I can’t imagine what it must feel like to have to live with that fear on such a regular basis. I know that it’s important that I try, and I do. But I’ve never really been able to get there.

WASH! 😫

I’m never gonna forgive Joss Whedon for Serenity.

I think that’s correct. If I push through the cobwebs of my brain to the corner where 1L contract law is stored, I seem to recall that an employer can’t an get an injunction forcing someone to work for them. That’s involuntary servitude. But if the employee backs out they gotta pay damages.

Can we agree that Deep Blue Something’s song “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is good?

A Supreme Court justice, ideally, is not a Democrat or a Republican but rather someone who can impartially evaluate complicated legal issues irrespective of politics.

Maybe we could bring back dating without the sex. Dating as getting to know someone, in public spaces, without having to trust them much yet. It would take the pressure off both sexes and give people time to get to know each other before having to take each other seriously.

Will this never cease to be the truth??

If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.

i saw her all the way down in Houston but didnt find out till i got home.

Yup. I’m dumb. I accept it. I could edit, but why the hell bother.

43 and I’ve seen some shit. And it only keeps going by faster, like they say.

I was standing out in my back yard in North Texas that day 13 years ago and watched Columbia come in and break up. I’ve seen it a few times before and knew something was wrong. I ran back into the house and pulled up NASA-TV on the computer just in time to hear the seemingly endless “Columbia, comm check” over and…

39. My first kid was born 12.5 years ago. If you would have asked me how old he was when this happened I would have guessed 5 or so.

So much control. He can decide he’ll never bother you again, and you’ll still have to look over your shoulder.

I don’t think I could ever be controlling. Takes too much effort and I’m lazy as hell.

It’s so scary, and I bet most women have a story to tell. That makes me really sad. I was hounded by a professor that I thought was really cute at first. Then, once I got that weird, tingly sense, I knew I had to stop the flirting immediately. He was leaving numerous voicemails on my phone... “Where are you at 2 am?…

Thanks. :) Honestly I wonder if some of the reason why women don’t break it off sooner is because a) we’ve been taught we’re always overreacting about everything so this probably isn’t a big deal and b) if I’m such a smart independent woman I couldn’t have chosen someone like this, so he must be OK. Luckily, I…

I had a guy do similar to me, 6 dates and I broke it off as I found myself becoming increasingly intimidated by him and how intense he was being. I was super careful to let him down gently, told him I just “wasn’t feeling it” and from what he had told me, we had different life goals (his included many children, mine…