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Sydney Bristow
Does anyone know if the Halogen 3/4 sleeve cardigan ever comes in a long sleeve version? I fell in love with these this summer but really want some long sleeve ones for the rest of the year. I don’t see them available now but was hoping someone would know if they typically appear after summer.
Duchess
I’ve been buying them for years and I’ve never seen them in long sleeve. They do offer some long sleeved ones, but they aren’t identical, and I typically don’t like them as much.
Sydney Bristow
That’s what I was afraid of.
anon
What did y’all think about the debate last night? (I’m hoping we can discuss this separate from the issues, more just who was a good debater, etc.)
I surprisingly thought Fox News outclassed CNN by about a million. CNN kept trying to make it personal and didn’t really focus on the issues. They kept trying to get fights to start between the candidates. I also wish Donald would go away. It’s so strange: I know a ton of Republicans, and none of them like him. In fact, they detest him. Who are these people polling for him??? Carly is sharp and crisp and smart. I also noted how much younger every single candidate is than any Democratic candidate.
Ellen
I am not a Donald Trump fan, tho dad is. I am an IVANKA Trump fan b/c she is abel to mix busness with pleasure and married a guy who is a real catch (Jared Kushner). I hope to find a guy like him. But no one is coming forward to date, let alone MARRY me! Why is that? FOOEY on men.
Wildkitten
I read the new Judy Blume book instead. It’s really good.
Wildkitten
I was also impressed by Fiorina for the minute I watched before switching back to Judy.
Anonymous
I watched The Notebook.
Anonymous
Oh, but I love Rubio. Not, like, his politics but he’s totes the cutest one.
Sydney Bristow
I think hey should have split the field in half randomly instead of splitting it up with the 4 guys at the beginning and 11 at the late one. There were too many people for any one of them to really make an impression on me. The small early debate let the candidates shine a bit more but there were far fewer people watching that one so it probably still hurt them overall.
I liked that they engaged each other more this time. I loved Carly Fiorina’s response to Trump’s comments about her face
Ted Cruz creeped me out by being the only one to always stare into the camera when answering. And weirdly, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Scott Walker all look kind of similar to me.
anon
Yes, I should have mentioned that too! It’s also weird that Carly got in but they didn’t boot anyone else, so it went to 11 instead of 10. I’m hoping some people will drop out by the next debate, but I doubt it.
Yes, Carly’s response to Trump was awesome. I cheered. And she was the first person who really made him seem uncomfortable.
Anon
I didn’t watch it. I hate the fact that the electoral season starts more than a year before the actual election. It is fatiguing. I also hate that we have a two-party system.
Meg Murry
Yes, my thoughts on it are “do we have to start talking about this already?” Especially since there are some big local issues coming up on the November ballot, so I’m getting hit with the local stuff and the national stuff all at the same time, and I just want to put my fingers in my ears and say “la la la, I’m not listening”
L
THIS a million times over again. We wonder why politicians are awful and horrible and don’t “get anything done?” Perhaps because now instead of doing work on issues we all care about, it’s because they’re all constantly running around trying to outdo each other with sarcastic remarks so they can end up on the news.
Liz
I think John Oliver came up with this approach – it doesn’t exist until at least the actual year 2016. So that’s what I’m doing. And even the beginning of 2016 is questionable.
Lyssa
Agree with everything that you said. I, too, have been trying to figure out who the Trump supporters are.
I wish that I could come across half as poised and articulate as Fiorina when I’m asked questions.
On a related note, can anyone suggest any good left-leaning blogs/webs!tes that cover the debates (on both sides) without just dissolving into snark? I try to make sure that I get a wide variety of viewpoints, and I have to admit that I’m growing weary of Slate and HuffPo.
Anon
The Guardian dot co dot uk
Mpls
I’m trying to decide if the Trump supports have any overlap with the Jesse Ventura demographic (3rd party MN governor from about 10 years ago). And then trying to decide if I should be worried.
Lyssa
Oh, I do have a facebook friend (former law school classmate) who’s expressed support of Trump. She’s a pretty big liberal, and said that she also likes Sanders. So that adds some credence to the idea that these are not your typical R primary voters, which has been somewhat my suspicion. She got attacked pretty hard by her FB friends when she posted that, though. Our state has an open primary, so she’s free to vote in either R or D if she chooses.
I didn’t really follow her reasoning, but she did dismiss the women stuff on the grounds that she felt like the personal attacks were less important than the fact that he has raised a really strong and successful daughter, which I thought was interesting.
padi
For the military questions, foxtrot alpha has an excellent analysis:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/all-the-questionable-statements-on-defense-from-last-ni-1731309060
Anonymous
Politics aside, the fact that people are taking Trump seriously as a candidate after all the incredibly offensive sexist and racist things he has said is disgusting to me and makes me feel totally hopeless about the state of women & minorities in this country.
Anon
Well, not everyone cares whether or not you find comments to be “incredibly offensive” and “disgusting.”
brokentoe
What’s the point of this snark? It was a simple comment about how she’s feeling. Geez….
Anonymous
How is it not offensive to repeatedly attack the appearance of various women, make $exual comments about lots of women, and imply a woman who disagrees with him is on her period? His comments wouldn’t be remotely acceptable in a workplace, why are they ok for a potential leader of the free world to say? I’m not trying to attack Republicans. I get that people can disagree about issues. I don’t get how any woman can support this sexist pig.
Anon
+1. I’m not a Republican, and if the election was today, I’d vote for Bernie Sanders. But if Bernie Sanders had made the types of comments about women that Trump has made, then OH HELL NO.
Anonymous
The thing is that he’s not actually a Republican. His views are very left-leaning, if anything (although really they are more Trump-leaning and seem not well thought out). I don’t know any Republicans who like him.
anon
WTF? How does your comment in any way address what the poster said? The fact is that the comments are sexist and racist. People should not be supporting Trump for THOSE reasons, not because the poster doesn’t the comments. Learn to read.
Emma
Um wait … you’ve declared that people shouldn’t be allowed to support Trump because you take offense at his comments. Doesn’t that totally miss the original question — how do people like him? I think Anonymous was answering the question — people manage to like him because they don’t care that you take offense at certain of his comments.
anon
Again with the reading comprehension. No, I declared no such thing. I said that people shouldn’t support him (I never said people shouldn’t be ALLOWED to support him, what the h*ll) because the comments are sexist, not because someone (me or the original poster) finds them offensive. Whether a comment is sexist/racist and whether a comment is offensive are two *separate questions.* Do you need me to provide an example? Whether something is sexist or racist or not is pretty objective. That’s what I’m telling you. That’s what the original poster is telling you. Whether it’s offensive is subjective. Yeah, surprise, some people aren’t offended by racist or sexist comments. YAY. That still doesn’t mean that people ought to support a candidate who makes sexist or racist comments.
Alli
Does anyone else find it funny that anon’s comment, “Well, not everyone cares whether or not you find comments to be “incredibly offensive” and “disgusting.”” is a super Trump-y thing to say?
Jules
Yep
ace
Trump is totes trolling this s*te!
Anonymous
AGREED.
Anon
I thought the first hour or so of the debate was great. I was very entertained, especially by the Trump-Bush exchanges.
Carly Fiorina was amazing.
Agree about comments re: Ted Cruz. He gave me the creeps.
What was up with Christie’s tie??
Ellen
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Gray Eyebrow Hairs
Eek! I’ve spotted a few pure white hairs in my otherwise very dark eyebrows. They are at least of the same texture (straight).
For anyone further along this road, what do you do? Pluck? Dye? Help!
dye pen
I’d find a dye pen for roots and very carefully use that
Bewitched
Gimme Brow by Benefit Cosmetics
First Year Anon
I pluck mine (I have like 3 total).
Comfy waistband tights?
Oh, help me, hive – it’s going to be tights season and I can’t stand wearing tights that squeeze me at the waist.
I started wearing Jockey Skimmies under skirts & dresses this summer and really like the wide, gentle, non-binding waistband – do any of you know of a tights brand with a waistband like that?
Mpls
Commando tights have a large wide waistband that doesn’t give an indent. I have no idea if it’s like the Skimmies one or not.
Anonymous
Commando tights are supposed to, but I buy big and cut out the waistband. I have to cut it almost all the way off – leave a little strip so that the rest of the tights don’t unravel and fray apart – but once it’s cut thin, it stops squeezing you. It’s an old dance trick.
Comfy waistband tights?
So I’ve done this, sizing up and/or cutting off the waistband, and then the tights just fall down. I used to cut notches in the waistband, but then it’s still too tight and lumpy besides.
When I danced, I’d pull the tights up and fold the top down over my hips – but this just looks lumpy under skirts & dresses.
Anonymous
Are you short? I might just have a weird, bony body, but I’ve always worn plus-size tights for height despite being pretty thin and they’ve never fallen down, but I’m also pretty tall so I really have to pull them up. I wonder if you might have more luck buying a bigger size with shorter legs
Emma
Sarah Blakely Assets — NOT the red hot label, just the regular kind. They are my favorite. I own about 5 pairs — I’ve had 2 of those pairs for over 4 years, and they’re still great.
Scarlett
It’s totally counter intuitive, but Spanx brand tights have comfort waistbands like the Skimmies. I wear and love both for that reason.
NYNY
I always get control top tights because there’s less difference between the waistband and what’s below it, so no squeeze. If you find the control top uncomfortable, just size up.
Anon
I have been with my small firm (not law) for 3.5 years and worked my way from an entry-level hire to a more mid-level/senior-ish position over the years. I’ve recently been tasked with leading a team within my larger group and while I don’t officially manage anyone on this team yet, those management responsibilities will be transitioning to me within the next 6-12 months.
There’s a junior woman on my team who’s constantly going out of her way to infringe upon my new responsibilities as team leader or take over things that should be on my plate. For example, I recently led a team meeting about some upcoming product enhancements and the ways we’re going to proactively communicate these enhancements to our clients. The enhancements were released, and she immediately (like within 5 minutes of the enhancements going live) emails our team with our already-discussed communication strategy, which was already covered in detail in our internal meeting the other day. Her email, which she CC’ed my boss on, makes no reference to our prior discussion, and makes it sound like the communication strategy was completely her idea. This is just one example of her trying to take things over or take credit for things that aren’t her ideas (in another instance, she helped one of my clients with a question the other day while I was traveling and is now trying to make the case that she should manage this client relationship instead of me). Her behavior is really starting to rub me the wrong. However, I’m not sure how to address it with her (or if I should bring it up at all), especially since while I’m senior to her, she doesn’t report directly to me yet. The petty part of me is tempted to reply to her most recent email, “Yes, as outlined in yesterday’s product communication meeting…”
Any advice? Should I just let it go and hope she’ll calm down or should I address it with her directly? Should I make sure my boss knows that I had already covered this communications strategy issue with my team directly, in person, in advance of her email and that this was my idea?
nutella
as for the email, I would have replied all with “thanks, susan, for outlining our brainstorming ideas from yesterday. as i mentioned, if anyone is willing to take on x task…” to steer this in the right direction.
as for the client, who is she trying to make the case to? if just to you, I’d say, “i appreciated your help while i was traveling. i’m all up to speed/checked into my hotel and will take it from here. have a great night!” then call the client to make sure he/she knows to call YOU back.
also, does she know that you are managing her soon?
ITDS
If you really want to knock her down a peg, send a reply-all thanking her for taking notes in the earlier meeting ad distributing them.
Anonymous
Exactly what I was going to say. Except it’s not knocking her down a peg, it’s stating what happened.
Anonny
I was thinking along these lines, but I think the phrasing would have to be done extremely carefully to not come across as petty. Maybe something really short and sweet like “Thanks X! If you have any other notes from yesterday’s meeting on Y, please circulate.”
Anonny
I hear what you’re saying and that would really bother me too. But, I don’t think your boss wants to/needs to hear whose idea something was and he/she would probably find that kind of petty. Did your boss know you were having the meeting? If so, I’d let it drop. Even if not….not sure what kind of “reply all” you could do that wouldn’t backfire in some way. If there were others at the meeting too, I’m sure her email annoyed them as well, so she may just be creating her own rope here.
Do you get along with this person otherwise? Is she really just very eager? Or do you think she’s trying to edge you out? With respect to the client edging out-ness, maybe sit her down and explain what would need to happen for her to have her own client relationships and what she needs to do to get there.