I told Matt that: “I have never put forward a post that crosses the line of civility. I never will. You do not need to be “intimately involved” in a “dispute” to know that making death threats is wrong.” I sent Matt a follow-up e-mail reporting on an abusive post put to ...
their faces hidden, their bodies straining under immense wooden crosses. The timbers scraped loudly against the pavement, a visceral soundtrack to the unspoken agony and devotion representatively etched into each step they took. The sound echoed through the silence—raw, ancient, unforgettable. ...
Yes, we should keep perspective and praise God that we are not fighting another world war (or an infection). But if you’re going to trot out that line every time someone struggles, it gets hard to have a conversation. Loneliness is real. And we are all – accustomed and unaccustomed a...
(having been shooed back to line after trying to approach the woman – shame on you for interrupting her nap). When you finally get beckoned to the booth, the most important question the officer can ask you is what your address in the country you are leaving was. Does it really matter?
line too. Until, Sherrifs starting pulling bikes over. I got yelled at by one to stay on the right side of the line. Perhaps I looked respectable on my BMW with the wife on the back. We parked the bike and put my Aerostich into one of the side cases and my riding boots into the...
Buying a swimsuit. Getting a tight-fitting shirt stuck on my body in the dressing room. Having a child say “You don’t have any eyebrows, do you?” Asking the grocery line folks to “make the bags light, please.” Wearing a scarf. Day after day. Wondering about wearing a wig becaus...
(22 °C). Treatment at high temperature (28 °C) during the sex-determining stages of offspring from crosses of WZ females with ZZ males led to about 73% sex-reversed ZW male individuals. Surprisingly, there was an extremely male-skewed sex ratio (94%) in the offspring of WZ pseudomale...
Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up...
08.07: Simple 2000 Series 100th crosses 100 titles -- interview with series father Nobuyuki Okajima [Impress Watch] 08.07: Taito to release budget version of arcade game collection -- Taito Memories Gekan Taito Best [Impress Watch] 08.04: Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side set for DS! [Impress Wat...
Deadlines can sometimes be motivating, that’s why I am even doing NaNoWriMo this year, because I have a project that I keep pushing to the back burner, and I think if I create a deadline for myself, I may get a lot or most of it done. ...