Just an interesting historical note, but your mention of tons of people falling down the stairs might be due to poor stair design of an 1800s house. I watched a really interesting piece about Victorian Era homes having tons of stairs related injuries. Back then there were no regulations and they’d just make stairs in…

While it doesn’t really affect your story, the story you were told about the hotel ghost was almost certainly false, as the whole legend of people jumping off buildings after the 1929 crash was a myth. (And what was the story supposed to be - the whole family jumped off the building together??) 

Well I'm not surprised some people started titling their stories because a couple of years back, Jezebel stopped titling them. They list them all as "untitled" unless the poster titled them, which pushes people to make titles themselves, and makes the whole thing seem much more like a creative writing exercise. So I…

Poor kid. That movie was disturbing. I hated it. 

At our last house, I was always seeing our late cat in all the dark corners of the house, or slinking by in the corner of my eye. When we moved out, my husband and I talked about our experiences of that, because it happened often to both of us, and how it was something we were really going to miss once we moved.

Haha I bet I have that exact same fisher price little people airplane! That thing is so damn loud with no volume control and no off switch. And all kids toys seem to be made with crappy electronics that go off randomly for no apparent reason (and other times don't work at all when they're supposed to). 

Now THIS is a good story. First one that gave me chills! And you're a good storyteller. 

I disagree that Warren hasn’t done what you say (she absolutely has policy proposals dealing with police brutality, immigration reform, and LBBTQ rights) but I do think it’s bullshit that the DNC has effectively managed to force all the non-white people off the debate stages. Castro lately might have been my favorite…

You should absolutely read the book (there’s only one) - it’s excellent. But don’t expect the same thing as the show. They altered a lot, though the flavor is definitely the same.

I’m so confused about Deval entering the race. He was utterly unremarkable as our governor - I have no complaints, but also nothing nice to say. As you say, a run of the mill centrist. Is he just getting himself some press for whatever his next move is? Why did he wait so long to enter? 

Yes, exactly. But BadOmbre was saying he’d walk across broken glass to vote for him IF he ends up the nominee, and I agree.

I'm so sorry to hear that. 

Just checking if I’m one of the mass of people that have been grayed in the last couple of weeks.

You must be fun at parties.

The crawling Civil War ghost is the one from this post haha. Just scroll up.

Oh God yes that grindr hookup one really got to me.

Not really. Fatalism assumes some outside power - fate or god or whathaveyou - is pulling the strings towards some destiny. Sure, that also works to explain this, but it’s just as supernatural a belief system.

It should be standard procedure, but it’s not. People have been letting him get away with ridiculous behavior and temper tantrums for three years. It’s notable for anyone to start treating him like the child he is.

That’s the thing - they’re attacking to score points, and to dwell on republican talking points to try to make the case that somehow republicans won’t attack them as badly.

Ughhh when will Tulsi just go away.