Yup, it’s another intimidation tactic, along with personally calling members of Congress and pressuring them not to vote, bringing them into the White House for the same reason, escalating tensions with Venezuela, and God knows what else. “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” Too late.

The fact she hasn’t been immediately fired and blacklisted by every media organization is what’s wrong with our country, in a nutshell. Figures who control national discourse, government policy, the TV shows we watch, the technology we use, the books we buy…they think nothing’s wrong with this.

I despise “SMART” appliances. The WiFi goes out and you’re screwed. It takes longer to go to some stupid app that’s going to store analytics on your laundry and grocery shopping habits than it does to, you know, open your refrigerator door. And they break down alllll the time. Zero upside.

Have you seen Almost Famous? It’s the movie version of this book. Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers the “uncool” line; still one of my favorite quotes of all time.