Nerd Pride Radio

"Julie Fiske has now entered that phase of life where, we're told, her face had acquired that "yesterday's-dessert" look common to the late middle-aged."

I think the writer of such a remark should be required to post his/her own photo near this sentence.

Agreed. I have no clue why this is supposed to be either apt or amusing, but as the target of the description I am non-objective. Apparently some people's attitude toward yesterday's dessert is, "Old and was in the fridge but yeah, still want to eat it!" We misanthropic rhubarb shortcakes feel hostile about that. Our preference for "enthusiastic yes" is well-established by now (and please, not from Boss #2, though he is the best of that lot).

Tahlvin, you have ruined this for me.

Now I feel guilty if I post anything critical of my spouse. The gist of it is that I realized there is a high probability I will go through life and never once have purchased a car, even a used one, of my own. That's okay but I need to reconsider my feelings about transactional relationships.