What are my legal rights as far as turning this into an ebook to sell on Amazon? Because this is one dinosaur short of a best seller there.

I asked my cat if he would be into being fed less.

And this is why I said I don’t view Bowie the way I do Jimmy Page. It was Lori Maddox whom Led Zep’s road manager basically threw into the back of a limo and said “Shut up. Jimmy Page wants to meet you.”

Maybe she thinks she had a choice with Page, too, but I’m pretty sure she didn’t.

Oh my god, what are with these bizarre conspiracy theories?

David Bowie fucked EVERYONE. He had girlfriends while having girlfriends while being married. He had flings with groupies on top of all of that. He did not need to sew the seeds of longing in some random girl just so he could manipulate her into sleeping with…

I agree. And yet the entirety of this article makes me sad for us humans. I fear there are going to be many more painful transitions and realizations to come before we become a fully equal society. I’ll be glad when it’s over, should I live that long.

Also, I think that David said that basically he was an asshole addict for much of the 70's. That doesn’t absolve him of what he did, but he has stated that he made a conscious choice to change himself and he recognized what he did during that time period was very wrong.

That said, if there are more women besides Lori who surface with stories and felt differently, I will also take them at their word.

This is basically how I feel about it, especially considering he went on to have a wide variety of relationships with really impressive grown-ass women–I kinda have to give him a no-harm, no-foul pass on this one. It’s wrong no matter who did it, and I am very glad that society has moved on (somewhat. begrudgingly.)…

Roman Polanski drugged and raped a girl who said no. If you can’t see the difference between a girl who said no and one who wanted to have sex— which I’m pretty sure was a thing even in the 70s, and which is not at all the same as “she didn’t complain afterward” — good luck to you.

That’s why the stat laws are the way they are.

It is also beyond question that individuals are often outliers from particular groups....But I would also imagine that there are 13- and 14-year-old girls who already have the decision-making skills of an average 18- or 19-year-old.

Have you seen the film Smooth Talk, with Laura Dern? It’s based on the Joyce Carol Oates short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? and it’s about just this time period in a girl’s life, when you look adult but are very much a child, but not all the time.

I was 13-14 in the mid-70s, and I got a lot of attention from grown men. I was thrilled by it. Boys my age either ignored me, barked at me, or called me names. Adult men talked to me like I was a person, admired me, complemented me. At the time, it was bliss, and I felt it made me special. And thanks mainly to a lack…

True, but, as an adult, she still thinks she had a great time. Her word should count for something.

If She made The Seder...

I was already just clinging to life with this comment. But “pet a cat backwards” produced this gem.

You made me spit my tea. You owe me a keyboard!

As a penis- haver, I’m going out on a limb (or a baby’s arm clutching an apple, as it were) and say that is not a real dick.

Pretty horrible, but sums up what many Hilary supporters believe. Somehow because I’m a woman I should be voting for Hilary because she’s one as well. Or I’m sexist because I don’t vote for Hilary. Everyone wants to talk about BernieBros, but Clinton supporters are just as bad (if not worse) when it comes to these…

I have a borderline unhealthy love for behind-the-scenes footage/info from The Labyrinth. Like did you know that baby Toby is played by Toby Froud, son of fantasy artist Brian Froud? And he now works in special effects (included some work on LotR).