It’s not so secret anymore - the contraception stuff at least. Every Catholic woman my age I know openly uses birth control, and I read somewhere that 80% of US Catholics just ignore the rule outright. Because it is a dumb rule.

I came here to say the exact same thing after seeing that header image. 

Having a mild awareness of Marina Abramovic’s work, I think she probably said this was art too.

YUP. Started welling up a poor Michael mentioning his wife, and then completely started bawling at Van Dyke dancing on that table. 

Claire, I want you to know that I really enjoy your articles. Don’t let the trolls get you down. 

Agreed. And even though it’s not one of the shanties, I loved the way they incorporated “The Parting Glass” into the ending. The music brought a special richness to the games that the others don’t have for me. My husband and I still sing “Lowlands Away” to each other when we’re in different parts of the house and…

This was the main reason I kept playing Assassin’s Creed’s Black Flag and Rogue. A capella sea shanties for days.

Follow up report - sleep mask is indeed quite excellent. Wore it last night, woke up in complete darkness, fully rested. A+ recommendation. 

I know a lot about theater/theater history, and I particularly enjoy going into nitty gritty detail about how different historical movements informed the form and content of plays/musicals/performance in general. I also really enjoy talking about the directing/analyzing a play process. But whenever someone finds out I…

I really enjoyed this episode. The reminder that you should try to do small things (10 minutes of yoga versus 30) was perfect for me right now because I keep trying to add length to things and then end up dropping them. Thanks for the reminder! Also, I just bought that sleepmask-it sounds amazing. 

That’s the thing - I don’t know why I don’t want this. I’m pro all the things the movie is about! I’m just sharing my visceral response.

I really liked Whiplash and felt meh about La La Land, but I immediately connected with your feelings about this. As soon as I saw this movie was a thing, I instinctively hated it. An impulse deep within me went, “UG...why?” And I love space movies and space in general. And don’t hate Ryan Gosling. I will join you in…

My husband and I canceled ours today. We would have gladly stayed with the 3-a-month had they gone back to any movie, any time, and most theaters, but, alas, they have fucked up one too many times. The lack of clarity about what was happening day to day over the last few weeks was also pretty annoying. I always knew…

I really enjoyed the book as a way to reinvigorate my meditationpractice. I do it every day, but I was definitely running through the motions for the last few months. I need a good reminder/inspiration boost on occasion, and this book was perfectly timed; I was on a cruise in July and wanted to spend a lot of time…

Dumb, but I had a fun time: 50 Shades Freed, Rampage, Skyscraper

The Greater Good. Shut it.

I introduced my friend to the game “Everything” while we got baked a few weeks ago. I don’t remember what it’s called, but that section in the game where you go to basically a lost souls place had us tripping. 

After taking my father-in-law’s financial advice/physical help on two separate home improvement projects and ending up incredibly pissed off with both, I support this article whole-heartedly. I further learned to ignore him after I told him I opened an IRA, he asked why we needed one when both my husband and I had…

I came up with my goal this morning: put on a random song on my workout playlist and squat the whole way through the song. Repeat daily. This morning was easy because a one-minute song came on, but I dread the day “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” comes up on shuffle.

My brain works like your brain. You are not alone.