Thank you! I am also an atheist who makes no assertions about whether a god exists. I just don’t believe or worship any of them.

Religion, particularly Christianity, has had it’s say for a very long time in this country. It’s only been for the last 20 years that it’s become ok to stand up and say that you hated being in a religion, that it made you feel “less than”, that your life is better without it.

Also, they’re sharp and pointy and probably slice up your throat.

Even by those standards, she’s not a WASP. She came up middle-class and hardworking. She did her own cooking and sewing and worked hard for a living. How is that a privileged WASP?

I found an interesting video on sanding cast iron

I found an interesting video on sanding cast iron

Let me know the result. I get excited about cast iron!

Let me know the result. I get excited about cast iron!

I’ve cooked with cast iron my whole life, and my mother cooked with cast iron. We’ve tried a lot of different methods for cleaning/seasoning etc., but several years ago I learned the absolute best thing.

I’ve cooked with cast iron my whole life, and my mother cooked with cast iron. We’ve tried a lot of different…

Reading was a Steel Town? This is surprising. I grew up in the Reading area and I never heard about steel. Steel was Allentown.

I was also surprised by this, and I grew up in Reading. Well, I had a Reading post office address; I actually grew up in the farm country around Reading. And it was always super cheap, but the poorest? Yeesh.

Why do MRA trolls always always use women’s user names. As if we’re fooled.

Everybody Calm Down! There’s no such thing as Rape Culture.

I think Adnan did it. I also think the police messed up the timeline and tried to make everything fit into a messed up timeline, and that’s why we have parts that don’t fit; like that other student saying she talked to Adnan in the library during the time that, according to the Police Timeline, Adnan was committing…

That is very true! The Grandma’s I speak of rendered their own lard. Everybody kept a big, tin can in the kitchen for fat scraps. Or bought them from the butcher. It’s super easy; basically just boiling out the water and straining the solid bits out.

I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Everybody’s Grandma used lard to make their pie crusts, because lard makes the crust flaky and delicious. (Lard is basically rendered pork fat.)

I like number 3.

You hit the nail on the head.

Thank you so much for posting the thread on Emotional Labor. I just spent hours reading it as fast as I could. Great, inspiring,

They are like sweet, cuddly Tardigrades that you can hug. Except it’s illegal.

I really thought this was Kymmi, and I was interested for about 3 seconds.

I completely agree and also always try to make this argument when horrible men get compared to Neanderthals, whom I love. But the damage is done, people thinks Neanderthals were stupid, vicious cavemen. Don’t let this happen to the lovely and wonderful Tardigrades!!!