You lucky, lucky lady. (Fellow Hawaii transplant here—hello!) I'm in Pittsburgh now which, if I'm being fair, has managed to avoid some of the worst of the northeast snow dumps, even if it has been unreasonably frosty. But one of my friends lived in HI her whole life and just moved to effin' Chicago in like October. I…

For some reason, I finished reading your examples, and an image flashed before my eyes of the illustration from the Army Field Guide for how to administer first aid on a sucking chest wound. I am not sure precisely why I remembered this (I haven't been in JROTC in over a decade), but the correlation does seem fitting.…

I had to bite my tongue not to physically LOL when I read this. My last job was at a tech startup with a CEO who, while certainly passionate and hard-working, was very penny wise and pound foolish. He'd sink all of these resources and funds into ideas that were far-fetched and unrealistic to the point that even the…

I was also a history major, and it always confused me when some of my fellow history majors were very right-leaning because I'd kind of give them the side-eye and be like, "Dude, you're reading the same stuff I am, right? And THAT'S the conclusion you're drawing? Based on these PRIMARY sources? Because I'm pretty sure…

...Mine did. No joke, "Flowers in the Attic" was one of the books my mom used to help me start to recognize words when I was first learning to read, and I think I could read on my own at like three, and may still have been in a crib? So apparently V.C. Andrews promotes childhood literacy. :)

My patronus is Dame Edna Everage. <3

YES. Cannot stop fist-pumping the air in agreement. This article is boss. Lindy West is boss. You, lala1234, are boss for posting this perfect applause .GIF.

Okay, story time. I vaguely remembered having seen "Star Trek: Nemesis" in theatres, but that was like a decade or so ago now, and I didn't remember a whole lot of the specifics. It was on TV at my grandma's house when I went to visit her a few weeks ago, and I just COULD NOT STOP staring at Shinzon. I was like, "Who…

I always feel really bad for the kids in these situations. They really don't have a choice in the matter, especially if their parents are keeping them cloistered off from other people. Ironic that she's so upset about Sophia's environment when the one she's creating for her son is so obviously toxic. :P

I'm also a product of the "Jennifer" wave, and also have an extremely usual last name. I am one of the few people in my family who DOESN'T have a completely crazy name (we've got an Etta, an Ursula, a Twyla May...the list goes on), so I always thought if I could change my name, I'd go for something a little more out…

"Much like you are trapped in you apartment hurtling toward signing a lease in LA even though you hate driving."

Okay, IDK where my link is, but I'm going to try this again:

I don't think it was mentioned in the article, but here's a list of what she's been Tweeting. She mentions that her passport classifies her as female:

One of my very good friends is FTM trans*, and the hoops he had to jump through to get his PA driver's license updated to reflect his name and gender change were unreal. He ended up having to drive to a PennDOT DMV in the city in order to properly process the paperwork, which to their credit they did very quickly and…

Her legal identification categorized her as female. That they're using her physical body rather than her government issued ID as the determining factor here is absurd. If they were really worried about it, why not solitary in a women's or coed facility, in keeping with her legal documentation? There was no sense in…

Amen. Half of any fanfic I read is with the express notion of filling in these egregious gaps in perspective and character depth. Malfoy is a fascinating character; I'd have loved to see more done with him.

Oh man, I can't even go into normal retail establishments anymore. Thrift store prices, selection, and uniqueness have RUINED ME for other shops unless it's some kind of high end basic that I need to fit me Just So. (Which, let's be real, only goes down if I've failed to find it in the thrift store after months of…

Oh Sharp Edge! It lights up my life! Weirdly enough, I've been to the one downtown more than the one in Friendship because I always forget it's there because I AM A RIDICULOUS PERSON who can somehow forget that all those tasty pomme frites and Belgian ales are mere blocks from me. (Honestly, it's probably for the…

Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that Miller High Life wasn't the sudsy and delicious champagne of beers! (It so is!) Just that for a place with such a booming craft beer culture, it sure is disproportionately expensive compared to what Pgh prices for things usually are.

Shadyside Market District's beer selection isn't too bad considering the size constraints. You can definitely get any of the tasty standbys as well as some of the fun craft beer frills. I hear a lot about D's Six Pax, but I live JUST far enough away from Regent Square that I haven't talked myself into going there yet.…