I’ve been told (to my face, by more than one person) that the upside to my chronic, incurable disease for which I now take immunosuppresant chemo drugs is that “I’ll never be heavy! That’s got to feel good!”

Oooh, this is all wonderful advice, thank you so much! :D RIGHT BACK ATCHA, SISTER. Honestly, I usually only buy coconut milk for cooking and then drink the remainder in teas or coffees myself so it doesn’t go to waste, so I tend to do cans, but I’ll have to see if my local store has that or something similar! …

Hot tea all the time regardless of weather!

You are doing the lord’s work.

Yes, it is. In hospitals it’s generally called a D&E (dilation and evacuation), but that is a specific term for the larger practice of abortion (which may be medical/chemical, surgical, etc). D&Es are abortions that usually take place in the second trimester, meaning they’re generally abortions that are not…

While I wholeheartedly disagree with your thoughts on fine art, the fact of the matter is that the “BUT CAN ROBOTS ART???” conversation nearly always neglects the day to day art we encounter constantly (especially in entertainment) but don’t really think of the same way as fine art! It’s pretty interesting stuff with…

I’m always interested in the use of machines to create custom art assets (rather than fine art, which is a whole other discussion but generally gets lumped in with “artist”).

In the vein of the letter about last names, how would you feel about two people with the same first name dating?

I can’t find the exact quote, but I know that Patrick Stewart has expressed the same opinion—that performing Shakespeare was a perfect introduction to playing a scifi starship captain. Both require you to use terminology that sounds silly in any other context (invert the warp core polarity!) and completely sell it.

I thought the people on cooking shows were lying to me for the longest time.

Make sure you know how to pronounce it, for added wtfery! Gooey-duck!

I don’t think that’s inherently a bad thing, but what it means for a film is that the xenomorphs can’t be the thing you’re rooting for and can’t be the hook or puzzle or intrigue. They have to be the obstacle in the way that, say, nature is the obstacle/antagonist in some movies.

Like RoseRevolution said, generally speaking the use of female (or male) as an adjective is fine (a female teacher, the first female astronaut) because it’s a descriptor. Using it as a noun has strong dehumanizing connotations—generally speaking, referring to “the female” or “the male” makes it sound like you’re…

My husband works for a hospital and recently got to see the acquisition of a BAG OF LEECHES. It was an exciting moment all around.

Small Impatience, my playermade-race-but-in-the-vein-of-Dromites character.

I have several highly detailed, large plastic dinosaurs on my desk (with bonus articulating mouths).

That’s beautiful!

Aaaah, those are so cute! Are they clay, or actual dough, or something else? :D

I’m doing 4x4 holiday art cards for friends! Finally using those Copic markers my husband bought me years ago for my birthday. Never used markers before because they’re so intimidating, but I’m really pleased with myself and the progress I’ve been making in pretty short order!

Dragon Age 2. Finally decided to catch up on that, after playing the first half of Origins approximately eleventy billion times.