My "I had to research this for work" $.02 is that most victims of sexual abuse don't come forward until their 40s. Young victims (teens and 20s) making a claim normally requires extraordinary events to push them forward.

You mean you don't want Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies for elevenses?

You mean you don't want Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies for elevenses?

This is the best thing I've found to explain it.

This is the best thing I've found to explain it.

Yes. It's fun, easily accessible and doesn't require having seen the previous (crappy) second installment of the Daniel Craig series.

Yes. It's fun, easily accessible and doesn't require having seen the previous (crappy) second installment of the Daniel Craig series.

Is the guy at the San Diego Public library homeless?  Because that was my overwhelming impression of the San Diego Public library.

Is the guy at the San Diego Public library homeless?  Because that was my overwhelming impression of the San Diego Public library.

I would watch that.  I would also like something like: "What has your husband's response been to the success of the books?  Has it changed how you relate to each other (big wink - although I'm unsure if it'll read as a wink in that soft, soft focus)?"

I would watch that.  I would also like something like: "What has your husband's response been to the success of the books?  Has it changed how you relate to each other (big wink - although I'm unsure if it'll read as a wink in that soft, soft focus)?"

The part that kills me every time is how nice people think they're being about it because they think it denotes genuine interest.

The part that kills me every time is how nice people think they're being about it because they think it denotes genuine interest.

E.L. James' seems pleasant enough, but I don't know how writing a moderately kinky romance novel based on Twilight counts as "fascinating."  Unless you're fascinated by the number of times you can find your "inner goddess" in the span of 5 pages.

E.L. James' seems pleasant enough, but I don't know how writing a moderately kinky romance novel based on Twilight counts as "fascinating."  Unless you're fascinated by the number of times you can find your "inner goddess" in the span of 5 pages.

Did you learn how your bodies worked?

Did you learn how your bodies worked?

<sniffle> dear diary, today someone on the Internet was mean to me.

<sniffle> dear diary, today someone on the Internet was mean to me.

I don't have beef with Roland Barthes and put him in a different category from Deleuze, Baudrillard, DeBord, etc mostly because he was so incredibly sincere.  He reminds me more of Walter Benjamin than any of his contemporaries.