The ones that leave me shaking are the apocalyptic nightmares... usually involving something on a galactic or cosmic scale.

A beautiful thing about humanity is that in order to keep our sanity we must make ourselves vulnerable and hallucinate like crazy people for 6-10hrs out of every 24...

Macaron. I think they tend to look more delicious than they actually are, but that's just me.

Want to fall in love with Wyatt? Check out Medicine for Melancholy.

Left Hand of Darkness is incredible. The last section, where they're slogging across the ice? Amazing.
The Dispossessed is another of her amazing science fiction books, the one people cite when they think she's an anarchist. It's about a guy who lives in a peaceful anarchy, and comes to visit other political systems…

I go through all these comments, seriously, no Sam Rockwell?

GOD MARIA, DON'T BE A MARTYR, GET A CART

newsflash. if your kid is an asshole, they will treat you like crap and run/ruin your life. and then they'll grow into entitled pricks who continue ruining lives. i understand some behavioral issues are beyond the realms of normal discipline, but i've worked with kids who were manipulative, bratty tyrants to their…

No. Nope. Sorry.

Keith David. Great voice, great actor. If he's had a lead role I haven't seen it >_>

Try reading LeGuin's short stories. They are fantastic reads. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is one of her best shorts IMO.

The above three are what I'd give them for certain, if I knew for a fact that they'd appreciate the complex style and everything.

If they just wanted the action, then the one below:

This! Great book! And I got incredibly trashed one night awhile back and started reading it and as I went through it I kept finding little parts here and there which were beyond deep and insightful and also incredibly interesting given the human mind and state of the world and everything. Then I sobered up and had no…

People don't self medicate and get an addiction because they are happy people living a great life without crushing overwhelming stress and anxiety. Things are wrong before the addiction ever happens.

I find most t-shirts are only "correctly" fitting if you have society's idea of the ideal body. If you are not perfectly mascuiline V shaped, it is very hard to find a shirt that fits well everywhere.

I'm torn on this. On one hand, institutionalized sexism; misogyny is a thing, misandry isn't. It'd be more problematic if he did it to a woman because of the inherent socialized pressure women face that demands compliance and niceness from us.

Okay, some of that was nice. But, can he say "billions"?

HELLO WISCONSIN!! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK??

I was one of those (apparently) rare girls who didn't want a Barbie. I am still cheesed that the year I asked for a real electric train for Christmas, I got a Barbie. It was one of those ones with the flexible rubbery legs - my cat chewed off her feet.