Yea, but think about it like Obama's "Crusades" comment. Yes, we all know it was perpetrated by Christians, but talking about these Christians directly rather than just saying "Muslims have been persecuted before" completely changes the tone of the conversation.

Buy the three-day pass (at least). Get a good guide book for the Angkor complex to really get the history (there's some great Kindle guides, and a cool iPad guide, narrated by a Southeast Asian archaeologist).

Strangler fig trees, man. They are nuts. They're like half-tree, half-Cthulhu, and they want your temples. All of 'em. Give them your temples or pay the price, puny humans.

Preah Khan was actually my favorite temple. Angkor Wat was a lot bigger and amazing at dawn (still can't believe I did that), but Preah Khan is magical! I actually could have stayed in Phnom Penh longer, it was such a cool city! Make sure you go there too.

I just can't imagine wanting my sister to take a photo of my bare ass. I certainly can't imagine asking her to do so.

more like Angkor TWAT amirite

Thanks for this thoughtful piece.

But those ghosts could simply be real people in an alternate universe and the strip club could have just had a a rift that allowed an echo of the universe to occasionally pass through. Nothing to be afraid of...except I guess a slight chance of both universes collapsing in on each other. FYI, I base most of my…

I read the actual decision. The real problem was that the care home didn't pay the exorcist. So the judge ordered they be repossessed.

I got a weird flashback to the final throes of my master's thesis and how glorious it was to not give a shit about anything but words on the damn page. Good luck, stay strong. Get a bottle of something stronger to celebrate at the end of it all!

My look atm. I get comments on how tired I look, and I shrug and say: "Two to three weeks until I hand in my thesis. How else am I supposed to look? " And they nod. It feels glorious, not to give a shit about makeup for a few weeks. And not to hear shit about the way i look, too.

David Attenborough has been my daughter's favorite movie star since she was two.

Of course they're naming everything after him, he's the fucking best!

I once maxed out at well over 220. I was swing dancing like a maniac to a song I know to be 232 bpm. At the end of the song I took my pulse, and it was pacing the beat of the song perfectly. Being a kinesiology student at the time I thought that was pretty outrageous, plus I was a bit dizzy, so I sat down.

My cat is named Sir David Cattenborough. Haters gonna hate.

Agree 100%. I've found myself doing two things when I plan ahead to fail:

I love pho. Fun fact, there's a pho restaurant in Mountain View, CA that has a challenge asking you to eat 5 lbs of pho in one hour. Most people fail.

I don't know about the pill, but I think it is a prehistoric form of birth control. If you're looking for an alternative, Mirena is the best thing that has ever happened to my reproductive system. No more periods, no more cramps, no more bloating. Mileage may vary, but for me it's been incredible.