Personally, as another certifiable (when not appropriately medicated, anyway) crazy, I like to use the word against the “real” crazies. As in, “I may have five distinct mental disorders and have been on medication my entire adult life, plus one third of my childhood, but these people here are the real crazies”,…

Why aren’t there a million movies and TV shows about Ching Shih?

Dear NOAA,

I would love an Eleanor of Aquitaine series so much!

Seconding Eleanor of Aquitaine and I’ll add Matilda, first Queen of England, wife of William the Conqueror, whom I just finished a biography of and she was BADASS.

It was actually a volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Which I think has at least as much ironic value as a Bible in this story.

“On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin

Was it a Bible?

:(

I am a horrible person - I spent my winter break from work watching Reign and loving the first 2 seasons. Point being, I am sadly here for this.

No.

I thought it was thoughts and prayers that stopped bullets?

I love period dramas, but I am so tired of the Tudors. There are so many other interesting stories, can’t we get something different?

Or God himself should have stepped in and helped a brotha out.

I hate it so much that you’re probably right.

The only had the one book

“.50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol”

If a 1.5 inch book could indeed stop bullets, schools would be much safer.

But her comment was largely defused when she mentioned that most NRA members support stronger gun control, and she held up a photo of her nephew, who was shot and killed in 2008 at the age of 19.

I skip the meals and go straight to flaming hot chips, and anything else that will drain the life from me quicker, while giving me a little endorphin rush.