a roomba spreading dog shit around the house is the best way to describe this whole horrible gawker mess. I have bookmarked Esquire and I look forward to continuing to read your work. Read more

I’m going to miss you most. You’ve taught me more about being tidy than my own neat freak mother. Mostly because she was too annoyed with how messy people are to be bothered with passing on her cleaning tips. Read more

Behind Closed Ovens and Ask A Clean Person leave Gawker within a week of each other? I am distraught. Read more

:/ This is hands down one of my favorite gawker columns. I have your book and you have helped me master my stain-cleaning abilities. I thank you for your advice and my boyfriend’s clothes thank you too. I will be sure to read your columns on Esquire! Read more

My cats opened a packet of sesame marinade, and my roomba helped spread that around the kitchen/dining room :( Read more

Oh yeah, got a folder with bookmarks full of things relating to Roomba. And it’s not that difficult to take the thing apart to get in there and clean it pretty completely. Hell, iRobot even suggests that you do so. But it just seems like since my Roomba decided to much a turd, it’s been popping up everywhere.

And I’ll… Read more

Congrats on the new gig? I guess, the ultimate guide of those writing blogs on the internet for semi-legitimate enterprises is to eventually be writing blogs on the internet for established enterprises like Esquire that pay more. Read more

I’ve rescued a Roomba from a phantom-poop before. Most of the parts exposed to poo/anything vacuumed up, aren’t electrical. I just sat with a mask, gloves, and buckets of bleach water until I got each part clean. Also, the brushes and filters are replaceable parts, so you could go ahead and trash those. It was a rough… Read more

You too? I read these religiously. I yearn to be like you in your cleanliness. I've always been a decent organizer, but cleaning escapes me. :/ Read more

1. What in the name of unholy fiber are you feeding that dog?! Just stop it. Read more

Good luck Jolie! [looks at run-down mess of a house] I will start going through your Deadspin archives any day now.
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Going to miss your excellent articles here on Deadspin, Jolie. Wishing you the best at Esquire. Read more

Oh FFS. Get rid of Magary too and I promise to ditch this place forever. Read more

Jolie is the best. Gawker is dumb. Esquire is savvy. That is all.
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Thank you for all of the fantastic advice you’ve given us. Not that I needed any of it. Not at all. Stop looking at me like that. Read more

I was just reading this and thinking how happy I was to see that this column is still around, because it’s great. I guess this is just another example of why we can’t have nice things? Damn. Read more

Oh no! The best regular column on Gawker Media is gone! :’( Read more

Best of luck Jolie, thanks for answering my fabric softener question a few months back!
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No more Ask a Clean Person here?? I am a teary mess too, this is one of my favorite Gawker columns of all time. Thank you for all the amazing advice, Jolie! You saved my couch! I’ll be sure to check you out at Esquire, but you’ll be very missed here.
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