That is the single most widely applied critique of the Kardashians that I never, ever understand. They did not get famous for “doing nothing.” They got famous for signing on to do a reality show about their not-entirely-unknown family on a large television network. They got famous from being on TV, like thousands of…

Dying laughing. Both better and worse than I thought it would be.

Holy mother of god. That made my entire week.

I feel the same way about both of those things, but then one night I wandered onto Hulu and damn, I was hooked.

I’m super impressed at everyone who burns through their Chucks in five months. My oldest pair is about 15 years, I think? Granted, they are as much hole as shoe, and granted, they smell vaguely of death, so one might IMPLY it’s time to dispose of them...but one would be wrong.

Sure, I guess. But if you’d ever called and ordered 15 white-flower centerpieces for a dinner, and then called the same florist to order 15 white-flower centerpieces for a wedding, you might be a little surprised at the difference in cost, delivery times, and required contracts. For the exact same product from the…

I once attended a party for Jaguar at a venue my friend managed. They brought in 12 vintage cars and lifted them up at varying heights on hydraulic displays, and had circus performers drop from the ceiling to dance on silks in midair in front of the cars before they unveiled their latest model. After the various…

It’s weird because that actually *IS* wedding-specific, it’s not at all true of people who are merely throwing a big party. Corporate events require all the same vendors as a wedding, often have far more than 150 people, and do not require booking two years in advance by any means. The event planner at my fancy-ass…

Yeah sort of? I’m 5’10” and while I’m thin, I just feel...big. Especially around guys. So I guess it’s about being short, but there are short girls who take up space and short girls who don’t, and I feel like that pushes a different button for me than someone who is also tall and thin/but thinner than me.

Generally it was of the thinner/tinier/more successful variety. Especially if she was, you know, all three. But then I had an ex who I broke up with and well, long story short, I discovered I WAS that ex for his new girlfriend. We were in the same field, but I was a few years older and had a better job; we had a lot…

I mean...are you not? Because it sure seems like you’re proud of it/support it/think it’s the right thing, if doing the converse is hypocritical and would leave you feeling let down.

Sure, I can see that. To me there is a difference between empowering a child take control of a part of their environment (walking to their school, exploring their neighborhood) and dropping them in an unfamiliar place and expecting them to be able to navigate and handle themselves like an adult would. I was allowed to…

I understand the concept. I want to know why YOU, personally, are proud of that. I want to know what it is you feel that that policy actually achieves, not what it’s *supposed* to achieve. As anyone who has spent any time on the internet knows, stories don’t just disappear after a week or so—they continue to surface…

Right, I get that that is the alternative. But if your apology for the high-profile story you fucked up includes, in its FIRST SENTENCE, a link to the high-profile story you fucked up, it is effectively a publicity engine that just repackages and repromotes the damaging story you fucked up in the first place. It is a…

I’m curious, as a fellow working journalist in NYC, why it is that you’re proud of the fact that you “never take a story down.” When you have irreparably, unjustifiably, and wantonly hurt someone with a story you published, what is the moral good of leaving it up to continue hurting them indefinitely? I agree that the…

I get that, and I don’t disagree. But I also don’t think there’s any need to normalize leaving children along in public places as a *good* thing. It’s just not. It’s not evil, but it’s not ideal. And insisting that it is perfectly okay draws attention away from the real problem which is the goddamn tragedy that is…

The guy who stole from us would just get all the girls on the run pulling items, and he was very good at keeping track of the cameras—he found exactly the right place to stand, so one second the bracelet was on the tray and then he turned his back to the camera and when you could see the counter again it was gone.

No, it’s a lot less exciting than that. It happened to me once, when I was working in a fine jewelry store. The protocol when you’re selling is to keep the number of pieces on the counter to a manageable number, so you can’t lose track of them—ideally no more than 1 or 2 out at a time. A good thief will essentially…

No, it’s a lot less exciting than that. It happened to me once, when I was working in a fine jewelry store. The protocol when you’re selling is to keep the number of pieces on the counter to a manageable number, so you can’t lose track of them—ideally no more than 1 or 2 out at a time. A good thief will essentially…

I think it’s possible for her to admit it wasn’t very smart and STILL make the argument that it was the right choice. It was a risk, but a small risk compared to the big reward of getting a good job that would allow her to not have to take that risk in the future. People are so insanely polarized about this story! The…