It’s easier to pull yourself up by your bootstraps when you can use your leg braces for leverage.

Here’s a German word I recently learned that is extremely relevant to our political situation: Backpfeifengesicht. It means “punchable face” or from google translate “a face in need of a fist”.

Isn’t that exactly the point, though? In the US we have both the Head of State and Head of Government vested in one individual, one who is political and often incredibly divisive. Having a non-partisan primarily ceremonial Head of State like the Queen, who represents and embodies your nation to the rest of the world,…

Don’t forget the awesome parking pass!

I’m not certain that polio improved my beloved grandmother’s character, but I’m sure it was the reason she died at age 50 and deprived her of what should have been the best years of her life.

Sorry to say it’s not freely available yet but you can find the abstract here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28458141

Just make sure you track your weight and blood pressure, and try to get your heart function checked every once in a while. Exercise, sleep and eating right all help too (all fucking hard to do sometimes- I don’t recommend it lightly). Bipolar can increase risk, as others have said, but if it’s being treated, you are…

Haha! Same here. Lately every time I move, my joints rubbing together could start a forest fire of character.

TIL that polio builds character. Considering my family tree is rife with genetic disorders and incurable degenerative diseases, I must be effervescing with character.

Well done for publicly admitting you don’t like people trolling you.

Um, yeah. Let’s not move too quickly here. Honestly, with the Trumpeteers running wild over here, a Constitutional Monarchy is starting to look pretty good!

“...who are at their happiest when perched far, far away from the heaving, slack-jawed masses.”

There was one speech by a general I stood through where I nearly, I swear to God, NEARLY locked my knees on purpose. Our drill sergeants made sure to ‘remind’ us not to purposely lock our knees to get out of ceremonies, but...man. It was tempting. A couple of busted teeth and the smoke session afterward sounded like a…

Yeah, I mean, America has it so much better being modern and all.

Saw this happen twice in 3 years of JROTC. Man, talk about a sack of potatoes.

Sounds like someone locked their knees.

Are you sure your numbers are right? $6 million is a couple of nights in a decent hotel in LA.

I read something a few weeks ago (this will not be verbatim) that LA alone had lost $6 million in tourism thus far. I hate that it will take a few years to nail down the specifics, but Trump’s influence will likely cost well more, like multiples of the some 70,000 coal jobs he’s tried to save - so tiny in the scheme…