We found out it was fake when out old house was bought by a couple on House Hunters. They were already under contract before shooting began, and then they found two other houses to film in for the “options.” I was nervous when I finally saw the show some time later that they said all kinds of mean things about our…

I feel you. I enjoyed the heck out of the series, and am so happy to see this city so happy, but I won’t spend a dime on Cubs merch or games.

Exactly. Ms. Too-Good-for-OC at the beginning of the series actually fits right in.

To her credit, Vicki regularly says the same thing re: her relationship with Donn.

I think 2017, 2018, and 2019 will be, too. The only thing that oddly makes me feel better is the truth that I am not entitled to a conflict-free life just because I was born American. People around the world have lived through hell, in the past and present. I’ll do everything I can to keep my country strong, but if…

Everything from 1994 is new again.

Unfortunately, this has turned out exactly how I feared. When Obama was elected to a 2nd term I worried about how far the pendulum would swing on the right and knew it would be a nasty, nasty election season. I tuned out the first 12 months of it because I just can’t handle that kind of sustained drama. Since the…

Sorry, but I love this. In a culture where “mom” is an insult (mom hair, mom jeans, that band your mom likes...), where women have been told they are weak and too emotional, this is great. Women are tough, and get stuff done, and if you’re a mom you already know that having one in the White House is a bonus. This is…

Yeah, I’m around Eastern Europeans who speak just a little bit of English quite often, and when my natural accent and clip is hard to understand, I end up speaking English the way they do. If I just said “Oh, I went to the mall on Saturday and found a great purse” normally it’s hard to understand. So if I sort of say…

She sounds like someone who has been talking to people who don’t speak English fluently.

This was adorable:

Oh god. I would call in sick every year if I had to work at one of these places. Even if I was just the custodian.

Sigh. RIP Clarence. His solos get me every time. It was great to see him pop up in this song when it came out.

Ugh, that guy hit me when I was 11 and riding my bike in the crosswalk. Knocked me over, asked if I was ok (I was bleeding down my leg from a gash in my knee), then drove away. Still have that scar on my knee!

And, bonus: it makes it a hell of a lot easier to go about daily life when you’re not instantly recognizable.

Oh, I think so. She doesn’t position herself as someone seeking male attention like a MPDG. She’s genuinely odd and wonderful. 

This is funny timing because last night I was listening to SJP on Marc Maron’s podcast, and she said that she felt a little bad that her husband, Matthew Broderick, didn’t end up with Amy Sedaris. She felt like they would be a great couple! Amy’s tearing apart marriages left and right and the wives just let her do it.

Princess Beatrice wore this toilet lid thing to William and Kate’s wedding.

Wine spritzers for everyone!

I was a teenager when Bill Clinton was elected, and surrounded by Rush-Limbaugh-blasting family members. After the election I thought, “Ha! There! Now all of that horrible stuff is over.” I grew up during the Reagan/Bush years and had no idea what was coming.