The Season of Passage is THE BEST! I also love all of the rest of those you've listed, especially Whisper of Death. Let's be friends?

"No. No they're NOT all gonna laugh at you!"

Anyone who thinks this is warranted, justified, or "to be expected" because of her controversial points is an idiot. Would you like to have your person or people close to you threatened because somebody (on the Internet) disagrees with your views? No. Shut the fuck up. And sure, it may have been a hoax this time, but…

Robin Williams death is the only celebrity death that has really ever affected me. I am still exploring why but I do know for sure its the way his humanity resonated through in most of his characters and performances. I never really knew him as a standup comedian because by the time I could recognize him he had…

I noticed a light was on across the street, unusual for my old neighbour. It was still on the next day. I couldn't see anything else amiss but called the police to be on the safe side. She'd fallen and couldn't move, she was really weak when the ambulance arrived but she ended up OK.

After I ignored my neighbor's screams and found out later that she'd been put in the hospital for domestic violence injuries, I vowed to never mind my own business again when it comes to that sort of thing. I've checked on other neighbors over the years when I thought it was necessary. We need to look out for each…

Of course the way to atone for treating women poorly is to donate to charity for a male only health condition. Ugh!

She's already suffering. Now people will have to witness it in a more tangible way.

Yes! As a white kid growing up in a really WASP-y town, those types of shows were the majority of my exposure to other races and cultures for a good bit of my childhood. It's hard to believe that we've actually gone backwards since my childhood, but where are the Cosbys and the Winslows on network TV?

How did I leave out DW? So good!

You know how if you watch an episode of Star Trek or whatever and there's a redshirt in a dangerous situation? They die and you aren't surprised at all and maybe even roll your eyes and say "ugh saw that coming a mile away". It would be nice for women to not be redshirts, so that countless stories don't start with…

yes, someone else who remembers Christopher Pike books! I wasn't a fan of Goosebumps, did like Fear Street ok, but Christopher Pike books were definitely my gateway to John Saul / Dean Koontz / etc. books.

Exactly! In my church there are tons of groups that actually do good stuff. We have groups to help immigrants, groups to visit hospitals, groups to teach people about good money management, college applications, sadly we also get all these invitations to join an anti-choice group from a neighboring church. I hate…

I remember reading this article about how biker gangs were volunteering to help kids who had suffered abuse. They would escort them to and from court hearings, show up whenever a threat was made, and keep watch whenever needed. Basically, whenever the child felt uncomfortable or scared, they showed up, ready for…

This whole thing has just hit me so hard. I'm a few months older than Zelda, and I'm incredibly close with my dad. At 25, I've been on my own for a few years, have settled into life as an adult, and I've been relishing in the nuances of having a relationship with your parent where you co-exist as adults, not a…

I have never been so filled with a white hot burning RAGE on behalf of someone I've never met. Poor Zelda.

Anthony Bourdain checked out a French school lunch on one of his shows. For LESS money than the typical American school lunch, the kids got from-scratch balanced meals prepared by a chef. The meals, and challenging the kids' taste buds, were considered part of the school curriculum. None of this "they won't eat…

I know in Queensland, once you reached certain level of martial arts training, you had to go register with the police. Any assault by someone with a certain level of training is automatically classed as assault with a weapon.

Somewhere in the equation aside from racism, institutional bias, etc., I suspect the following is part of the problem: the persistent myth (within and without) that law enforcement is a "highly dangerous job" (the oft-quoted "putting life on line every day"), with people naturally (re)acting according to that…

As a man whose bought tampoons for his girlfriend, I've always wondered why the hell it's considered a joke.