Good morning Hank,it's Tuesday.

When we vote, when we talk to our friends about what matters to us, when we choose whose lives we pay attention to [in medicine], we are deciding what our future is going to look like.

A woman needs a strong man to take care of her like a fish needs a bicycle.

Ansel: Is it on?

John: It is on.

Shailene: Ansel paints miniatures.

John: Do you really paint miniatures?

Shailene: You're going to freak out when you see what he does.

Ansel: Do you paint miniatures too?

John: Miniature what? No, I'm sorry. Honest to -- I'm sorry to disappoint you though. Miniature whats?

Shailene: Uh, miniature Godzillas.

Ansel: No I don't paint Godzillas.

Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if we’re all constantly correcting each other’s grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that they’re going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and that’s precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication.

I wish I knew how to quit you, Tumblr.