Holy fuck was that alert terrifying. I would have slept through the storm, but not that screeching.

Is he in any way associated with any element of any movie appearing at Cannes? If not, he’s part of the so-called problem.

I’ve been known to tell men to do pushups. No explanation.

There has been a proposal floating around NYC government for several months to give letter grades to nail and hair salons similar to restaurant letter grades. This is for consumer protection but Letitia James has also advocated for the workers. I applaud the NY Times series, it was amazing in its depth and humanity,…

Because they will believe the other cop, not you. There is a fine tradition of protecting the “blue line.”

It’s interesting that this is a broad rule—I discovered this for myself a few years ago when I was bored and mapping all the variables for my NYRR runs (they keep weather stats on the site so it was easy to go back and find them). I discovered that my best running temps were between 39 and 48 degrees. As my little…

I think it's where Midwestern tourists go when they visit NYC.

Yep, at least scum provides nutrients to creatures on the lower-end of the food chain. This guy is worse than fucking useless.

Man, this could be some Murder in the Rue Morgue stuff—disguise yourself as your enemy, piss off some corvids then sit back and enjoy while they make his/her life a living hell.

As a former owner of a rather, ahem, difficult dog (he passed away at 14 years old a couple of years ago), I thank you. My dog was quite fluffy and cute, but had been badly abused as a puppy and while he wasn't aggressive, i.e., he wouldn't lunge or growl or attack someone, would snap/bite if anybody but me or a…

Yep, I do it to my cats too when they start bugging me for food. At least my dog pretended to like me.

Is GSA counseling available to adoptees/birth parents who are seeking each other? I'm neither (raised by birth mom, no kids myself), but I imagine it would be really disturbing for either party to find themselves being attracted to a parent/child. I hope that when someone starts down this road, they have access to…

Julia Child.

#notallowls

Damn Jacobites!!

I was out with a friend I hadn't seen in a few years who is a software genius (he's got an algorithm named after him, and a technical Academy Award and basically revolutionized how animation is done) and he pulled out a flip-phone to text someone. It kind of warmed my heart.

Yep. My mother was active in the Civil Rights movement (as a white lady) and said she didn't understand the problem with the LBJ portrayal. He was an ass and a politician who also happened to sign civil rights legislation, but it wasn't out of the goodness of his heart. He gets credit because he was the guy who…

Oy, especially British actors playing Americans on British sitcoms. I'd almost be offended if I actually cared.

The way the right-wing (Fox, etc.) tries to appropriate black civil rights heroes and heroines every year (comparing elderly white gun nuts to Rosa Parks for example), it is really just a matter of time before MLK himself is portrayed as a white man, kind of like how Jesus ends up being blonde haired and blue eyed in…

This is my favorite delivery story (fan fiction based on that stupid Apple/Siri ad from a couple of years ago. (read the whole thing, it's worth it)

http://ludicdespair.blogspot.com/2012/04/tomato…

"After about an hour, though, Nick—he's runs the kitchen afternoons—comes in and tells me I'm "up." I grab the slip and…