On the real though, the best sex I’ve had has always been with the dudes that aren’t necessarily classically handsome, but still exude confidence. I got dickmatized by this one dude about ten years ago that just by glancing at you would NEVER think it’d be like that. But it was, and I thought I might never make it out…

And yet, when I point this out to people caught in this cycle, they don’t see it. They have completely drunk the proverbial Kool-Aid and continue to believe the lie that Canada is a good place to live where you will have a high standard of living. That was true until late 2008. At that time, I was working for the…

Excellent post... far better and more informative than the article. Kudos!

Seconded on language learning. Even with a couple of semesters of Portuguese I found I could understand about half of what people said, which meant I couldn’t understand the other half. Sadly, I found this true with French, which I was far more familiar with. Grammar study is no substitute for aural comprehension.…

I hate replying to my own reply, it makes me feel like I’m going to go blind or get hairy palms.

To add to that, the point about learning as much as you can of the local language is a bit pie in the sky. My experience is that even if you have a pretty good command of a foreign language, when you get to the place you learn that nobody actually speaks the language you just learned. And you have to go back to the…

I appreciated this interview and write up, but I have to say that this...

The commentators are probably flummoxed by her name change. MRAs and Incels are not fond of acknowledging their beloved “red pill” metaphor was created by trans women. If they have to refer to the Wachowskis, they typically dead-name and misgender them. If they’ve never been out of the Misogynist Echo Chamber,…

“But if you want to sit at the cool table you watch the series, along with Dark City. Then we can talk.”

I remember when Paul Ryan said he loved Rage Against the Machine. One of the band members had to explain to Ryan that his party, much like Elon Musk, was the machine.

I need to believe that Tom Hardy makes a bangin’ tofu stir fry.

OMG, the microwave that is a drawer!  I need that in my next house.  My husband is disabled and that would be SO much easier for him than opening a swinging door to retrieve food and having to reach in. 

I watched this recently and my husband and I were both like, JFC Christopher Reeve is inhumanly handsome. His charisma carries the movie.

Christopher Reeve was the best Superman and a fantastic actor in general. He put in great work in Deathtrap and The Remains of the Day, as well. Plus, he used his life-altering injury to give a voice to his type of disability and become an advocate for others. 

1. Say what you want about the movie but Christopher Reeve is still the best Superman:

Whenever I went to a store that had a stuffed animal display, I would silently say “food, food, food, water, water, water” so I knew they were all taken care of. I was a silent stuffed zoo keeper. 

My sisters and I would pretend to be mermaids eating fish guts whenever we ate pepperoni pizza.

Shamelessly getting TONS of bed rest at the beginning of a cold will often knock it on its head.

Shamelessly getting TONS of bed rest at the beginning of a cold will often knock it on its head.

Yesterday I roasted a brined spatchcock chicken which I coated with a butter that had simmered with smashed garlic, parsley, and rosemary. It came out with the crispiest skin and I was super proud. I also made au gratin potatoes with gruyere and heavy cream and mini pavlovas filled with pastry cream and strawberries.…

I went to a gathering, last night, in which Bay Area liberals were throwing their weight behind Bloomberg. Their main concern was that ‘moderate Republicans’ have someone rich, white, and male for whom to vote. This is that which the ‘Anyone but Trump’ gets us.