reasons) but that if you take someone’s life in cold blood, you must pay for it with your own. And by that I mean, you should be forced to live with what you’ve done for literally the rest of…

Ok, so I worked at Pepsi Innovation for like a hot second and this whole thing to me is 1- both unsurprising and TOTALLY HILARIOUS and 2 - completely in line with the way Pepsi works and innovates new product, which is to say a lot of disconnected, pointless meetings based on faceless numbers and a lot of vague…

Possibly? Actually I have no idea what you’re talking about. All I have in my girly brainbox are pink glitter, Lisa Frank Stickers, kitten posters and a calendar that allows me to properly warn men when I’m menstruating.

I feel like Lindsay Lohan, while PERHAPS more self-actualized and (maybe?) happier now than she was in LA or the UK or wherever, is still living in this fantasy land where she’s still totally in demand as an actress (the only problem being her chosen distance from the industry—HER CHOICE of course.) In reality…

An attorney? Me? Nah, just a creative living on peanuts in NYC who has lawyer friends & spent waaaaaay too much time studying the Never-Going-To-Make-You-Rich art of improv comedy.