Michael Rose

I have heard of vegetarians/vegans who will eat oysters because they're not sentient

Okay well that was quite the cliffhanger, The Gilded Age

Yeahhhh but I probably wouldn't be able to go buy ice cream just across the street 24 hours a day in LA so truly a tradeoff!

I wish the weather could be like this all the time in New York but then I think I should probably just move to Los Angeles where it basically IS like this all the time

In the show there's a whole bit about how changing the speed dial order is a big deal because you have to use a pencil to lift up the little plastic thing!

Something zoomers won't understand or relate to is this Seinfeld episode I'm watching that revolves around the social cachet of being on someone's speed dial

Overheard woman on phone, midtown Manhattan:

"Everything is a fight! Everything is a fight with everyone!"

Gurl don't I know

Mariana Trench is my new drag name

Is... Is that a fancy bong?

I think I would be a pretty good casting director

In Brooklyn, a Palatial House on the Market for $25 Million

I miss the normal times when this horrifically tacky house would be the subject of discourse www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/r...

This is going to sound very snooty and ridiculous but: I cross my 7s and Zs because I was in French immersion as a kid (all classes K-6 taught in French) and that's how were were taught to write them lol

oh wow, no! need to look that up!

the original, original Gifford's, which I believe existed before new owners bought the name, was on Georgia Ave in Silver Spring next to the World Building (WGAY). I remember going there as a very young kid in the early 80s! They had table service.

I remember when Tablet wasn't embarrassing

Roses are red
Cake is fantastic
This woman wants you to pay $13,000 to rid your blood of microplastic

Colorful salad of peaches, cucumbers, mozzarella and basil on a plate

If you're looking for a good summer salad I can't sing the praises of Hetty Lui McKinnon's Peach, Cucumber & Mozzarella Salad with Gochujang Vinaigrette enough (from NYT Cooking)

(But don't use crappy supermarket peaches if you can help it)

What am I supposed to not do for hygiene reasons?? lol

Mine likes to create his art at 4 am with my ankles as his canvas

I also took a class with Judith Irvine called "Language in American Life" which I don't remember much about, except for a discussion about how flight attendants talk/give instructions, specifically how they say things like "We DO ask that you (do xyz)"

Babe what's wrong? You don't seem to be enjoying your meat juice rain shower

This letterhead goes hard

Linked from this story www.law360.com/employment-a...

We got the form the other week! assets.law360news.com/2364000/2364...

My main Tom Lehrer memory/connection is that I once sang a choral arrangement of "I'm Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica" for a holiday concert

(includes the genius line "I spent Shavuos / in East St. Louis / a charming spot / but clearly not the spot for me")

Do they have the lemonade that kills you

Just saw another similar comment about how "we have to be careful in trusting news sources" under a NYT link about the food crisis, with a cite to a Free Press article. What are we doing.

Facebook comment that reads: There is no reason for this. There is plenty of food going into gaza. The problem is the distribution, and the stealing, price gouging, and attacks on hungry people by hamas. New Israel Fund has lost it, and naive bleeding heart American Jews are buying into it.

I dunno man, pretty depressing to me as a Jew to see this under a request to donate to New Israel Fund toward food aid in Gaza.

Just now realizing that last night's Gilded Age was not a little bit Into the Woods Act 2-ish

I don't own a car but yes 💯