After my ex was finally arrested and out of the house, I had to start driving to work again. Radio bores me senseless. I like a few podcasts, but not enough to tune in everyday. I was at the little local book shop, and they had a set of shelves with used books on CD. I bought one and it completely changed my commute.…

Thank you so much to all of those that helped and gave naming suggestions for our new pupper. I’d like everyone to meet... Samwise!

I’m in my mid-twenties and solidly pro-book. I have a Kindle, I tried it, but I found I couldn’t focus as much on e-text, and struggled to finish books. I need the tactile experience. You can borrow, exchange, and distribute books in a way that can’t be extended to e-books. I like the idea of passing them on if I want…

I think they have different advantages for different situations. All things equal I’d pick a paper book every time - it’s better when reading before bed (no bright light shining in your eyes) and they smell better and they look hella nice on a shelf and you can loan them! But there’s something to be said for the…

I prefer real books, I like being able to easily flip back to a previous section, or if it’s something like a russian novel, to flip back to the list of characters. That said I don’t hate ebooks as much as I thought I would.

Still phenomenally depressed and cross about Brexit, and life in general. One of these days I will come to SNS all ‘Life is good and I am happy!’ but it is not this day. [/pityparty]

“Shaken to the core” is making me think about the asshole who complained to the building management of a job I used to have about the “unseemly” window air conditioners, and management made us take them out. Like, would it be less unseemly to have a stream of ambulances when we all die of heat stroke, because our…

That “shaken to the core” comment really got me too. Seriously? I feel like the e-mail writer just beamed in from 1890.

Because the teams of SWAT, FBI, etc wouldn’t be able to take those if they wanted to..../s/

Congress has actually blocked the CDC and NIH from being able to study gun violence (even though 34000 Americans die per year).

People missing the point will try to point out that she apparently was only using a pistol at the time, so likely not a type of gun that is currently being targeted by gun control advocates. But the real point is the disconnect between the dream—I will use this to protect my family!!!—and the reality—that it is far…

Apeshit gun nuts like to promote themselves, but friends and family will say “We never saw it coming ...”

All responsible gun owners are responsible gun owners right up until they aren't. Weird how that works.

For real, good for Molly and fuck this hater ass couch jockey. How much of a salty stank monster do you have to be to fucking write a multi paragraph long email to a television studio because a woman didn’t meet your exacting standards of ******conservative****** in a dress and necklace that could be on a mannequin at…

All I can really say is this commenter woman obviously has no idea how to dress for a “night out on the town” because the meteorologist is dressed perfectly for her job.

Clashing colors?! No. Magenta and turquoise live together in harmony, you craprabbit! Learn to use a color wheel.

“Shaken to the core (almost)” by a pink dress, huh? I think this person is (almost) too fragile to be watching any TV at all.

You want to know what broadcasters want to say when criticized by viewers or listeners? “I don’t call you at work to tell you how to flip the burgers, honey.” A meteorologist has studied long and hard for that degree - and having to meet all sorts of appearance expectations from television producers is a pain in the…

All of this. I live in a swing state where the GOP took over our state government in 2010. We have been screwed over in every possible way since. My town is a liberal enclave, and I’ve got friends talking about their “protest vote.” I want to smack them. These same people are protesting the debasement of our state by…

A public figure has rights to their image when it comes to not being used for commercial promotion, but anyone can use it for art. Taylor could sue, but her lawyers would have to litigate that a music video is an ad and not a work of art, which I do not believe has ever been definitively established. Really not worth…