Susan Hannigan

I'm a bad American. Shopping at Target makes me feel depressed and unclean

Midlife confessions: I think I have developed a crush on Charles Nelson Reilly.

What is up with the universe when the best customer service help I get is from Chase Bank? I know they are scum. But at least they are polite and helpful scum.

tl;dr (but actually go read it anyway);

Born 1957-1967? You might have gotten a weak shot.
Born 1967-1989? You might have gotten one shot, not enough.

In either case, the options are
1) look up your vaccination records,
2) get a measles titer measurement; or...
3) just get a booster! (I did that.)

The Uber that picked my dog and myself from the vet yesterday was a Tesla. I never rooted for her peeing in an inappropriate place stronger than I did in that ride.

Home workday:
Him: You done doing that?
Me: I am taking a break from doing something tedious to do something tedious.

Back in the Bush administration I got trained to be a draft counselor. I went to youth groups and spiritual communities , gave a talk, answered questions and gave advice.

If there are folks in the USA who want to talk about this I am here.

Started the morning listening to podcast interview of former employee of the CIA who says it's basically insane to plan to live in the USA past 2030. So now I really want cookies.

if i lived in the 1800s and making dinner meant spending every waking hour baking bread and plucking a chicken or whatever and then my husband sat down and said "let's thank god for this meal" i think i'd poison him

Flight Attendant: “IS THERE A DOCTOR ON BOARD?!"
Me: “I have a doctorate in Philosophy."
Flight Attendant: “THE PILOT IS GOING TO DIE!"
Me [soothingly]: “We're all going to die.”

WE GOT THIS!

Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.

Wish I could be one of those cool people who thinks sleep is overrated.

The American Medical Association is urging the public to get vaccinated against the measles:

"Measles is extremely contagious and can cause life-threatening illness. There is no cure or specific antiviral treatment for measles. Vaccination remains the best defense against measles infection."

There it is! 🎯

Who knew that so much of my adult life would be spent updating passwords? And watching the death of democracy.

Reminder: Amazon Blackout—starting tomorrow.

Amazon ❌, Whole Foods ❌ off the to-do list!

So the lesson of the week is if you let pathetic white men on camera and let them talk about themselves their energy will be unlimited.

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

Digging through files successfully found my dad's death certificate. Who says I don't know how to have a good time?

Starting to shred documents of my mom's who died a year and a half ago. Cathartic and mourning at the same time. And once again glad she didn't live to see what the USA has become. Mother dear- you always had amazing timing .

Harvey Weinstein's ex is now with Adrian Brody. And the runner up prize for the worst taste in men goes to....

In 6 weeks Donald Trump has turned the United States into an authoritarian kleptocracy.

Here come the tariffs. Well having marginally affordable things was fun.

What I learned from this year's Oscars is that every woman under the age of 35 is taller than me.

If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.

lotta problems in life created by if you love it so much why don't you marry it

a cartoon of a man with the words what kind of slime would i marry written on it ALT: a cartoon of a man with the words what kind of slime would i marry written on it

First of my pals is leaving the USA this summer. Mother in Law is pleading for us to go too. Instagram feed is showing maps of where WW3 will happen.
What me worry?

I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable.

2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.