The Duggar Family/Troll/Both?

Does it annoy anyone else that the first thing he says is that she’s a “sweetheart”? I understand why he uses the term but I wish he could just say, she’s a “professional” and have it carry the same weight.

Now *there* is a pet peeve of mine! I’m not you’re sweetie. We’re not dating. Quit talking to me like you’re trying to name a new nail polish and let me do my [silly/serious/it shouldn’t matter because I’m a grown woman] thing.

Oh, baby voices are nails on the chalk board. I do feel sorry for someone that repressed though. The one person I know that genuinely does get along with everyone is profoundly boring, but I don’t hate her...so yeah, I guess I get along with her too.

Agreed. Whenever I meet a person who insists they get along with everyone, I’m like...nope. Nope. NOPE.

I loved Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin. As long as the memoir is entertaining, I ain’t mad at it. Memoirs take a nosedive when self-appointed pillars of any community try to write something didactic. And when a person whose life has no real substance puts one out? ZzzzzzZzzzzz times…

Why does this fool keep switching narrators? First person, third person, back to first person...? And no to planning sex in dorm showers. Not hot.

Ha! I was in BH too! Also, whenever they came in they would just start rearranging the waiting room (themselves, they didn’t ask for help or permission), and would advise me on what furniture/artwork should be replaced.

The mental image of a prince in an animal hospital is interesting. How did he provide evidence he was a prince? Paperwork? Sleeping on a stack of mattresses? Kissing frogs?

Right? I mean, I respect that she pioneered the way for female comedians early in her career. Great. But for the past 10 years, she’s been shitting on her legacy herself, no need for Kathy to be involved.

I’m so glad you wrote this so I didn’t spend weeks looking forward to this scene (assuming it was just another Brooks breakup, or a slip from too much wine), only to find out that was one of the few *real* Real Housewives moments in 10 years. If that’s when her mother died...yikes. Horrible.

I thought The Corrections was fine at the time—not great, just fine. But since learning more about his worldview and attitude toward female authors, I find his entire persona extremely unpalatable. And suffice it to say...the above quote doesn’t help.

Oh, I do hope so. The Academy is in great need of contributions to the oft-neglected field of scatculture, tangential or otherwise.

I...don’t know. I can’t visualize it long enough to work out the logistics.

Save your $$$$ on overpriced MFA programs and prove your mettle with a killer use of “turds”.

Ugh, I know, but I can’t put the toothpaste back in! It’s done. Forever.

I was trying to find the perfect gif for this post. You nailed it.

Seriously. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

As visionary author Jonathan Franzen teaches us, poop can be extremely sexual:

I agree...maybe there are more liability issues dealing with a (perceived) unruly minor than an unruly adult so they follow a stricter protocol? I’m just trying to think of reasons...