A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."

My neighbors are having some party and every few minutes they keep applauding and I want to know what they’re clapping for. Are they doing presentations over there??? I am too nosy!!

Quick shoutout to all the GenX TV workers out there like me who've only ever done this job up until a couple years ago and will now never do it again. Pivoting from TV to another industry is never easy, but it's nearly impossible over 50. Big hugs, y'all. I am not sure what we're all going to do.

What is this special on the CW about Christmas movies that features a LOT of Star Trek people and Sam Rubin? Like Nicole De Boer is on my TV right now.

Back in October I ordered 6 pairs of socks from Bombas. Within a week, they shipped 3 of the pairs. About a month later, they shipped 2 more. Today, they have shipped the last pair. I cannot help but picture one tiny mouse in charge of weaving my socks, who has finally completed this laborious task.

Since the show takes place on a starship, this poster is a super weird choice. (They talked about this at Comic-con, so I don't think it's a spoiler.)

This dolt is just biding his time until he can scream "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH" at Tom Cruise and I sincerely believe Cruise should step up, rid-us-of-this-meddlesome-priest style, and take one for the team. We can then haul him off somewhere and throw away the key.

Just got this email from Blue Cross saying I could be eligible for help from the govt on my premiums. Sounds amazing!

Major corporations go first. Stop making travel miserable and I will consider hard pants.

So, um, our forefathers were the foreign invaders who slaughtered heroes and certainly didn’t use their OWN blood and sweat to build anything. I swear these people are incapable of understanding anything but their own imagined victimhood.

We don’t talk enough about how tinted sunscreen/moisturizer/what have you will turn all the white hair that frames your face a terrible greige color and is unwearable after a certain age (the age being whenever your temples fade). I have to wear mineral sunscreen and need untinted!!!

I am on the hunt for a compact oven that will fit on my counter so I don't have to heat up my wall oven. It's hard to find one small enough because apparently, people want to cook a whole chicken in them? What??

So, do you feel bad about the downfall of society being your fault?

30+ years ago a HS classmate got her college scholarship reinstated by complaining that her roommate was gay and it made her so uncomfortable she couldn't study, so that's why her grades were bad. She just wrote a letter and got it done. Never had to explain all the drinking she'd been doing.

We just had a batch of fireworks, I think, in San Diego. It sounded really close!!

I ordered 6 pairs of socks from Bombas. They sent me 3 pairs in the first package, and have now sent me 2 more, which leaves one more pair out there somewhere. This feels…wasteful.

Jesus Christ just tell him people will like him if he extends them indefinitely. His rich buddies won't, but they don't actually get the money anyway. Can the Democratic leadership not read a few articles on Psychology Today about how to deal with narcissists before we all die? FFS.

Make a seat I won't bump my knees on and I'll consider it. They are threatening to make us stand on planes. C'mon. Tell me you don't sit in coach without telling me you don't sit in coach.

It's TV, but reboot Prey and Forever Knight, you cowards!!

No, no, it's actually DELIGHTFUL when a brand who is already sending me 2-3 emails a day wants me to sign up for a text list to get early access to a sale when the whole reason I signed up for those emails is to get early access to a sale. Like, why are you gatekeeping me giving you money? WEIRD.

First refuel for my new car. It wasn’t empty yet, but I have a lot of driving this week so I wanted to top off the tank. Bought about 7 gallons of fuel and spent $30. My last car needed a full refill once a month (I work from home) on which I’d spend about $60 for a 13 gal tank. Already saving!!!

Someone is shooting a scene for something outside in front of my building and I am very tempted to peek outside but I don't want to ruin the shot (I have my blinds closed). This feels very hollywood, but they are taking a long time for run and gun.

One thing is clear from today - Y’all really have not done enough reading on narcissists.

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

Listened to Avery talk about the origins of camouflage today; wore my camo cardigan out into the LA rain this evening. If you’re curious about the history of fashion, particularly American cultural connections to fashion, check out this pod! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Changing the definition of antisemitism to benefit yourself instead of Jews worldwide is narcissism.

I had time today so I cleaned my fridge and wow, that thing was gross. It’s a good thing I’m the only person here. But now it’s clean! Yay! Will conquer the microwave tomorrow.

Once again: my dad spent the last 10 years of his life trying to convince us we didn't need hot water for showers or washing dishes. He just didn't want to pay the bill anymore. So he made it a loyalty test. If you love him, you'll agree with him. That's what this is. That's what it always is.

It’s so interesting who is encouraged to unionize and who isn’t. Who gets support and who doesn’t. Also interesting? Who shows support.

Just had the least dramatic interaction with Spectrum ever to get my bill lowered! It's very silly that I have to call every year, but one of the women I spoke to actually told me to put it in my phone to remind me to call next year and check on discounts. But my bill is $60 lower+ higher speeds.

One day, I may learn how I ended up on a text list for land owners in Beaufort, SC, but I will absolutely never be able to entirely get myself off the list, no matter how many times I tell them I have no property to sell.

I know someone who used to tell me we didn’t need a union because we can just negotiate better rates but eventually even her EP-level negotiating power ran out because funding disappeared and she immediately about-faced. Negotiating is not possible when you aren’t in a position of power.

I started a can of soda for the first time in several weeks yesterday around 3 PM. Around 5ish I dumped what was left. I think I drank about 3/4 of it? Anyway, I didn’t sleep a wink last night, so I guess that’s it for caffeine in my life. We had a good run!

The call box on my apt building is analog and management has no interest in updating it because the landlady still has her landline. In her defense, reception in our neighborhood isn't great. In LA. I can only imagine rural coverage.

I have done the thing where I call like a grownup and ask questions of the nice people at the insurance company and actually got answers that helped me figure things out instead of just winging it and it will actually save me some money.

Watching the Ken Burns doc. I appreciate how far the team has come since the Civil War doc. Starting the narrative with the indigenous people already here is the correct choice in my humble producer-y opinion.

Terrible, tragic news: they've changed the recipe for the TJ's dark chocolate covered peppermint Jo-Jos and the main taste is some sort of chemical. They're TERRIBLE.

The most important thing to a narcissist is to be loved by everyone. BUT! Because they lack emotional maturity, their perception of "loved" is skewed, so generally, they perceive attention as people loving them. Exceptions: Don't believe whatever they say? Don't love them. Disagree? Don't love them.

I have to run a few errands in the rain tomorrow and it is very distressing. I grew up in FL, so I can drive in the rain, but the rest of y'all? Not so much. Maybe just stay home? Tell your friends to stay home. Everyone stay home! LA STAY HOME! (except for me; I have stuff to do)

Yes! We are all dunking on the guy who's bad with the hammer, of course, but a handyman once told me he was mostly hired by women, not because they couldn't do things, but because they knew the value of their time. Experts get it done fast, amateurs are slow because they use hammers wrong.

Justice for the journalists who don't want to fuck their subjects! I hope they don't get profiled in the NY Times because we don't want to know way too much about them, either.

Progressive commercial generated by AI with Flo providing the VO but not appearing in the ad. I presume the VO paycheck is lower than the acting paycheck, even for commercials. That sucks!!

Going to be so smug for the next couple days because I’ve finished my bag of leaves two weeks in a row! Am I healthy yet?

Everyone else is making good points here, but also, housing is expensive, and generally speaking, immigrants aren't coming here with wads of cash to spend. Either we have to subsidize their healthcare or they are stealing all the housing with their oodles of money. Like, come on dude.

I think it will become important for anyone running for office to actively verify they are not a pedophile. I mean, it's impossible to know if the pipeline goes Pedophile>Elected or the other way around, but at this point it's clearly one or the other.

Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?

I am still on FB for the groups, but I do a lil scroll sometimes. I just checked my feed. There was one post at the top from someone I know, and then 25 assorted posts from "suggested" pages and ads, and then one more post from someone I know, and then another batch of nonsense. Yeah, that's trash.

Was gonna post a photo of the sky over Hollywood as a joke but it’s not even funny. So jealous of the beautiful photos floating around! Be sure to enjoy for those of us missing out!

KTLA now wants me to sign up for a "free" account to watch their livestream on the app or on their website. Thank you, but no. I get enough spam email as it is.

I just got an email from Quince trying to sell me a truffle. What???