Amy Dickinson

Work alongside New York City's Strongest as we get through this historic storm. 
 
Emergency shoveling pay is now $30/hour. Walk into any sanitation garage to sign up TODAY BY 8PM or TOMORROW from 9AM to 8PM.
  
Let's get NYC back on its feet— together.

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Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS. Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.”

Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past.
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I am currently out of the country and absolutely freaking out with homesick, blizzardy longings.
Stay safe, help your neighbors, and stay warm!

Those were the days, before Valentines Day became bloody, before the spouse was always the prime suspect, and, well ... before crime even existed.

The Potomac sewage spill: Finally, something in DC that SHOULD be named after Trump

What a mug. Makes me want to jam a cigar into his kisser.
And such a great actor - with so many great performances. Key Largo! Double Indemnity!

TikTok is running a disgusting - truly disgusting - AI generated and very lengthy video designed to misinform and cause tremendous heartbreak to Savannah Guthrie's family.
What is wrong with people

Wow -- I'm sitting on the tarmac in a plane that is currently having "maintenance issues" and the pilot has chosen to point out: "Well folks, it IS Friday the 13th ..."
NOT the reassurance I'm hoping for, franky

Makes me want to tuck something into my wallet

Or get a wallet

Or a pocketbook, as our mothers called the thing they carried around - which contained their checkbooks, Lucky Strikes, several random matchbooks, Kleenex, lipstick, and Werthers.

I'm actually loving this wild winter

Try WRITING an advice column.
Good times

It doesn't count if the attacker addresses his victim as "Sir."
It's called politeness, people.

Jane!! Beautiful

".... our readers." What readers?!

Haha exactly

The team captains look like jiffy pops

What a lifeless opening ceremony.
It's like leafing through swatches

But Vegemite is still completely disgusting

Holy smokes. Gorgeous design work, too.
If this happens to me we'll all know AI is scraping the bottom of the barrel

Cool video of this telescope released into the wild.

Seeking refuge today from the ills of the world in the waiting room of an oncology center while my beloved relative receives chemo.
It makes me think about the breadth and depth of human suffering.
Like: How much can people take before we break?

.... and ... my very first egg cream!
(Worth the wait.)

A photo of Amy sitting in a booth of a classic diner

The Birdseye Diner in Castleton Vermont.
I ordered an egg cream (!) a chocolate malted, and the #5 Hungryman Special.
No regrets

Martin Luther King said:
"The bank of justice is not bankrupt."
Honestly - when I read this I thought it contained a typo.

Calling all suitcase pets

Just donated! If you have some money to spare please consider doing likewise? If not, just spread the word. Thank you!

These monsters

Awww I loved young Gwyneth's Oscar speech; I remember it as a sweet and emotional tribute to her family.
I've been defending her a lot lately as a good actor.

We didn't know how much we loved shame ... until it was gone