Maybe because it helps you to not feel trapped?

Restlessness and dissatisfaction with the status quo?

The Planet Earth series does it for me...

Ugh, the same thing happened with my aunt! At one point in the day, they thought things were progressing, so to speak, so they called the nurse that does the evaluation and does the time-of-death thing. I know my aunt could hear her as the nurse evaluated her and talked about the signs. My aunt couldn’t say anything…

When my aunt was dying, in fact on the day she died, everyone was singing religious songs, but at one point, her children actually ordered pizza and ate it in the next room, very close to where she was lying, and probably could smell it. I considered that very disrespectful. I know everyone needs to eat, but really,…

Ditto! I was straight-laced then, too. Little did I know how corrupt, blasphemous, and sacrilegious I would become....

OMG, I went to the same Presbyterian bible camp at Purdue once!!!! It was between ‘93 and ‘96. I can’t remember which year anymore. At one of the morning services, they had a show by The Lion King singers, and at one we said “Good Morning America!” Also, we set a Guiness World Record for longest human chain — tied by…

I’ve been over this show since the middle of the first season, and I basically detest Bill Masters. He reminds me too much of the men I grew up around. Ugh.

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Obviously not a scientist, etc., here, but I thought this was a theory that had been going around a while, maybe just not completely developed? I remember learning about this in college 15 years ago. Maybe Hawking is advancing the theory here?

Ah, I so get that. I don’t do what you do, but I work in healthcare, and was pretty active in some implementations around health exchanges. Whenever I mentioned to my super conservative relatives that that’s what I was working on (killing myself with 16 hour days at certain times, a couple of years ago), they would…

I once worked with someone who was a good five to 10 years younger than me who said something along the lines of “feminism is what ruined this country”. I nearly lit myself on fire. I didn’t say anything but I gave her a death stare for several moments and deliberately moved to another work task far away from her.

Ditto the “yes, I’ll deal with it from relatives, not from my friends” rule. Most of my family, though from opposite poles (Pittsburgh and generally the South), are conservative to different degrees and can be very outspoken about their views. Because I was raised to respect my elders in a certain way/not talk back, I…

I’ll add to the anecdotal list of those still watching DVDs. I don’t have broadband internet yet, and still tether from my phone. Also, if you don’t have streaming internet, it’s a cheaper way to get your entertainment.

Yes, I was probably one of those people, though not the only one!

edited — someone already brought up the poor spelling choices in this article...I don’t want to take more attention away...

Thanks for that example. I’ll check it out. Something’s better than nothing!

Ahhhh, so freakin’ true! I grew up in Alabama, and even living in Atlanta for five years, which was supposed to be the “New York of the South” did not get me away from those traditionalists. Living in Cali is only slightly better than I had hoped in this department. Me thinks it’s time to move, also — but to what…

So, I guess I am just old, but Meerkat and Periscope look like you have to download them to your phone and register before you can watch live streams. I just want to be able to go to a site, search for “Ferguson” and find streams.

Yes, I agree. I remember finding some amazing streams (didn’t bookmark, unfortunately) with some indie/internet journalists (i.e., I had never seen them in traditional media) who were tagteaming and explaining actions, providing off-the-cuff context, etc. I hope to find them again, besides using ustream. I think the…