Calling Ted Cruz at all gives him way more validation than he deserves.

Not to be all "Old Man Yells at Cloud", but apart from calling for help in an emergency, I can't really see any reason to have your phone out at the Holocaust Museum

Life goal achieved! No, it was very much out of the ordinary for me. My weekends are usually reserved for doing few things very slowly while watching Netflix.

I hope Super Smash Bros is both literal and euphemistic.

I had one of those insanely, almost offensively, productive weekends. Finished refinishing 2 shelves and a stool for a friend, repaired the veneer on a dresser for another friend (it'll be painted this week), painted a large art piece for a big empty wall in my house, squeezed in trips to the grocery store and IKEA,…

Sick Burrn.

That's awesome - thanks for the tip! (username/comment synergy, etc. etc.)

Whaaaaaaa that's amazing!

If I'm being optimistic, I'd say it's because she has a better chance of getting a judgement against the individual rather than the corporation. But it's probably that she doesn't want to burn any Murdoch bridges, if she can avoid it.

Would it be better if you were a whore in a committed relationship? It never ceases to amaze me how misogynists resort to calling women sluts (whores, etc) when decrying those same women's disinterest in sleeping with themselves.

It was actually the audiobook version - the narrator is very BBC News. Which I like, when it's the news. When it's a 20-hour book, my brain starts to ignore that pretty quickly. I'll probably go back to it when I'm working around the house.

Thanks for the tip! Actually 4 of his books are free on Kindle right now. I snagged them to add to my reading list - sounds right in my wheelhouse.

Viel Gluck!

Currently, I'm reading Death in Florence by Paul Stathern - a history of the city during the Renaissance.

I had a 4 day weekend because my company randomly gives two days off for Independence Day, so now my work week is just 3 days, and hardly anyone is in the office because everyone takes the rest of the week off for vacations!

I have my annual Lady Doctor appointment and jury duty on the same day next week. Clearly I have angered the universe in some way and must atone.

Rewatching Orphan Black on Amazon Prime, Fringe and Peaky Blinders on Netflix, and The Dick Van Dyke Show on Hulu.

I've been going to a trainer at work 2x per week for a couple of months now. I really like him, but I haven't been good at working out without him. This weekend was the first time I finally did it. I turned on my IDGAF mode and finally went to a dance class I've been eyeing but was too scared to try - it was fun but I…

My garden is getting a bit… crispy. Nobody likes 100 degree temps, including myself and my plants. But I'm going to start tomatoes in the next couple of weeks for fall production - my first edibles in my yard!

If it doesn't flush with the same momentarily terrifying woosh of an airplane toilet, I don't see the point.