THIS. I have a partner who does 50/50...after I direct the cleaning days. But I have to be the drill sargeant setting the tasks and making sure it gets done. So its not really 50/50 is it? But he feels like it is. He literally does not see the point to some of the things I worry/think over. He sees it as worrying too…

Subject specialist judges really should become a thing. I hear my science policy friends groaning all the time about judges mis-understanding implications of scientific evidence and thats what I thought about when I read up about the Blurred Lines ruling

Exactly. There are only so many combinations of them. Its just more damning because its in the same key and has the same time.

Eeeyikes we are doing it now! For every person who watched Mad Men going gosh, those were some backward times there was the viewer who had the nostalgia for ‘simpler’ times.

The distinction I’ve seen above is between the $Prestige$ shows vs. the CSI’s of the world. Does that ring true to you?

Right, but why such a strong preference for historical dramas? I think that is the uncomfortable part of the equation for black UK actors. There are so many rich stories to tell, but all the prestige shows depict a time when England ruled the world. A kind of a natural national obsession really, but the racial…

Not to say I don’t gobble these up like candy, but I think the question would be so why is England so very into empire, period dramas?

I think it varies from person to person how well they are able to ‘hear’ it. It is the very rare actor who is able to expunge all hint of their native accent. Its usually vowel sounds that sound a tiny bit off.

Online. I know myself some teens, was visiting their mother and asked them what they were doing. They said they were hanging out with their friends. I looked around because they were the only ones in the room. “Texting” said one, “Snapchat” said the other.

Midol includes other stuff. Caffeine for tiredness and an antihistamine which reduces bloating. It actually is worth it if you suffer from the symptom trifecta, but I mean, I still buy the generic version.

I’ve been seeing dresses with this collar lately, leaving a little keyhole between your tits and a high halter neck. Very unflattering if you don’t have a foot long neck and collapsible shoulders.

I’m sort of side-eyeing it too but having gone through a weight loss like this, I can imagine that she is dealing with alot of extra skin. So perhaps if she doesn’t ‘tuck in’ the skin and wears looser tops, she can fit into a size 4 jean? But dress size? Probably not.

I was pleasantly surprised with it. I remember almost nothing about it, but remember liking it alot.

I’ve been reading Mary Beard’s SPQR lately, and if I recall, she specifically said this framing doesn’t make sense within the context of the time. The context of the time essentially being, conquer or be conquered. That all these bodies were warring with each other all the time - Rome was just the best at winning. For…

“I’m basically a mystic,” she said. “And I’m wondering what was that all about? And I am not sure yet. I have to think about it some more.

My pleasure, I’m glad you gave it a listen. I admit I hadn’t followed his career much but after listening to it and hearing his passion for acting and all he wanted to do it was truly saddening to learn of his death. As you say, we are truly the poorer.

He’d just done a lovely WTF with Marc Maron. Listening to him talk personally about the projects he’s done and wanted to do, I was looking forward to tracking him more closely...

Futhermore, while Betty shooting birds has given a handy dandy guide to which states its illegal in, its still hard to actually defend doing it when taken to court by an employee fired over such a matter.

Yeah, I’ve said elsewhere, but I’ve had personal experience with this. Some deeply unfair compensations were being made and talking about our salaries amongst ourselves was the only way it changed.

I think its wonderful. At my work, compensation was very hush hush and I found out that there were some extremely wonky compensation comparisons happening. I started talking openly with my colleagues and I think its been so beneficial for me and for them. Just to be informed.