I kind of feel the opposite. Succession to me has always had an expiration date of about 4 seasons, 5 max. Through three seasons now, the Roy children have enacted a sort of neoliberal Waiting for Godot, with Logan as the man behind the curtain (to mix my literary metaphors). To me, the whole point is the waiting, the…

You’re not the only one! (Although I’ll admit I like the book much better than the film).

Yeah, seeing this article now has me convinced that this article is 100% sponsored advertising pitched by the restaurant to the website. I strongly suspected it was based on how the actual article is written--it’s very kind to Medieval Times, which is, let’s be real, cheesy and mediocre entertainment and food. I mean,…

That would have been a pretty good price, given what the prices have been. In normal times, eggs in my area were around $2/dozen. Your deal would have been $2.91/dozen, which is way cheaper than a dozen eggs has been. At the craziest, prices were at $6/dozen, which is bonkers. They’ve come down a bit in the last month…

I mean, none of that sounds uncommon for what happens to shared property in a divorce. If the genders were reversed, we wouldn’t see any problem with a lesser-earning woman making a claim for all or part of a marital asset like the house. The law pretty much says that it doesn’t matter if one spouse makes the money…

Tons of parents stay and watch every practice. Tons. I find that helicopter sports parenting is more common in the very competitive club sports (the teams that parents pay $$$ for their kid to be on) than it is for city league stuff, though. I coached club volleyball, which can easily cost $5,000+ for a season, and…

Me when I think about hand washing my sports bras:

Yep. Let your kids figure out what they like. Give them opportunities to experience different activities and see what takes. I come from a family of baseball and basketball coaches. You know what sport I gravitated to? Volleyball. Because nobody else in my house knew enough about it to “coach” me from the sidelines or…

I’ve taken a similar habit, only with a silicone baking mat rather than a damp towel. Works like a charm.

Yes, let’s cut the parents of kids on planes some slack. A baby on a long flight is going to cry at some point. Maybe even for a long time. The kid is likely uncomfortable and can’t communicate what’s wrong. A few years ago, I was on an international flight and the woman who sat down next to me had a baby in her arms.…

I would also add: You do not have to sit and watch every single second of every sports practice. In fact, as a youth sports coach, I would say, please don’t. I give you permission to leave. This parents watching every practice thing is a relatively new phenomenon. When I was growing up and when I was first coaching,…

“I could deal without all those men” is going to be the subtitle for autobiography, I swear. I feel you Ellen. 

This is too uniquely bad in the AV Club style to be a bot. 

I think it was a combination of both. He sought out plastic surgery to correct some of what happened when he was a boxer. But he’s said in interviews since that he got bad work done/some of it was botched. 

Maybe it was about the Bond girls, but I can think of other reasons why at the time Richardson might not have been on board with Neeson playing 007. For starters, if we’re talking about post-Schindler’s List, that was a sort of interregnum for Bond movies. Coming off the two middling Timothy Dalton films, the Bond…

Oh yeah, she actively thrives on drama and courts attention. I don’t necessarily think it’s misogynistic in this case to point out that she’s had so much bad work done that she’s unrecognizable (snarky and mean, perhaps But misogynistic? I don’t think so). I mean, people point out the same about Simon Cowell and (back…

It is 100% ageist and I recognize that, but I would have a really difficult time voting in a primary for someone who will be 80 when their 6-year term starts, especially in the CA primary where there will be lots of democratic talent. The California senate seat is as close to a lifetime appointment as a Democrat can…

Sadly, no (that moment in the trailer is verging on queer-baiting because it does not head in that direction at all). Actually, it would have been a much better movie if they’d developed queer vibes between Ally and Cassidy. The AV Club review gives this film a lot more credit than it deserves, I fear. I hated it.…

Super annoying. How is anyone supposed to appraise or appreciate an outfit if you can’t see the whole of it on the screen? I have no idea why they always do this. 

I’ve had really good success with: “I know that XYZ problem isn’t your fault, but I’m really hoping you can help me with it.”