One of the things that hit me really hard with this episode was the dinner table seen when her aunt says “You can tell me if something is wrong, you know that right?” (or something similar) and Ashley says “I have been telling you something is wrong, over and over again.”

On the one hand, too bad. On the other hand, good. There’s only so many places the narrative of that show can go while remaining true to the concept without simply treading water. They did a really admirable job of continuing the world building after the season 1 reveal to the point where they’re entering season 4 and…

Lab assistant at the UW Dept of Pharmacology. This was also my first job at like 18. My buddy’s Mom was head of the Dept and needed help for the summer for a backlog of tasks they didn’t have the manpower for when school was out over the summer.

Never been to a comic con Q and A I take it?

Imagine your worst ideas of Q and A and then multiply it by a thousand. Inane bullshit declarations of love, borderline and over the border superiority complexes of knowing more about some comic characters bathroom habits, shit requests for selfies in front of thousands,…

The university said that donors “may not dictate University administration” and that Culverhouse had made “numerous demands” regarding the operation of the school.”

Oh, thank you for the kind and affirmative words. Happily, it was a lot of years and a lot of therapy ago. 

In the context of my rape, I was lucky. It was gentle — a hand on my throat, not a knife or a gun. It left me unscathed — only bruising on my face and the urge to self-harm, no PTSD or anything that required the emergency department. I was too young to get pregnant. I was able to hide it, so only a lifetime of…

Clover why u trolling. The comments will be great at least. Brie Larson, Amy Adams and Emma Watson can totally act, the rest of the list is correct. 

kaling’s humor doesnt appeal to me. I feel like, beneath it all, she’s often apologising for being a dark woman. 

Love her, hate this story, hate that product. Nicotine dependency is no laughing matter. I’m 12 years off smoking and I try very hard not to be that person. And honestly, I never did a deep dive into any of the e-cigs but from what I understand they’re just as addicting as regular cigarette. And I don’t think the lack…

Personal account: My spouse took 7 weeks off (paid using accrued sick leave) when we had our second baby and it was like a second honeymoon. We managed night changes and feedings together since he didn’t have to sleep for work and we napped and took walks and learned to be a family in that time. I stayed home an…

I read somewhere that the Palace is under renovations, but also read that the renovations were complete in 2018.

I think I drove with high beams two or three times in the span of a few weeks before fixing it? I dunno, it was a long time ago now, I’m sure it’s in stone in a blog somewhere, but it wasn’t a daily driving situation. In any case I’m very fastidious about car repair these days, even though I take the subway to work. I…

tbf - the broken windows theory of policing is mostly discredited and it was very, very racist. The honest answer as to why crime has dropped a ton in the last 25+ years is that no one really knows. Lead poisoning has been an interesting theory..

I’m currently pursuing my PhD in Neurobiology and have made this a huge part of my career since I’m interested in pursuing a career in science policy just as much as doing bench research. I see this attitude all the time in my department and previous labs I’ve worked in at other institutions. The default is always…

Our house came with this pink kitchen. We kept it, but bought white counters and appliances. (There’s an old Youngstown farmhouse sink too)

If you watch the HBO documentary about the last season, you’ll see why another 2-3 seasons was just not possible. The entire production staff and crew were on the brink of a mental breakdown. They’re essentially doing several motion pictures but on a TV schedule and budget. I felt properly chastised after seeing the…

He told a story on Graham Norton that he came up with an idea that after filming he was going to smoothly say “Not anymore” when people asked “aren’t you Jon Snow?”, but the first time someone asked him after filming ended, he immediately started crying when he said it.

I agree that it’s worth just pushing that roof in the +Z direction to see what happens.

I just think it’s funny that she was actually at the beach (a fun place to be), pretending to be at a music festival in the Inland Empire (the 9th circle of hell).