Answer to your first question: The kind of “idiot” who realizes the police chief is sleeping with the head tv thief.

Actually there are some amazing resources available through many VAs, way more than many private insurance programs offer. I advocate for a friend who used to get admitted to the psych ward regularly after returning from Iraq, and I went into it with the attitude that they were just trying to warehouse and…

I believe this. I’ve been on a low dose of hydrocodone (10-15mg/day) for nearly 15 years for a legitimate reason, and I’m able to be a fully functioning member of society because of it. Since the most recent round of law changes in late 2013 I feel like it would definitely be less of a hassle to score heroine - I have…

Sorry but that really isn’t the worst part.

I recently spoke up in defense of an airline employee getting abused by a racist asshole who had clearly never travelled by air before and was apoplectic over a 2 1/2 hour flight delay (“I’m going to MISS my PARTY because of YOU!”). Ten minutes later they beckoned me up to the counter and, without explanation, handed…

As someone with a disabled wife, you should understand the reason the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act expressly prohibits businesses from requiring a doctor’s note to gain access to publicly accessible facilities. Having a disability is hard enough without adding to it by making people jump through hoops to do…

Now THAT is definitely irony.

Sorry, I have to burst i - although maybe he has mellowed (you don’t say how recent this was - would people really care if they saw him now?). In the 90’s at the height of his fame (coming off SNL, during his late night then HBO shows... pre-MNF debacle) he was an absolute prick. I worked in sports radio, and he was…

Here’s a real brush with celebrity: a guy I grew up with sings the line “Life’s a fillet of fish” in that song. Just that line.

This is a very, very under-rated story. I would die happy to have Courtney Love say that to me. And I’m not even a big fan of her, or Kurt Cobain, or Nirvana, or Hole, or drinking. The idea that I once appeared to be a little over-served in the eyes of one of the biggest substance abuse trainwrecks of my generation…

I have a friend who works at an Eastern European zoo, which they closed for the day so that Brad and Angie could tour it without facing the unwashed masses. He echoed this opinion of Pitt, saying that no only was he “unwashed” (aka: smelly - and this is by European standards), but he was overly fond of telling dumb,…

I did love him in that. Also: Chance Are, with Ryan O’Neal and Cybil Shephard. Clearly if the trajectory of his life proves anything, it’s that the man is in a class by himself at playing charming-yet-hapless.

It was Alan Thicke’s big back bodyuard. Which is absurd in-and-of-itself, on multiple levels.

Diehard Republicans still cling to Chappaquiddick like a drowning... uh, nevermind.

Yeah, I actually assumed he was sort of universally reviled. Unless maybe it’s still 2005 where Helenvanpattersonpatten lives.

I also remember hearing about how he was so over-confident around 2001-2002 that he uncerimoniously dumped an extremely devoted, long-suffering, and hard-working manager, and when his career tanked shortly thereafter, he spun it as a conscious decision to “quit Hollywood.”

Where is Josh Hartnett when you need him?

What are the odds that not only would she be premiering Off-Broadway in her mid-80’s(!), but you posted that story ON HER BIRTHDAY, and someone had just tweeted about it?!?! Wow. Just wow. Insane, and incredibly lovely. I hope somehow you are reunited one day soon, to swan around in jewels and caftans together.

I think Claire is still best known for My So-Called Life, Homeland and Temple Grandin. But unfortunately her first movie was Little Women which came out when she was 15 (there’s a short film at age 11 that theoretically could have been filmed when she was 8 or 9, but she wouldn’t have missed a ton of school for that).…

In the 70’s, Kim was like the attainable version of Jodie Foster (I say this as a straight woman). Not even being snarky - for a kid actor of that era, her performances were fairly nuanced (arguably even moreso than a lot of Foster’s earlier, non-Taxi Driver roles). She had/has talent... it’s kind of sad, really.