I have my first practice with a men's roller derby team tomorrow. It's something that I really want to do because the grandma that raised me was a derby girl in the 50s and in some weird way I want to make her proud.

Hey, your friend Cannikin is always here if you would like something terrible to happen to him.

It depends on what you consider public. I did once at a LAN party in a friend's basement in high school. I was young and stupid, so I'm not sure that counts.

A few clarifications from an Atlanta local:

Joe Grushecky: In 1979, Rolling Stone thought that his band was going to be a big deal they were so talented. That didn't happen so he went back to his job as a high school gym teacher but still rocks the hell out of Pittsburgh regularly and occasionally plays with Bruce Springsteen. He's still a gym teacher as of…

Probably my first big raid drop which was the tanking sword from the optional raptor boss in Zul Gurub where I rolled slightly higher than the other tank that had the same amount of karma as me and I actively disliked.

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I was taught at a young age that I was special, and that not only was I special, but so was everyone else. Telling children that they are special is not the issue. The issue is not showing them the ways that everyone else is special.

People buy tickets to see The Eagles all the time, and while I hate the fucking Eagles man, I can see why people would want to go. If you can't see the appeal in this, you may lack empathy and be a sociopath. Evaluation may be necessary.

I didn't know that this was going to be a thing and now it's everything I ever wanted.

Does the appeal of rainbows elude you too? What about dolphins? KISS? Sex? Dominoes? Perhaps you should be evaluated.

I had my issues with Mass Effect, but this is amazing. It's something that you notice and don't at the same time. Well done Bioware.

Surprisingly few of these stories so far have included hitting.

Thanks. I find that there is often a beauty in analysis.

All of it. The worst things are the ones that are perfectly intricate where you could almost do something about it but it would require being some sort of emotional ubermensch that w0uld almost negate the point of existing. You also had a twofer where you first got the Esteem and Loving/Belonging tiers of the…

This was last summer. So I was put in charge of organizing the 20 and 30 something social group for my UU congregation. I kept getting e-mails from a few recent grad students that were moving to the area and wanted to introduce themselves. They were all cool, but one came up to introduce herself in person. She smiled…

I already know this entire conversation. Oliver is all like you're not qualified to be a hero and you're gonna get killed and then they fight over Felicity. This show is like my grandma's soaps but with DC characters, which is something that I never would have thought I'd ever want. It's amazing.

I was mistaking Kelly Ripa for some... regular ass person that couldn't deal with real ass shit. It turns out she's in deeper cover than me. Mind Blown!

...yeah. I've been working out a lot lately and I'm in amazing shape. I know I'd hate me though. I love me, but I'd hate me. I'd probably like myself more than other people... both ways.