Oh, sorry, didn’t realize the blanket statement you made in your original post didn’t actually apply to anybody who holds the views you were misrepresenting.

“Where on earth did I do so?”

Of course the doctor didn’t rule it out beforehand. Why would they? There are dozens of combinations of hormones and dosages available, and as far as I know there isn’t a way to tell exactly which one is going to be appropriate until you’ve tried it. But if I walk into a busy pharmacy with only one or two fully…

Alternatively, maybe you’re like me when I was in college and the wrong dose/type of BC can make you sick, but it’s irregular and you’re inexperienced so you don’t put the math together. It would be nice to have a medical professional actually talk to you about your medical issues occasionally, and spend time working…

For me it isn’t about the health risks per se, but about the fact that there are dozens of types and dosages of BC available, and if you have a finicky system it can be really difficult to figure out the right one. Don’t get me wrong, I think this is a good move on Oregon’s part. But for some people BC is a lot more…

Why white russians? They’re usually layered, or you can stir with a spoon in a pinch. Or do you make white russian slushies? Because that’s a little intriguing...

Ka-ley, I think. That was the name of a guy who worked at my Starbucks recently.

There was recently a barista at my Starbucks who was a Pacific Islander named Kale. I don’t know which PI culture, though.

Don’t judge Penelopes too harshly. Some of their parents are probably just Classics nerds.

Yes.

It’s sad, because Kale (pronounced with two syllables) is a pretty common Pacific Islander name, I think.

So when do we get to just give our kids Mad Max names? I’m weirdly fond of Toast the Knowing.

Um, lots of people get a Discworld reference.

Confusing to whom? It’s pretty common for legal guardians and other parental figures to have different last names than their kids, either because they didn’t change names at marriage, or there’s an adoptive or step-parent relationship, or one parent hyphenated but they didn’t hyphenate the kids, etc etc etc. I know a…

Yup! Such a stupid, disempowering argument. “Your last name is just your dad’s.” Ok, so....what then? If I had been given my mom’s last name it still would have been “just” my mom’s. By that logic, women can’t have their own names at all unless they choose a completely different name for themselves. And anyway, how…

If most of the cops and soldiers would be on their side, who would do the actual taking of the guns? Worst tyranny ever.

+ a million stars for “donought”

My BF (who is from Austin) told me about this earlier. I stared at him for a second, and then said, “Somebody’s going to jaaaaaiiiiil.”

I think it’s probably a daily crapshoot whether Mr. Rubio knows the name of the nation he’s campaigning to be president of.

The first book is hard because the main character has no idea what’s going on, and it’s third-person limited. So you the reader don’t get any more information than he does. It’s worth it to push through and go back and read the first one after you’ve finished the first or second trilogy.