Or that gorilla looking at pictures of other gorillas on that guy’s phone

It was a bit schlocky, yeah, but hard to portray a family like that with their own reality TV show without being schlocky. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it. I don’t think it was exploitative, and I say that as someone who is a Christian and I also know some quiverfull/Gothardite families well. (Had…

I did. I thought they did a really good job of touching all the points of the real story while having a completely different story/outcome. And I loved how the mother of the Duggar-like family was at the end of the episode.

Second the Elf and Die Hard recommendation. I also like Scrooged and the Santa Clause.

I’ve been having trouble for a while now, and I’m on a regular windows computer, hardline internet connection, and Firefox browser. It’s to where I get really excited if I see a gif working right, even if it’s a bad gif, it’s so rare.

Right? And then I spent way too much time staring at that album cover thinking, that’s just not...not Will Smith...he’s changed. Then I finally read ‘Willow’ right and thought, oh, all aright then.

Looks like she has a lot of different cases, maybe I can get a few to take care of everything. Thanks!

Shout out to all the lovely knitters out there - and a question, any good ideas/tips for organizing all your needles and stuff? I used to do mainly blankets, but have started to do more hats and now have added 16” circular needles and double-pointed needles in all sizes to the straight needles and larger circular…

I think unsolicited advice is criticism. It may be needed criticism, but I tend to react badly to it, too, mainly because most people give it without any thought or any effort to get to know me or my circumstances or why I may or may not be doing what they’re trying to “fix.” Having said that, I do try not to give in…

PLEASE STOP POSTING ARTICLES ABOUT PROCRASTINATION! I can’t resist the perfect justification for procrastinating by learning more about why I procrastinate so I can stop procrastinating just as soon as I’ve learned everything I can about procrastinating. I’m getting back to work now.

Pumpkin pie with whipped cream - my dad makes killer homemade pies with homemade crusts, and we make the whipped cream ourselves with heavy cream and sugar. Love it. Only have this at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

That is awful. I’m so sorry that happened to you. ::hugs::

::more hugs::

The first and really only time I remember my father telling me he was so proud of me, I mean, he had tears in his eyes, was because I had lost weight. I was in my mid 20s, had never been in real trouble, always an excellent student and was currently in a highly competitive, highly prestigious, high stress job (which…

My thoughts exactly. Cranberries are like the easiest part of the meal to cook.

But it’s not really cruelty or being complete dicks. They can be good friends in a lot of ways, and the issue of “making me feel like shit” is more about subtle things that are harder to call them on, especially since it doesn’t always hit me right away, if that makes any sense. And there are other factors, including…

“That also means refusing to engage with people who will make me feel like shit.”

Nothing communicates peace and security like a cat sleeping belly up.

I don’t know anyone who was there, and though I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Paris once, it was almost 20 years ago, and I don’t even remember if I was near any of the sites, but I’m still shook up and a bit weepy about last night. Thoughts, love, and prayers for all the victims and their families.

53, 11, and 24.