The thing is, expecting unerring competence from a criminal organisation almost always gives them too much credit. They tend to be chaotic work environments, to say the least, and information doesn’t always pass reliably when the person in every step is trying to cover their own arse and use coded phrases to avoid…

There’s a lot about this that says “random nutjob wannabes” rather than “professional underground sex slavery ring”.

Part of it is obfuscation I guess. Work across multiple borders and jurisdictions to muddy the waters when the authorities/family start looking. But yeah even then it’s pretty weird.

Only what he keeps silent about in all forms of communication!

Michael Romanoff claimed to be a nephew, IIRC.

It is exactly that. I had a photographer who recently did something like this to me at a charity gala I chaired. For reference, people usually give me a flat rate for events like these because ‘it’s for the children’ and they can write off the difference between what they charge me and what they usually charge as a…

That’s like personal pet peeve. Why even mention weight of youte going to be so stupid! Ugh!!

That charge is in the contract (In this case it seems it was actually in bold) but is usually paid later because it’s for an album that’s delivered months after the wedding. It’s not uncommon. Basically “The photo shoot & pictures are $XX up front. Once you get your proofs & choose what you want in your album, I’ll…

Good point.

Damn that is a STORY.

When my son, at age 7, saw the first transition (he’d heard the mythology, but hadn’t watched the NuWho shows yet) — he said “but, can the Doctor transform into a woman, too?” and I said “yes, Time Lords can, and I don’t think they have power or control over what they change into. Which is interesting in itself.” And…

So does this mean they are retroactively replacing all the old episodes with a digitally recreated woman?

100% agreed. The movies portray sharks very inaccurately.

OH FUCK game changer! Pine is now #1 Chris. Sorry Evans.

also Ava DuVernay:

Chris Evans agrees.

I can get behind this.

Alternative Izzard tactics:

Oh like Henry FitzRoy!! I love fun little factoids about royal history like this!!! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna go watch The (admittedly garbage in all senses) Tudors.