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Natalie Portmanteau
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I got a rice cooker for Christmas, and I used it for the first time today. The rice came out perfect, and I’m so excited. That’s all, this is the kind of thing I get excited about. The clay bowl chicken recipe from Every Grain of Rice that I made was also delicious.

This guy has been in the local Seattle news for a while now. Predators like this are why statute of limitations should be lifted on sex crimes, because they sure don’t seem to really exist for other crimes. It’s almost like folks don’t want women having the ability to prosecute their attackers.

I’m not surprised. It has pieces of walnut shells. It was the only scrub I could find in Amman, and, so every time I use it, now, I get a hit of sandstorm and tea with anise.

My husband once pissed me off before a flight. I stared out the window in silence for three hours, out the bus window for one hour and then through a 30 minute information session at the hotel, before finally continuing our fight once ensconced in our room. These people need to be sentenced to a rage repression

Man that is just like my engagement story. I was putting away some groceries while my husband was doing the dishes and he said “Let’s get married” and I said “Sure”.

I just want to say that, while best wishes for Carrie Fisher to have a speedy and full recovery are good, my heart goes out to Debbie Reynolds. A parent shouldn’t outlive her child.

It is this dehumanization that seems acceptable now that frightens me. “They were Russians, they deserved to die! Karma!”. No these were humans like you and me! They deserve to be mourned, and remembered, just like the victims of flight MH17!

My dog is the opposite. He not only understands presents, he expects his be wrapped and patiently waits his turn to open his gifts.

My dog is gonna get wild tomorrow.

Well, it’s already Christmas morning here. I gave my cat her present and as you can see, she loved it!

There’s a difference between working for a customer you don’t particularly like (or even loath) vs publicly acting to prop up and celebrate them. More than that, because this isn’t just “a job” they have to deal with becoming a propaganda tool for a politician who supports legislature that may directly seek to negate

And the Rockettes’ red glares....

Counterpoint: The real world we live in now is fucking terrible. Fuck going outside.

Gold star for anyone who has watched all 455 shows and can name them.

Thanks, Clover. All this article reminded me of is that I’ve only watched the Westworld finale two times instead of the usual five I do per episode and that it’ll be another year until we see more Dolores/Wyatt.

“I guess I’ve been living in a bubble. [Pence] sounds like a tyrant, they remarked.”

The trolls are out in force. Please dismiss, flag, and absolutely don’t ungrey!

So again there’s a difference between “being a white person” and “Whitness” as a sociological concept that addresses that institutional racism favors white people.

people need to learn to separate criticism of an entity from criticism of the individuals who make up that entity. Hating “Whiteness” as a structural inequity is way different from hating “You, White Person”. Same way I can say “organized religion is awful” and respect You, A Religious Person, exercising your shit.