Instructor wanted us to be careful so may have exaggerated, just a bit.

A reasonable, science-based, informative answer. But let me tell you. when I tapped a few of those bright orange-colored crystals onto the scale I had an immediate visceral reaction. That shit looks deadly.

Used in old-school photography (cyanotypes). I took a class in alternative photography processes in college and used the crystals one time. All by myself, in the darkroom. No supervision. It was a little freaky.

It’s an acronym of some of the most basic words in the English language. I reject the “appropriation” label on that basis alone.

Bears probably have worms in their poops too, so you’re close!

This AG was fighting against something that has essentially been decided at the highest level. Judges place a lot of weight on precedent, and if something has been settled they use that as a guidepost for how they rule. In the case of an AG fighting for legalizing pot, I think there is the difference, it’s far from…

I love that sentence, love it.

Nope. “Ms.” didn’t even come into use till the ‘70’s and was always meant to be the equivalent of “Mr.”, eliminating marital status from a woman’s title. It was a feminist creation and conservatives (of course) resisted. I remember Phyllis Schafly saying it sounded harsh and was unpleasant to say.

I think if the comma were moved to “scope,” you might find it makes more sense...

I think the Constand lawsuit frightened him.

A genre probably invented by a man.

It never occurred to me before this moment but Demi would make an excellent Norma Desmond in my pretend Sunset Boulevard reboot.

Given that this is a post about preconceptions and biases, I think this might fit here. Over on Gawker where the fallout from the Geithner debackle continues, a commenter posted a link to an article where I saw the following GM descriptions:

Good point! But I read recently that his comments have not had much affect on him abroad like they have here. Slapping his name on new construction is still a plus in developing countries because it means cache and $$$.

I believe all he wants is to get on the debate. Presidenting is hard and it hurts your brand.

Today’s American flag is different from the one that flew against the Confederacy.

I think what you’re describing is satire and yes people can laugh for the wrong reason. An example of blackface in comedy: In “Silver Streak” Richard Pryor puts shoe polish on Gene Wilder to help him escape the police. The wrongness of it was the joke but I’m sure there were/are plenty of people who miss that part of…

It depends on what year it was installed. It is permanently bolted in place. It may have been 2000. From what I understand this flag went up and became permanent (by law) due to an agreement to take a much bigger one down (the last time there was a push to remove the flag).