On Try Not To Get Too Worked Up
There was a year where I had the day shift when Fall fell back, and a night shift when Spring sprung forward. I've been paying for the hour I stole from Father Time ever since.
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On How Did 'Forrest Gump' Ever Beat Out 'Pulp Fiction' For Best Picture?
Reading this was almost cathartic.
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On Conservatives Bravely Blame Everything, Especially Romney, For Romney's Loss
The basic suckiness of Romney really should be on this list somewhere. If Republicans had bothered to nominate a person who entertained some ideological consistency, they could have had a shot. Like the other Mormon, or hell, even Tim Pawlenty, loath as I am to suggest such a thing. Presidential races are won by personality, and Mitt Romney doesn't have one.
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On New York City, August 28, 2012
I detect the whiff of an Ezra Pound riff.
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On Drinking While Pregnant
@nomorecheese The reason this article exists is because of people like you.
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On Drinking While Pregnant
@nomorecheese The reason this article exists is because of people like you.
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On Drink Tea And Die
Basically, every guy who lives long enough gets prostate cancer. I did not expect tea drinking to correlate so well with healthy lifestyles though. Is it possible to gain the benefits just by drinking the tea? Rather than, you know, exercising?
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On Is This Publicity Bad Publicity?
Yes, the people are crying out for better scandal analogies.
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On Pretty Much Irrefutable Proof That There Is A God
I just don't think Tom Cruise is that durable.
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On Ask Polly: I Feel Guilty About How Absurdly Rich I Am!
I like how everyone wants to either help the rich girl, or at least help her with her money. I can see how sad rich girls might attract a certain amount of sympathy. If it's any consolation, DTTF, I support your sense of conflictedness. You should feel bad sometimes. Life's totally unfair, and there you are, on the happy end of the bell curve of fortune, and you didn't do a damn thing for it. The rational thing to do is become a narcissistic douchebag like everyone else does, but you're resisting that. Good for you.
There actually are cases of people who deliberately abandon their weath and sometimes they do fine. Wittgenstein did it, for instance. If your parents mindfucked you into thinking you should earn a living for yourself, and you're already on your way to a successful medical career, it's unlikely that you'll have that much to worry about financially if you let the money go. That's your decision to make, but there is something to be said about confronting the world according to the terms that are most psychologically satisfying to you. Lots of people get by without trust funds, you totally can too.