So sorry for your friend. That is a nightmare come to life.

It is a crazy experience to start mourning someone only to get your wish and they’re safe. Such a mix of relief and love and by-proxy-survivor’s-guilt.

My puppy and I signed a contract (ok, he doesn’t have thumbs so it’s more of a verbal thing): He will entertain me, love me, and make me get outside & get some exercise more often than I tend to. I will keep him alive (& love him to bits). Glad that I am now a car owner so that if anything happened near us I could at…

I know a woman who married a man from a culture that takes astrology pretty seriously. When they were talking about getting engaged it was really important to his parents that they get their charts read. She was super nervous but all was well with the match astrologically so the parents were cool with it.

My mother’s company was above the hit level; my uncle worked in I think it was building 7? They both made it out based on all those lucky details like having an off-site meeting or grabbing a coffee, but because phone lines crashed we didn’t know that until my Mom made it home and my uncle was finally able to call. I…

I seem to have a knack for choosing unstable companies so I’ve been through a lot of what you’re talking about. It’s awful going in every day and wondering if this word or that gesture means something about your standing in the company. Good luck & remember it’s their dysfunction, try your best to not internalize it.

OK, I listen to podcasts pretty much constantly so allow me to geek out for a minute.

It’s especially frustrating given how clearly Katrina made this issue national news and in extremely vivid fashion. Even if you were only vaguely listening to the news you would have heard some terrifying stories that illustrate what happens when there are no resources for those who need them.

Kate Millett in particular helped me articulate to myself the ways that general gender politics influence even my most intimate relationships. In college, when I was reading her for class, I had some relationships with guys that were far more gender-conservative than I was used to, so her work helped me see some of…

This kid’s entire life must be so intimidating! Which is not to say hard, because clearly it’s not... but I mean, I was scared of my parents’ friends until I was probably 12. And my parents don’t know any heads of state.

Sorry, that’s awful. Don’t give up on trusting people though. Trust me ;) I made that mistake for a while and it doesn’t go anywhere good. You end up making yourself unhappy over and over again in reference to people who hurt you, which is a bad way to live.

My boyfriends end up being my best friends, too. I don’t think adults typically have One Best Friend, unless they live in their hometown maybe and it’s a holdover from childhood? The way I assess the healthiness of my friend circle is generally, 1) do I love our time together like no time has passed even if it’s been…

Because West Elm is the height of eclectic.

Yeah I tried to rewatch it during a nostalgic moment sometime in the last year or so. Impossible to get through.

The child in me wants Bale to just go back to Newsies, keep his body in reasonable condition, and yell at Hearst & Pulitzer some more.

Anyone else picturing her on the other side of the door listening through a cup?

So Lincoln, Reagan, and some indeterminate Founding Fathers are angry... JFK and GW Bush are just kind of confused... Bill Clinton and FDR and one other are very pleased. Meanwhile sad guy looks to be wearing a Carhartt jacket and some nice shoes, so maybe he just missed his bus and is frustrated that he’s going to be…

Shout out to the ladies in that photo. When I was maybe 19 or so I had to bring a friend to a clinic for an abortion... we were in school, she’d broken up with the father who was abusive, it was just 100% the right choice. And I knew going in that there would be protesters but there’s just nothing that prepares you…

Having been 14 during the first season of Dawson’s Creek, I will always be here for Joey - I mean Katie Holmes. Glad to hear she’s at the top of the dating chain.

Oh wow! I’m a New Yorker temporarily in Atlanta and didn’t know about that site, but this copywriting is the most white girl Atlanta thing I’ve seen all day: “The Fare-est of the Fall: Autumn has finally arrived, and these ATL restos’ newest menu additions are making sure we know it.”