I fell in love with both Star Wars(A New Hope) and Robocop at about the same age(5 or so, I got both on VHS for my birthday from my great aunt in Florida). Granted, I’m not sure that anyone actually realized what they were letting me watch in Robocop, but my point is that kids don’t need to be pandered to for them to…

To be fair, a lot of cops don’t interact with the public. They work desk jobs, and if they’re doing their jobs right, you don’t even know they exist.

Besides, it’s only some cops that are the problem. “Just a few bad apples”, as the police themselves like to say.

This reminded me of the time my friends and I (in our later-teen years) were outside of the house where most of us lived at the time, running around shooting at each other with some cheap airsoft guns we had bought that day. These guns were all clear/translucent plastic with bright orange tips (the universal sign of a…

It really shouldn't be the public's responsibility to manage the police's aggression like that.

Don’t make excuses for them. Their police. They are supposed to be professional regardless of what happened earlier that day, last week, last month or last year. The person immediately unarmed themselves and had their arms up. She was following instructions and they had her under control. At that point they had the…

Ultimately she had her hands up almost the moment she was given instructions. Not sure why police would consider someone in a storm trooper costume in a vacant parking lot a threat.

“The Guy” this time was a young woman. She doesn’t look more than 18 years old. Big tough cops take down teenage girl doing cosplay. Typical pigs. The whole “hiding their identity” thing is bullshit too. We’re in a fucking pandemic, literally everyone is wearing a mask. Does that give the police the right to bloody…

n its statement, Apple contends that “regulations that would drive conformity across the type of connector built into all smartphones freeze innovation rather than encourage it…

I lost my wife, who was only 36, earlier this month and losing someone so young, unexpectedly, just doesn’t feel real. It feels like she is just out of town and will come walking through the door any moment. The sadness that comes when you realize that will never happen can be incredibly overwhelming.

I think it's this episode where Daphne Keen starts really being like Lyra. I think they wanted to build her boldness up a little slower for the show, which honestly, makes some sense. This episode she starts really being in a position to make some decisions and isn't just being moved around from place to place because…

If you recline more than half way during daylight hours you are a monster. I actually pack so I can put my hand luggage under the seat in front of me to keep it handy (I knit during long flights), and if someone reclines all the way I can’t get to my stuff without banging the seat.

Which usually gets me screamed at,…

It’s not the job of the show to provide accurate sex-ed. This show is taken from the POV of children who are figuring this shit out and have no idea what’s real or rumor or fake. I’m certainly not going to fault them for showing a young character who is describing her own sexuality in a way that doesn’t perfectly…

So...we are mad because a show about middle schoolers coming into their sexuality had a 13-year-old not perfectly explaining what pansexual means? Are you kidding me? 

Legitimately seems like Ogletree was giving up, and Peppers was trying to push him to go. Maybe the hamstring injury happened during the run?

You will still grieve, but you can grieve with a new cat. I’m not saying you need to go out tomorrow and adopt, but I’ve know people who have gone three years because they still felt guilty about ‘betraying’ the old pet when a new one would have done them a world of good - especially when they’re without a family,…

Awww, poor Quimby. But I’m glad you saved her from ending in agony, surrounded by family instead. I cried more when my cat of 13 years died than I have for any person (my father’s hit me harder overall, but he wouldn’t have wanted me to so I didn’t - much).

Apple all the way

Yeah, I totally expected it to contain a finger pointing at local management but there wasn’t any blaming of anybody in there.