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Beatrice Hawthorne is walking away from Omelas
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We can’t have anything nice anymore.

Can’t they give them heads? I realize they probably don’t need heads, but headless robot dogs are the stuff of nightmares.

And that guy with the hockey stick will be the first to go.

Don’t feel bad about not watching the news. I went through a period of 2 years (during my painful divorce) where I couldn’t take any more heartache. I stopped watching the news completely, which meant I was constantly being taken by surprise by the weather. “What do you mean we’re getting 2 feet of snow today?”

So many living ex-presidents! I can’t wait for Trump to be an ex-president and not get invited to these kinds of things.

I agree. I genuinely think W meant well. The current president, not so much.

I’m glad it all worked out for both you and your dogs. But damn, that’s a hard thing to go through.

I literally can’t breathe after reading your story. That is the saddest thing I have read in a long time.

The first Fly scared the crap out of me when I was 7, and the second scared the crap out of me when I was 19. Good times!

I agree with you that everyone should be taught about consent. In fact, I would like to see every sex scene in every movie not only have a discussion about birth control, but have some kind of consent in there somewhere. Probably this will never happen.

In my entire life, no one has ever handed me a hundred dollar bill.

That is a really beautiful cat. Violet eyes? I’m smitten with the kitten.

Sadly you are not me. I should be so lucky to have a Gran in Scotland, my favorite place of all time. My relatives are all in the Midwest of the US, which is nothing at all like Scotland. I shall just have to sob into my Laphroig (my fave really peaty whisky) and then chase it with an Old Pulteny (try finding that in

I want a unicorn. Where can I find these people who are so wise in the ways of Our Lady of Perpetual Rainbow Poop? 

Is that like a cabin or something? Or maybe his aunt’s house? Because dude is way too rich to have that recliner and carpet and kitchen cabinets.

Are you me? I never met a Scotch I didn’t like. Well, maybe Ben Nevis.... The distillery was pretty industrial and the whisky was harsh. I loved the Oban distillery (and the town). And Tallisker on Skye. Those were my favorites. 

I’ll see your Affleck brothers and Louis CK and raise you Mel Gibson. The tour guide at Ben Nevis distillery told us what an a-hole he was when he was there filming “Braveheart” and how abusive he was to his wife. He’s on my list, too.

Yeah, I was pretty young, but I always liked watching Johnny. Okay, maybe not that young.

What is this real world of which Ms. Loesch speaks? Apparently I am not living there because all the women I know who have been mistreated at work have either quit or handled it quietly and privately. No “real men” have stood up even when they were witnesses.

Needs more stars. Winking is creepy.