"But a person whose job is writing stories probably had heard of this critically-acclaimed movie, or at least book."

yup, 1979 The Long Walk, so good.

Prior to both these movies in 1979 was a book written by Stephen King (under Bachman) called The Long Walk. Similar story line involving kids getting killed in a competition put on by the government.

Or King's The Long Walk combined with The Running Man.

In my experience, people who leave marriages that quickly either experience a very fast paradigm shift of some kind (traumatic event, big financial change, etc.) and/or the wedding occurred during the period when the relationship was initially/not-so-initially falling apart, but there was too much momentum. In an…

I know I'm missing the point here, but nine months?! Did you marry an axe murderer and not find out right away? Or a cheater? I don't understand how you would go so far as to be married but realize you made a mistake in only 9 months...

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2007 Motor Trend Car of the Year.

I'm sorry, but my friend wins for "Rylanton."

One of her "favorite things" is her own book. Never change, Oprah. Never change.

For us, the first one was infertility, then, right before our 25th, a Stage IV cancer diagnosis. It worked out fine, but man, those were the toughest tests of our relationship. It's like coming out of a crucible. Yeah, it was hard, but if anything, our relationship is even stronger. We've seen the worst. We've…

We just celebrated our 30th. That's not the hard stuff up there. The hard stuff comes later when Bad Things happen that test your commitment to each other in ways you never expected. Health issues, job loss, family issues with parents and loved ones - those are the things that are truly hard and will test your…

I don't see it so much in the US, but Europe scares me.

Even though Jews are only about 2% of the US's population, they make up over 60% of religious hate crime victims. That's sort of scary.

I dont find that the anti-Zionists have legit concerns at all. You can be anti-Israel and not be anti-Semitic that's fair, but the sort of people I've encountered who call themselves "anti-zionists" are in my experience in SF almost uniformly bigots. They just don't want to be labeled anti-Semites so they changed…

It's gotten to the point where I don't wear my Star of David anymore or tell anyone I'm jewish unless I'm totally sure it's safe. Anyone else feel like anti-semitism is having a huge upswing?

I was thinking about the moon landing truthers the other day and realized something: if NASA faked the moon landings in 1969-1972, why haven't they faked other space missions? Why not a fake Mars landing? A mission to Alpha Centauri? It's been nearly 50 years. We could have had a kick-ass fake history of space…

I am a government tool, and I cannot stress enough how fucking right you are.

I knew I was right to suspect Marge. She has a shifty look about her.

I'm a Truther Truther. Truth is, the government sucks at doing things. The government can't pave a fucking road, much less do a drone strike without incinerating a wedding party in Yemen. What makes you think they can perpetrate massive, decades-long conspiracies? Having worked in government, including at levels where…