When I was maid of honor for my friend, she tasked me with taking care of the printed materials. Imagine my surprise when I found out that most wedding focused vendors actually order the invites and signs from a commercial printer like Next Day Flyers or Kinkos or whatever. Forcing you to adhere to outdated or…

I could believe that the bulk of the work that required thinking was done by well-respected laborers, but certainly not the "pull the giant stone from the quarry to the worksite" work.

I didn't even know it was supposed to be a shocking twist the first time I saw it! Ironically, perhaps, that's why I thought it was a good movie. It wasn't so much a "twist" as well constructed narrative.

I would have agreed with you on the too mystical front until I just read all of the "neural network" angles people have been parsing. If you think about it, the apocalyptic disaster these books take place after never is explained, at all. The best we get is the Song in Gathering Blue and it's pretty much all "Do what…

For me, it was also kind of my experience of the books. I didn't literally live in communist utopia, but I was a reasonably sheltered 10 year old when I read The Giver. I think one of the reasons it resonates with kids, especially sensitive kids, is that it sort of mimics the experience about finding out about…

The Jonas vs Claire contrast to me is such an amazing metaphor for the way that the virtuous privileged come to enlightenment about the ills of the world and how the people who already know that stuff (because they're the ones being oppressed) live with that knowledge. Jonas needed to be told in little bits. He needed…

I totally forgot about gurlpages! Which is crazy, because it is how I learned to code and make websites. You know, basically the foundation of my entire career. I feel like they had awesome tutorials too?

Son is one of the most powerful books I have ever read, but only as a companion to The Giver. Probably also because I read The Giver as a child and Son as an adult woman. The Messenger and Gathering Blue are purely sequels that sort of just explain what the other villages near the community are like, but Son is sort…

No offence, but that site I just looked through has very little to do with the original execution of the concept that is being memorialized here. My favorite website as a young teen was gurl.com specifically because it didn't have any pictures and very very very little celebrity/entertainment stuff.

I'm pretty sure they pitch-shifted the entire performance.

There are few things as funny as someone with absolutely no sense of humor.

When I picked up the novels, I was surprised by how mediocre he is in the original conception. Not particularly attractive, not particularly charming, not particularly daring for someone who is supposed to be the greatest spy in the world and he drinks a really weak martini and yet asserts it is both very strong and…

You kind of understand why Peter Quill listened to it every day despite having access to tech that could have kept him current with Earth music if he had so desired.

I can see him hiring someone to fetch his kid, but then seriously offending the transporter to the point that the transporter adopts the kid instead of collecting the money.

I was like, "So, you're telling me there isn't a dashcam or blackbox on that multi-million dollar robot that is one of a kind in every regard and apparently can't be backed up?"

I was going to say the same. There is no way an average baby could ever need this, but this could be more comfortable than the current home monitoring options for a baby with heart problems or a preemie straight out of the NICU for example.

I was like "This is so good! How is this so good?" It was like when you slip a vegan chicken broth.

Oh, hey, that's why my stomach bloated almost 9 inches and I'm puking my guts out right now after the supposedly gluten free brioche I ate today. I probably would not be nearly as sick if I hadn't eaten like 6 rolls, but in my defense, gluten is apparently delicious.

I think your point would be more valid if the lawyer wasn't specifically referring to the law they were charged with breaking. The lawyer is absolutely implying that the law against filming 15 year olds having sex shouldn't apply here because she's a slut. This ignores the spirit of the law which differentiates…

I believe in friend cuddles, but not the first time you hang out, not immediately after expressing lack of interest. That being said, no one deserves an unsolicited dick on their leg.