Come for the opening laugh; stay for the creepy doll...

8 March 2017: “I frankly would appreciate it if every time I left the house, people just handed me business cards that said ‘you’re doing okay.’ I don’t think that’s too much to ask of the world.” –Mallory Ortberg, aka “Dear Prudence” on this week’s “Dear Prudence Podcast.”

This morning as I was walking to my office with my earbuds in, the line above made me laugh out loud and I thought “maybe that’s the listening post for today.” But then I thought, “It’s kind of early—not even 8:30. Maybe something else will come up?” And today was been a good day, I think. Lots of high notes and not many bad ones, but this is still maybe my favorite manageable (short) thing I heard today, so it wins.

Give the whole episode a listen. There’s a very funny bit at the end about a creepy doll.