I see sad parents when I look at that photo- but I see parents. Not a grieving spouse and his mother-in-law. But that could just be me being judgmental after reading the article and comments.

It's really heavy on the flats. (I think? I'm not well versed in the music.) That makes it sound more dull than the original. While I'd never put this on my radio voluntarily, I think the mood fits the mood of the film it was created for.

Word.

That is stunning. Where did you find that?

*raises hand*

Sadly, I think human nature prevents the possibility of us all not being assholes. Even the least assholic amongst us have our moments of pure assholery. I hold myself up as an example because boy, do I ever have my moments! :-P

LOL. *flattered*

There can be tears after a really good session. There's a difference though between tears because "ouch" and tears because "ouch and panic." If a person isn't familiar enough with their partner to be able to suss out the difference by body language, they really should check-in.

I like using the colors of the traffic lights. Red=STOP NOW! Yellow=Time to pause for a check-in and possible readjustment. Green=Keep it going, mistress/master! They are easy to remember, and internationally understood by anyone who's ever ridden in or driven a car.

"...plenty of people snap on fuzzy handcuffs and just giggle their way through sex every once in awhile.."

If I'm playing with someone, especially if it's a new person to me, and they say "no" instead of the safe-word, I don't necessarily take that to mean "OMG STOP NOW!" but I do pause to ask if they've forgotten their safe word and need me to stop or if they are just saying it to say it. Usually my partner(s) will tell…

Everything woman exists solely for the amusement of heterosexual males. Apparently.

This is a very good point.

Oh. I guess when I think of League, I think of things like Roller Derby, in which we have multiple teams that share practice spaces and tend to have practice spaces without locker rooms. :-P

(I do agree though that there seems to be a pandemic of people wanting to drag successful people down.)

Lance Armstrong swore up and down he didn't use performance enhancing drugs, and well. We all know how that ended.

Looking at her photo, I can see why there may be some initial questions as to her gender, but you'd think that after doing things like showering next to her, changing next to her, unwinding in hot tubs next to her, etc, that they would have figured it out by now. Or is that too logical for jealous people?

*rolls eyes* Well. I do love cookies. And had you been more specific, there would not have been a misunderstanding as to your historically-based statement.

Anytime!

And also, I didn't "flee" to Dearborn because I'm white and was escaping a "too black" environment. In fact, given that Dearborn has the highest population of Arabs outside of the Middle East and I'm an Israeli-American-Jewish chick, I'd say that choosing to move to Dearborn was an exercise in bravery and expanding my…