I should have posted this here though Ms. Bennett will probably never see it! Original in reply to another post here.

White people talking one on one to their friends and family and so on, is exactly what should be happening. Calling attention to unconscious attitudes when they happen, etc.. Social media complicates everything, because of it's broadcast/image making nature.

Just wanted to add, kudos to you on being thoughtful about a gift. It seems sometimes we are under so much pressure to give gifts, it is crazy. Better to give nothing than meaningless crap, imo. The point is to express you care about a person, even if troubles have happened between you.

Yes, I don't think a present will change her life in some radical way. Don't feel bad that you cannot fix her problems. Christmas can be difficult enough for regular people, nevermind people with isolating problems and their families. Too much pressure.

Thank you. I like your entire post. I understand frustration with the music industry, but amazed at armchair analyzation going on here. People can use their power as consumers, and even (this is sincere) learn how to make music. It is not hard, doesn't have to be perfect for enjoyment.

Point 1.! You can't compare this to an acapella performance because the singer will compensate for no backing to mesh with, they will sing something entirely different. What is funny/awful is all these 'experts' chiming in on this. I would love to see them even try a karaoke version of this song WITH back up, no auto…

You don't have to go so far as martial law to see the issue.

I said this years and years ago. Why hasn't happened? People make $$$ off of energy transmission being centralized. These companies are putting up roadblocks in the form of prohibitive fees etc. to rooftop solar.

Bette was not incredibly risque, where I came from. Plenty of way back when performers expressed sexuality, imo most of the best ones had something else going on, humor, and humanity. Ariana Grande, (admittedly the one vid I saw that I could not watch until the end, from the other article) looks boring, dehumanized,…

? Wow. If you need to get blood taken for your own health reasons, I wonder if a small needle still might help. I think when you are preg, you will have changes in circ system, more blood circulating. Just uneducated guessing here from a purely physical perspective, a smaller, finer point might snag into that poor old…

This article reminded me I should go donate. One of those easy good karma/civilisation things for me. I am AB+ and, yes, we are vampires, but we can be alright.

I don't know if you have my problem but I have small veins, and I always tell them that I have been told to ask for a small needle. This is since an incident where a tech attempted quite a few times to get in the vein and it went all wrong. My arm was a bruised mess.

Yes. And don't use too much, use a knife to press the yeast into the butter or else you might blow the 'hippie dust' all over the place if you happen to breathe out when you take a bite.

Nutritional yeast on toast. Yummy umami.

I used to snitch raw hamburger as a kid, and I like well prepared raw meat dishes. But steak? Frozen? Missing out on that beautiful Maillard reaction.

Definitely basil and onions, and garlic, and a tiny bit of cinnamon and some oregano, all good for you and delicious. (Cinnamon addition is Greek, but great in Italian dishes as well.)

Google Paul Weyrich. Terrible people are wanting your despair to rot into apathy.

Me too. My mom brought me with her when she voted, when I was little. I was well told about people fighting for the right in recent history. And my grandmother fought for the right. Now this right and others are being eroded, left and right. I do not dare not to vote. With all the useless things many of us find time…

I was thinking the exact same thing. This election was very busy, we had a load of ballot questions. Sometimes there is no one there.

I wish the people who think this is a compliment or friendly could see how often the cat callers turn nasty when not responded to. I think there are maybe one or two mild versions of this in the video. I've had strings of curses, and a bottle thrown at me, and more other kinds of abuse, for not acknowledging a…