Yes, I know he's doing his job, yes, I know doing the right thing should be the norm, but I'm going to just say this anyway: well done Jason Butler and thank you for getting involved.

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Hell yes. Princess Celestia is by far the best princess out there.

I am a huge Lilo fan. And Nani was awesome. That was such a fantastic movie.

This is the best thing I've read today.

That is still an awesome photo. And those are some tough ladies.

Being abandoned can really hurt a dog. They usually suffer from anxiety and I've had to put a lot of time and money into getting my dog to a point where she's better, but she still has a long way to go to get over being abandoned. I'm okay with rehoming a pet, where the animal is transitioned to a new home, but just…

It's not as bad as it sounds. I take three Benadryl every day, sometimes more based on how I feel. And expose can also build up tolerance. But if it's severe enough and they found the dog a good home, I can't really get too upset. My family had to rehome some pets because it just wasn't working out with them, it…

This story makes me feel better about my decision. I came from a deeply conservative religious upbringing and coming out to my parents recently has been a bit hellish. But I dated guys for a while there and I couldn't even feel comfortable just kissing, much less anything more intimate. I kept trying to talk myself…

I'm actually pretty happy about including spandex in jeans now. I just bought a pair of those jeans with a 'comfort' waistband and I love them. I've always fit awkwardly into jeans, so for them to stretch in the areas that usually don't feel right has been nice. And yeah, I've gained weight, but clothing fit is not…

I've noticed this too! I don't ride the train or subway, but I've noticed that when my disorder is visible I'm most likely to be offered help by non-whites or older generations. It's mostly Indian followed closely by Hispanic, but I think that's more because of what groups are immigrating to our city rather than…

I hate Silent Night because it's my brother's favorite song and boring as hell to play, but since it's his favorite song he ALWAYS requests it and I wind up sitting there wanting to weep into my flute, wondering if anyone would notice if I cut a few measures out.

Re-read them again, but put "It's not my fault..." in front of each one. The ones that go well together with that phrase are the rapists. Doesn't work for all of them, but it will for a lot.

I got 'em all right. It's pretty easy to tell the difference - the rapists all have this undertone of 'it isn't my fault, there were factors contributing to what happened.' The lad mags didn't even try to justify.

Oh jeez, that scares me. I've been eyeing the bike lanes the city has put in recently, as there's a very slight chance that I may lose my license due to medical reasons here in the coming year. It's very unnerving how many drivers use those bike lanes like they're their own personal turn lane.

My state is one of the ones that banned them. There was an incident last year where a 16 year old was in a car with a driving instructor, learning how to highway drive. He was doing everything right and was getting onto the off-ramp when he was hit from the side and killed. The instructor survived with injuries and…

I saw her quote about how those young men (I can't bring myself to label them all boys, it just feels condescending) are making it up at the bottom of a CNN ticker earlier this week. Underneath a follow-up story about a boy that had been doused with gasoline and set on fire. And it was just like that for about ten…

Uh, yeah. My dad started me off on Heinlein and Jules Verne before I was in school. They got me reading grown-up books really stinking early. Then they just turned me loose on the bookcase. Some of the ones that really stuck with me were all of Barbara Hambley's stuff, Blue Moon Rising, Tigana, the original four…

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The British library has image keyword search on their online manuscripts. I'm part of a medieval reenactment group, so I was looking for references to make illuminated scrolls as awards for people. I was searching for goats and that was part of one of the results - I've sworn that someone, somewhere, will get that…