Focus on you for awhile. Like chitheatergirl said, don't get obsessed with the outcome, rather focus on the process and the journey. I moved to DC and hated it and got in a really bad place and felt like I was failing by moving home. But it was the best choice ever. I started getting myself in a good place and that…

I know, the endless line of (silk?) covered buttons is gorgeous! In the second picture you can just see them continue down the front through the glass.

Okay now I'm wishing I had left that original dick joke standing cause you're being a dick Steve. No where (seriously WHERE?) did I say shit about male autonomy? I asked you to put on your big boy pants and try and come to the table to have an adult discussion but it seems that you want to get pissed at imaginary…

You know what, I shouldn't have responded with a dick joke and I'm sorry. My goal isn't to piss you off and score internet points. Rather, I would hope you'd take a moment and try and think about the substance of what I wrote earlier and put yourself in the shoes of the people who feel really uncomfortable with…

No, I'm not scared of your penis. Also, my feelings appear to be significant to you otherwise you wouldn't have felt the need to respond to my post.

Yeah aside from crossfire and wild shots hitting bystanders I've always wondered what they think would happen when the cops show up - how are they going to know who is the good guy with the gun vs. the bad guy?

Yeah what does my kid want? My phone. Why? Because it's clearly high value to me and I bet you the gun (which is fetishized and remember, this guy open carries everywhere) is a high value object to his kid. The thing that pisses me off too is that if something happened, and when it inevitably does across the country…

You are not wrong and it's sad to say this is probably spot on.

Oh no. You sounded just like my inner voice! Literally, inside my head I was going "OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYFUCKINGGOD".

Oh no his statement was in service of his claim to just that. He was explaining how he teaches his son gun safety and that his son knows how serious they are because he leaves them out on the table and his son will come get him to get a cookie rather then go up on the table because he knows he'll get a "whooping" if…

I didn't in class because it was already getting super heated on his side and he was rising up out of his chair and getting really agitated and I didn't want to loose control of the class. I am ashamed to say I let it rest that day and it has haunted me since then. I was resolved to say something about how regardless…

This is just a guess but I also think they like to play the part of the victim, the oppressed lone warrior for freedom and defender of the real America of yesteryear. They are usually white men and they like to make a big stink about how Obama is coming for their guns and their rights are being threatened yada yada…

Have no fear - only the most calm, reasoned individuals find the need to carry a gun everywhere.

I live in a southern state and got in a huge debate with one of my students who's an open carry fanatic about this. I was like don't you see how it makes me viscerally uncomfortable when I'm going about my business and shopping with my 17 month-old at a Target and you are walking around with a gun? And he brings up…