We live in Not-The-South. Prices on the West Coast, in particular, are waaaay lower than what you're used to. I've bought on both coasts.

This this this this this. A lot of it is about the experience of buying. I know a guy, but I'd much rather walk into a store, browse the shelves, and bring my purchases to the register. So would most people out there, I'd wager. And I want retail to succeed because I very much want legality to hit a national level.

Sounds very similar to Seattle. Very different from southern Virginia, where I grew up. Look up Gwynn's Island sometime...

I only have one, but it is a STORY, let me tell you.

The Romani people are some of the most widely and brutally persecuted people in Europe. Start there, if you want to learn more about the topic.

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The difference being that bigots aren't a persecuted group of people. LGBT individuals face higher murder, suicide, rape, and abuse rates. "Tolerance" for us means people aren't killing us for being as we are born to be. So yeah, cry me a fucking river.

My main response to "Why should we even care if she's gay" is that it would be truly, truly wonderful if it didn't matter... but it does. To other gay people (especially children), it helps tremendously to see representation in media and to know that we are not alone. But I think it helps even more to combat prejudice…

My doggie was in the hospital for all of four days, and I visited him every single day and couldn't stand how quiet the apartment was when at home. A year would break my heart. :(

Man, this has really been a weird winter for us.

My dog is diabetic, and I find just that overwhelming. :( He went into ketoacidosis just in time for Christmas (his blood sugar was over 600! spiked by a UTI), but luckily we got him into the vet fast enough that a very expensive long hospital stay saved him. Sort of going out of my mind stressing over it, actually. I…

Yeah, like... the point at which I dread answering my phone is the point at which I stop answering the phone.

I visited Ireland about eight or nine years ago, and it just blew me away with all the green beauty. Patently impossible to take a bad picture there. A few funny things that happened:

Holy shit. I was also wondering, and went Googling, and:

Another one of those comments I wish I could star over and over again. Well said.

I would also be interested in hearing it's worth watching! In the meantime, if you want something awesome he's in, I can't recommend The Wire highly enough (if you haven't already seen it).

I was raised somewhere between hippie and white trash, and I turned out okay! Lived in a trailer, had cable spools and milk crates for furniture, had derelict trucks in the yard and the neighbor's loose huntin' dogs running around in the woods. You're not alone.

...can I steal this tactic? It's amazing.

The Rawls reveal was freaking amazing. What a show. I totally get what you're saying about Kima, I just could never quiiiiite hate McNutty. I do get extremely frustrated with him, though...

SO the best picture of the bunch. And the other person in that picture is Kima!