Tonight’s fine distinction is a timely one: Autocrat vs Despot vs Tyrant vs Dictator. An autocrat is someone who rules with absolute power. A despot is someone who rules with absolute power cruelly and oppressively. A tyrant is someone who illegitimately rules with...

I have a friend who’s very sick. They needed help eating tonight, so we went over and made sure that happened. Soup and lemonade, but good lemonade. Trader Joe’s was out of it, so I went to Ralph’s, but their selection was mediocre at best…but there was also a...

We didn’t end up watching The Babadook tonight after all. Liz had to go elsewhere, and we really want to watch it with her. It’s a movie we’ve been looking forward to watching together, her and I, for quite some time. Like…two years? Which makes it sound like it’s...