1. And Congress is just workin’ the balls.

2. Mattel introduced three new Barbie designs.

3. This kid is amazing. I want to raise my children reading that library.

4. The burden of living in the public eye.

5. Hell of a vacation video.

6. I’ll stick with ye olde smell test (especially now that my sense of smell is hound-like).

7. If we talked about white riots the way we talk about black riots in the media.

8. The real problem with Trump vs Kelly. (also, for laughs)

9. A friend from high school just launched a clothing line. Good work Ann!

10. This is one of my favorite smells.

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