Here’s a helpful hint, Safeway pharmacy: If you’re going to tell me that the thing you called to say was done yesterday isn’t actually done at all, try to get my name right by the third time I’ve told it to you in five minutes. Particularly if I just spelled it slowly out loud to you. And it’s written down in front of you. And it’s “Mary,” which is not exactly challenging.
“When my mother was very old and in a nursing home, she surprised me one day toward the end of her life by asking me if I still wrote poetry. When I blurted out that I still do, she stared at me with incomprehension. I had to repeat what I said, till she sighed and shook her head, probably thinking to herself this son of mine has always been a little nuts.”
Why I Still Write Poetry by Charles Simic | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
See, it even happens to Charles Simic.
I have officially been invited to an elegant luncheon at a secret club for ladies.
A SECRET CLUB FOR LADIES.
“Real-life couples playing fictional couples were apparently big in the 50s, so we also had “I Love Lucy,” which starred real-life married couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Their fictional counterparts certainly had their arguments, but they always made up by the end of the episode. In real life, Ball filed for divorce the day after they filmed the series finale (at which point the show had evolved into weirdness that was the hour-long “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” anyway)—which was also Arnaz’s birthday.”
In Honor of “Revenge,” A Brief History of TV’s Off-Screen Hookups | The Awl
I did not know this.
“Oh boy. This Lady would like to put forth the opinion that, with some reasonable exceptions (see below), socializing as an adult is about compromise — that is, giving up on the idea that you can somehow engineer your social calendar to be free from Awkward People, Slightly Racist People, People Who Don’t Pay Their Fair Share of the Check, People with Body Odor, People Who Stay Too Long after Dinner*, Couples with Annoying Children, Couples Without Children Who are Too Proud of Their Childlessness, Loud Talkers, Open Mouth Chewers, The Guy Who Always Needs a Ride, and Tim’s Republican Girlfriend.”
Alice Richmond is going to be the greatest comedienne of our time, it’s true.
I always feel so torn when I see Tina Fey talking about her daughter. On the one hand, ugh cute kid stories. I expect more from you. On the other hand, her kid is genuinely funny.
Baby Fey ladies and gents.
(Source: lipgallagher)
Happy National Grilled Cheese Day, everybody.
(via thisisnotbruce)
God bless you, Atlantic Tumblr.
“I was an idiot. I was in the wrong. About the breakup. About the haircut story. About so many things with her. Anything bad she says about me I can confirm.”
Ira Glass, on being Lynda Barry’s Worst Boyfriend
This story definitely tarnished Ira Glass for me, but in the end, this is exactly what I want all exes until the end of time to say when asked about me, so I will give him some serious credit for that.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #242 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
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