We have all heard at this point that there is going to be a Gilmore Girls revival on Netflix sometime in the next year or so. It may be good or it may not. I do not care. I have modest but specific hopes for it: namely, that Amy Sherman-Palladino make Emily Gilmore a late-in-life lesbian.

Prop yourself up in the plaza: dispense optimistic, folksy wisdom to townsfolk whether they want to hear it or not.

Dedicate several hours a day to revenge fantasies/plotting.

Commission a mural directly over your bed so you have something to look at. Make it something you will never tire of. Perhaps a tasteful nude portrait of Peter Falk? You are after all, one classy invalid.

So, right-ho, Ganymede's abduction has been, as you can imagine, a rich source of material for painters throughout the centuries, many of whom had significantly different ideas of what male beauty and also "wine-pouring" means.

There is a video about being afraid of spiders in this link roundup.

Virgin Mary and Joseph

#BabyBumpBride

#NoGroomAtTheInn

Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale

#HePoppedTheQSheGotAnA

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen

#CulledByTheCullens

#ItsNotStockholmSyndromeISwear

Disappointed hopes
Navy fever
Northern air
This last winter was too hard for young Master Jamesington
Unanswered letters

Cool for the Summer, she had said. And they – we – were. But all things die, even Summer, and nothing is cool now.

Let me tell you my story.

Eileen Brennan at her absolute blousiest, blousier than Bloomingdale's on a Tuesday, Tuesday being the day most retailers receive new shipments of inventory. Cybill Shepherd tearfully tap-dancing through her pain. And Madeline – the eternal Madeline – cocking her hips as she belts "JUST KICK HIM OUT OF THE HAY."

These are facts: three years ago you were 23, you were in graduate school, and you had cancer. This wasn’t always the case, of course, but that’s what became of you over a single Thanksgiving break. Other facts will emerge over time, many will begin to feel as though they had always been a part of yourself, but these three are constants. You hold them close to yourself.

POP CULTURE COSTUME GUIDE

This was the week that brought Murphy into our midst. Have you admired him yet? Have you noted what a good boy he is?

I don't have any jokes to make about these, I just think this is what it means to be happy in Our Capitalist Society and I someday aspire to be so rich I never have to get up from a recumbent position.

Sometimes the best dinner is burnt cheese on toast (!) and some cold cuts (basturma, for the curious). It's been a WEEK. Filled with disaster but also incredible generosity and love.

This is the second in a three-part series. Part I, on HPV, can be found here.

Name : Herpes Simplex Virus, HSV-2, genital herpes

Science Facts : a double-stranded DNA virus

Prevalence : 15-16% of adults in the US (around 25% in women, 12% in men)