I mean, if I worked for 60 years in a prestigious position and was fired via a brief email with zero reason for some schmuck who didn’t earn it, I’d feel pretty embarrassed and hurt too. I don’t understand how it “wasn’t really his.” That’s like saying “well, your job isn’t actually yours, it’s the company’s, so you…

I hate it too

I hate that hem length and don’t have any idea why it’s popular. She looks better in it than most because she can never do any wrong in my opinion - plus, she’s tall. Constance Zimmer stays on that length and I just don’t get it.

It was a fantasy for a year, and headlines force brevity. But I altered it a little to make it more accurate.

She raped and murdered her own child, but she is out on bail. That is fucked up.

Ok this got longer than I expected, and took over an hour but here we go.

I shouldn’t have to say this- and you know it to be true- the violence at Standing Rock was entirely one sided, from the state. The Water Protectors were organized and disciplined about keeping their demonstrations prayerful and peaceful. Not only did the state react with a ridiculous level of violence, they were very…

I’ve never felt helpless like this before. Only thing that came close was when I was 18 and walked outside to find my car was broken into and my stereo stolen. But that lasted for about two hours until I was over it and moved on.

In addition, federal resources should be deployed expeditiously to protect people and property in the area of violent protests to help support state and local law enforcement efforts.

It was made back in 1998/1999, but I highly recommend Life of Birds, hosted by David Attenborough-absolutly amazing documentary footage of birds and bird behavior. I’ve had the good fortune to visit some of the countries in which he filmed,and seen a lot of bird species in person, but I am also content to have…

This is precisely why I’m such a huge fan of birds. They’re the easiest form of wildlife to see in cities, so they’re the best way to get kids hooked on nature - at least, that’s how it worked for me.

I mean, not all aquariums. I’m affiliated with one that is also an animal hospital for marine life, an aquaculture center, and oversees sea turtle patrol on a large portion of the Florida coast.

Do you know what’s educational and a great way to see animals’ behaviours? Documentaries. BBC’s Planet Earth series are magical. Get the DVDs, watch them on your high-def big screen TV and be amazed by nature. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn cool stuff. And if you want to experience nature up close and…

Tangent nerd pedantry: it’s just mail, not chain mail. Chain mail is what we did in the early 80s with letters.

So what if vaccine is not a comfortable or fun procedure? Her reasoning has nothing to do with that. She is just being selfish.

I have been hearing from some of my pals that are still in that the military is mulling vaccination requirements for children and spouses of service members. It is considered a public health need and the military has say on who gets on base, no vaccination no DoD ID.

No, it's ironic because her position is basically "I value my life over those of others and will not endanger it on their behalf" when she is a soldier, whose entire moral ethos is to risk your life for the benefits of your country/fellow countrymen.

Problem is, anti-vaxxers are typically of a generation that doesn't remember what these diseases were really like. I grew up in the early 1950s before there were vaccines for measles, chicken pox, rubella, flu ... you name it. We were sick a lot. Very sick. And we had friends and relatives who developed serious side…