Boy, I’ve known this for a while now, but having to Google every song in here except for JT and Bruno Mars confirmed I am old. Also, I had a piano teacher who taught that if you syncopate everything and pedal constantly you take away the impact of these wonderful flourishes. The same can be said for synth claps and…

24K Magic was written, performed, and produced with tremendous skill and so little heart. Unless you listen closely and pick up on the modern language that song could have been from 1983. This isn’t not an homage, it is a ripoff of that era.

Also, there is no final decision, we have not all agreed to do whatever Trump says for the next four years. Continuing the fight is what we do. And I feel the Trump campaign was colluding with Russian spies to access illegally obtained information on their opponents? That is not something to be “let go”.

I wouldn’t call them dumb and dumber, evil old monster and young rat bastard seems more appropriate. It would probably be better if they were dumb.

I wonder about this a lot. Tillerson has worked at Exxon his entire career, his public persona is as much or more so that of the company rather than his own. His described temperament is cautious, a good administrator, and a strategic thinker. None of these are bad traits, but did he succeed at Exxon because his…

I think so too, which is why I called my two republican senators to register my desire for an investigation. It probably won’t do anything, but if there are millions of calls, it might.

I totally agree, no one can truly anticipate the future, all you can do is make your plans strong and flexible enough to change when you need.

Yeah, I knew it when I engaged, but he was doing an excellent job of pushing my buttons. Very little gained by the experience, except the delightful experience of getting called names by some stranger...

I can def. see that too. I find Kanye and Kim’s relationship to the press kind of fascinating. They clearly seek out the attention, have used it to achieve their goals, and sometimes it seems like they are completely in control of their narrative. Other times it seems like riding a tiger and the level of vitriol…

I volunteer for a head start organization that also does parent education (back office grant stuff). The parent education is almost exclusively taken by women and includes sessions on recognizing domestic violence in others, and for yourself. They also do role playing exercises of how to seek out or offer help. It…

My Dad’s view is that there is no such thing as too many flashlights (one in every bedroom, by the windows you would go out in case of fire, the kitchen, the garage, the attic). Perhaps he has taken a side job for Amazon advises on home safety?

Huh, I had a different read, I thought it was empathizing with Kim that it can be hard to distinguish a breakdown from just being a dick until it gets really bad, especially if you are away from each other most of the time.

I’m not the person who has written 20+ posts in this thread whining about people pointing out that Trump did not score a massive victory with a mandate for change.

No, the target demographic really are poor, and most often Latina or African American women. The SB5 laws can easily be overcome with money and a quick flight out of state, or if you live in one of the major cities. The women who suffered were poor, in rural communities, and the most hard hit area was and is, the rio…

I don’t think it is a wrong reason necessarily, even though I find trophy hunting grotesque, it is just one with which I disagree. The process, that I find horrifying.

Ugh. Bragging about how much influence you have over your father’s political judgement is inappropriate to begin with.

For Houston, the city council passed an equal rights ordinance that included a clause for transgender rights. A bunch of jerks sued a number of times, and than started a petition to overturn it that eventually got it on the ballot as a referendum. The entire ordinance was overturned by the vote. The weird thing is…

I’m with you, I’m kind of tall, 5'8", but almost all my height is in my torso, so that stupid head rest sits right at where my nick and spine meet. Total torture fully upright. It isn’t better on new planes though, it seems like the headrests aren’t as extreme. Is anyone comfortable sitting fully upright with their…

That’s just good sense and manners, it hasn’t no place in modern air travel...

New planes have seats where the front slides forward rather than the top back, way more fair, and it doesn’t seem to cause me to jam my knees into the seat in front of me that much more than regular.