That baby has a titanium shell

Standing in line for the second-ever showing of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and the asshole leaving the first ever showing announcing loudly "I cannot believe that Vader is Luke's father!"

/whispers/ rhodochrodite

insert "nyoom" emoji here

I did not have "existential crises in the alt text" on my bingo card for Monday, but that's on me.

When people say the South gets what it deserves for voting Republican, remind them that: 1) 45% of Southerners voted for Biden. Trump only won 53% there 2) Half of America’s Black population lives in the South 3) The region has widespread gerrymandering & restrictive voting laws

I always lie when asked about SI. I've had suicidal thoughts every damned day for thirty years. It's to the point that it would feel weird not to have them. They don't scare me. They *exhaust* me. Intrusive thoughts are a huge PITA. But I don't tell anyone. Because they'd freak the fuck out.

We wear white shoes after Labor Day and Groundhog's Day/Candlemas/St Brigid's just means mattress sales. The liminal has lost meaning, and there is no such thing as Ordinary Time, just an endless frenzied rush towards the next hit of Festivus, emptied of all Now. (2/2)

Pretty sure they wanted "sanctimonious" there.

Like the guy who was a blackjack dealer in Vegas but cheated the house and was on the run from the mob; whole family vanished in the middle of the night? or the guy who used to beat his wife I'd sit on the stairs with my phone in my hand silently begging her to scream "help" so I could call 911?