I don’t need to see a woman traumatized to empathize with her plight. Male characters often have very dark pasts without me having to witness every pain and humiliation. I don’t think the in our society is that we don’t understand how brutal rape is. I think our problem is that we think the rape of women is normal ente…

Your dad sounds like a real stand up guy. He probably needs a book of his own. :-)

I loved that yall ran Pickett’s charge. Did you get to lay down in the long grass and pretend to be shot? (my sisters and I at every single battlefield we visited.)

Here’s what I remember about trip to Gettysburg. There were a LOT of bullets that hit in mid air. A weirdly high number of bullets that collided in midair. And, there was a pincher move on some section of the battlefield. My sisters used pincher moves on each other for years afterwards. My poor parents. 

It depends on long you want to keep your car. My-beloved-mechanic put a new-to-me rear axle on my adored 2005 Scion XB. I want to keep it running for as long as possible, so I repair pretty much the mechanic recommends. But, I always ask to have the breaks and tires checked when I take it in....safety first!

or rolling it in glitter...carefully

Thank you for writing this. I struggle with burnout every day. I’ve been doing my job for 25+ years (2 different companies) I’ve been trying to hop to another company to cure my burnout. But, as a late career person, the feedback I get is ‘you’re too senior for our senior positions.’ Which is depressing. I can’t…

We bring a seining net with us. Two adults hold the net open and run through the shallows (laughing hysterically) (ocean side or sound side) and pull up minnows, shrimp, all kinds of little swimming sea creatures. Also, bring a flashlight for night walks so you can see the ghost crabs.

We bring a seining net with us. Two adults hold the net open and run through the shallows (laughing hysterically) (oc…

This so much. Hugs to you for being so articulate and brave.

Thanks for sharing Acorn. I think we all have that deep voice in our brains that can lead us to very extreme behaviors. After a life of trying to control my weight I feel like my inner voice is worse than ever - it has learned and strengthened through the years and I can’t turn it off only ignore it temporarily. 

Your poor mom, i’m so sorry. Maybe she can cash in one the fever for documentaries and docu-dramas on serial killers. :-/ sorry, worst silver lining on a crap cloud ever.

I concur, any engineer or designer needs pin point accuracy in her/his renderings. That doesn’t preclude this kind of tech in the future though. We are in the cave painting stage of VR and AR for business right now. I look forward to it improving in performance, accuracy, comfort, usability...all the good stuff :-)

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It blows my mind that anyone is still Catholic sometimes. The Catholic church built a new enormous building in my town. Every time I look at it I think about all the children that church has scarred. It breaks my heart. I know the Catholic church isn’t the only institution with a terribly history of covering up abuse;…

That was terrible. Jon gives him away without even saying good bye or making sure his wounds were healing ok. grrr. Who’s a good boy? Ghost is a good boy!

How cool!! I’m dying to see something like that. We have so many trees here, we only get a little bit of sky to gaze on. I need more ocean time :-)

I refer you to Brenda Spencer who shot 8 elementary school kids with a gun her father got her:

I love this building!

I think Bran is about to slip into the roots of the Weir tree at Winterfell like Max Von Sydow north of the wall and then warg himself into the Night King or the Ice Viserion and destroy him using the power of the weir tree.

Well said.