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Yes, she lets her daughter enter pageants and go on a reality show.

Sure, she didn't stop her from singing along with "I'm Sexy and I Know It" for a charity event crowd at a nightclub.

(That's the song by by LMFAO -- you know, Laughing My Fucking Ass Off.)

And I really know my stuff!

I knew, for example, that in one episode of Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, daughter dearest is seen yelping at ma for undergoing unnecessary risks by getting yet more "vanity surgery."

I asked her why she's suddenly upset about this.

"Lullaby of Broadway"

"The Way You Look Tonight"

"Thanks for the Memory"

What's more, it won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and it's nominated for two Oscars.

And it's indeed remarkable -- a far cry from slick, bloated, soulless Hollywood fare.

Vivian has been diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer, and as she embarks on eight rounds of chemo, she's drolly noticing that her medical helpers are a little chilly and clinical, much as she's been in her entire teaching career (though at least she knows what "soporific" means).

In black stick lettering against a white backdrop, it says, "You Look Nice Today." It's accompanied by a simple red heart looming right below the saying.

Next thing you know, Tori is being told by friends that H&M UK has used that same motif for pillowcases, guest towels, doormats, and all kinds of stuff.

Comic Greg Scarnici seems to know them, down to every hilarious syllable.

Gag to his spot-on re-creations of classic Grindr utterances, like:

Hollywood used to have a habit of putting slanty-eye makeup on non-Asian stars and passing them off as from "the Orient."

Here are some of the more egregious examples:

Mickey Rooney as the buck-toothed Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961. "Miss Go-rightry!" Oy.

But when it ain't smooth, my nerves jangle so loud they drown out Alec Baldwin playing games on his cell phone in the next row.

While I inhale a whip-it to relax, let me tell you my five worst flights:

(5) New York to Toronto

It bounced up and down so hard the whole time they couldn't even serve the beverages! It was a short trip but felt so long I was ready for my AARP card by touchdown!

Divorce can be so tiring, which is why I'm not getting married anytime soon.