But I try to remember that not only do I not know what’s going to happen – past experience shows I’mactively terribleat knowing what will happen. This is the most recent of several times in my life when the far right has won the White House and congress. And each time, terrible ...
Although she seemed very young to headline such a performance, Blonsky was already a seasoned singer, as she told a reporter for The Guardian in 2007, "I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all those musical movie...
Whatever Happened to Lala? The man in the house on the hill narrowed his eyes as the car rumbled up the gravel. It was tan-metal colored and rounded, unfamiliar. He couldn't see the license plate at this distance, not through the dust on it, but he'd bet it was out of state. ...
The body horror that’s part of Ducournau’s style emerges within the first twenty minutes of the film, as well as some of her commentary on the hell of being a woman. And she goes harsh. There were several scenes where I had to put my hands up in front of my face. (Always peekin...
I posted this over at Bluesky and I thought it was worth asking here as well,because it was a real thing that happened to me: One day I disdained the idea of socks as a gift, and then it feels like literally the next I was all “Oh Hell YEAH socks” whenever new ones showed up...
Really: I’m asking. Because what’s become clear is that every one of us touched by the toxins of such attitudes tends to become poisonous, too. It seems easy to tell when somebody else is being unreasonable, intractable. Crazy, even! But if the response is to simply dig in, shore ...
but I’m not sure. There is also the possibility that the BBS is re-analyzing how the exam is performing and you won’t find out if you passed for another month or so. That happened to me for my ethics exam, and it’s much nicer to know immediately how you did. I was in a bi...
Plus, I remained married to this fabulous person.So, for all of that, thanks, 2016. You weren’t all bad.If you’d like to post some good things that happened to/for you in 2016 in the comment thread, I would be happy to see them, and so, I suspect, would others....
Jr’s parents wereLt. William DawesandLydia Boone, etc. I’ve added photos of their grave markers and maps to show where everyone lived. A summary of the family story is on the right. In this case, we have paintings of William Jr. and Mehitable to reveal what they probably looked ...
mactively terribleat knowing what will happen. This is the most recent of several times in my life when the far right has won the White House and congress. And each time, terrible things have happened – but it’s never been the end of progress. It’s never meant that civil rights ...