If you have Hulu, 11/22/63 is worth the watch. I really enjoyed that book; it's absolutely worth reading. I also don't have the irrational hatred for James Franco that so many do; I thought it was very well cast. I thought the film adaptation did a good job of shaving off a lot of the extra verbosity that King's…

Except he's more like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

And now 45 has ordered Argentina not to give Carter their national service award. And they aren't.

I think it is just a tool to keep the handmaids under their thumb. They don't want to do it, but, at gun point, we all would do things we don't want to do.

He stopped drinking and dropped a lot of weight. Great interview with him on Stern.

It is super creepy! It was creepy in the book, too.

Even if it was a miscarriage, and was caused by Aunt Lydia's abuse, it's still Offred's fault. Every failed pregnancy is the woman's fault, in Gilead.

Women are just as capable of being assholes as men, and equally culpable in the spread of sexist ideas, especially in the name of religion. 45 would not have won without a certain percentage of the female vote. Eliminating a sex would not help. Sadly, people cling to religion more when it is disproven. I don't…

I woke up at 4am and managed to binge watch 3 episodes before work. So, I went to work.

It's also a play on "offered" - women are offerings, hosts, non-autonomous beings.
Book spoilers below.

Also, spoiler, at the end of the book, she is no longer Offred. I think Atwood wants us to think of her as an offering during the novel, and that's why we never learn her real name in the novel. I don't think…

I'm that person. Type o-negative; universal donor. I am also a helluva baker.

Nope: http://mobile.reuters.com/a…

So, if Melania ever decides to join the White House, she won't need a designer clothing budget, judging by her photographic history on the internet. Saving$!

Reading this pun thread made me blue.

Everyone likes a visit from the stranger.

Yes, at least in our public district in Maine.

I made the mistake of viewing an extreme close up view of the feet sticking out - the mother turned around and licked things up. That was a test of the ol' gag reflex.

Aww, sorry. I love it, anyway.

I live in Maine. I have seen a few pseudoscorpions in my house. Less than a half inch long, little claws, no stingers. That's enough scorpion experience for me!

…unless they're already fertilized.