I took his comments to mean that he thought Anthony didn’t intend for Caylee to die even if she was abusing her, not that duct tape is an acceptable means of disciplining a crying/loud child. It’s not an implausible theory, though the judge should have kept his mouth shut. It’s unseemly for a judge to speculate…

When did toddlers become young ladies? Is this asshole familiar with the case at all? Or is he just super confused about human beings?

I have to confront someone at work tomorrow and I am going to hard pressed not to call him an “insufferably precious twat” because it’s the perfect description of him.

Well your wish has come true since Moonlight has been declared the actual winner! That was the most fun thing about the show.

Yes, especially given that I don’t know what surgery he was having. My mother is having surgery in two weeks, and the idea of life ending complications is completely terrifying. As I am almost forty, I’ve been thinking about this a lot for myself as well.

Well, this is awful. I literally yelled “NOOO!” when I saw this headline.

‘What do you mean *they* cut the power? How could they cut the power, man? They’re animals!’ GUTTED. Rest in Power.

That whole series was so amazing. I was just looking for it at our local used bookshop the other day. They had a few copies of Dicey’s Song, but none of Homecoming. Your post has inspired me to treat myself to a brand new copy.

My mom has a great track record of buying books that aren’t familiar to me or well known generally. I’ve never seen or heard anyone else reference this book, and your reaction to Dicey mirrors my own. I just found the whole book so incredibly scary - I had a pretty sheltered childhood so the thought of doing what…

I loved that book so hard, especially Rontu and Rontu-Aru

Cynthia Voigt’s Homecoming. My chest gets tight just thinking about it. I both wanted and didn’t want to be Dicey.

*screams forever*

One - that seems a lot less plausible than accidental sodomy.

Yeah, there’s no way. I do not believe this one bit.

There is nothing unprofessional about laughing at a literal sausage stuffed into a dude’s pants. That is the only sane reaction under the circumstances.

Yeah, after reading these I’m thinking that perhaps I actually am a tight-ass. I enjoy anal intercourse on occasion but it takes actual effort to achieve. I’ve experienced accidental bumping outside but there’s no way I can imagine accidental anal penetration. (I have experienced the opposite where he was aiming for…

My cousin once saw a biker (bicycle not motorcycle) who’d been hit by a car and when they cut him out of his bike shorts, they found he’d stuffed a sausage - like a bratwurst - in there. She said she and the nurses were unprofessional and laughed a bit before they could stifle it, so luckily dude was unconscious or…

ok, THANK YOU, because this is always my response—accidentally anal is impossible, because you have to really work at intentional anal (ok, I do, but I’m assuming I’m not alone). like you have to breathe and relax and get some lube and the one with the phallus that’s doing the inserting needs to be gentle and go…