Because I didn’t realize it was a trilogy either, I read Year of the Flood first and was kind of meh about it. (Though I liked it much better toward the end.)

Should I read Oryx and Crake if I wasn’t crazy about the second novel? I was intrigued when those characters showed up in YotF but I’m reading some other stuff…

Based on quick-draw Google searches, California has 3 million more people than Canada.

And you know that once you invite California, Washingon and Oregon are going to want to come. And then New York will look at you seductively, and before you know it, you’re spelling colour wrong and using Fahrenheit.

Things Trump has made great again:

SNL
Merriam-Webster
.....

That’s all I got.

STAHP I’ve been trying not to fangirl over Trudeau because I realize how problematic he is but this photo is really fucking things up for me.

http://www.cbc.ca/comedy/funnystuff/report-like-most-handsome-guys-trudeau-turning-out-to-be-a-bit-of-a-lying-dick-1.3883592

I think it would be a joke if they didn’t hate him so much. Not known for their sense of humor, this upper crust.

My fave:

I know some NDP diehards that are pretty over Trudeau—though that may be also some leftist backlash to the fawning attitude US liberals have toward him.

Are those... tattoos? Real tattoos?

This scene is the climax to your screenplay.

ETA: I somehow skipped the part where you were 12. Maybe it’s the opening scene to your screenplay.

Best wedding I ever went to was in a public park in Portland, Oregon. Bride’s mom made everything, we all brought booze, and I was a last-minute bridesmaid. You know how much my dress cost? $10, because the bride gave me a color and sent me to Buffalo Exchange.

Every wedding I’ve been to that was fancier than that one…

Maybe we need presidential candidates to pass the kind of background check that denied this guy security clearance. Or at least some kind of measures to see if they know natsec basics. Because this is.... I have no words for what this is.

I found a website that was a little more straightforward than Wikipedia. It sounds like you have to physically hold them in, and they just kind of roll around in there? Pleasurably?

NSFW, obviously:

Ah, I see the difference in legs. Are the shows really that short? I assumed we were always seeing supercuts and they were actually a thousand hours long.

I don’t take notes at fashion shows, but I do take notes for other things (I’m a writer), and I can’t imagine taking notes on a phone. It’s all about pen, paper, and…

I didn’t know what they are. I just read the summary on Wikipedia and am still somewhat confused.

But hey, it’s the slutty bitch’s fault for getting pregnant. Should have kept her legs shut.

The lady on the far right has her legs crossed in the opposite direction as Tiff’s and is clearly more interested in her phone than the models. In your professional opinion: also a newb? Or just rude AF?

drug stuff/failure to appear

Nope, drug charges and failure to appear in court.

I see federal marshals leading him out in handcuffs after he refuses to concede in 2020.