LMAO

[conuly]

I just completely weirded Eva out by telling her she's a very important person to me, and I just want her to know I love her very much.

Eva: ...is there something wrong? What do you want?
Me: I just want you to know that you're wonderful!

Did it to Ana too.

Ana: Seriously, is somebody talking shit about me? Whatever it is, I didn't do it.

You have to space this sort of thing out or they become inured to it, but if you do it occasionally their reaction to this speech is hilarious. (Anyway, it's true. I do love them very much, and they're both wonderful.)

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Great vintage ad to share with all the anti-vaxxers

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'Gene map for depression' sparks hopes of new generation of treatments

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Sorry, Cucks: Tim Allen's New Movie Will End PC Culture: The perpetual victim bravely takes on the snowflakes in No Safe Spaces.

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Fighting the Fees That Force Prisoners to Pay for Their Incarceration

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Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop. ("You sometimes hear cops talk about people in the community as ‘civilians,’ but that’s bullshit." Thank you, Sam Vimes.)

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A gang burst into a party and killed a teen. It still haunts her classmates — including me.

Is the US Border Patrol Committing Crimes Against Humanity?

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Avoid Gulf stream disruption at all costs, scientists warn

Comments

[adafrog]

lol Awesome.

[elf]

"Five examples of electronic book readers that predated the Kindle"...

I've owned three types of ereaders that predate the Kindle: Rocketbook (mentioned in the article--too heavy for regular use, very little memory), Sony PRS-505 (stolen from me), Jetbook (screen cracked within a week).

My favorite ereader was the Astak Pocket EZ-Reader: 5" screen, buttons to turn pages (no touchscreen), could read epub and mobi, came with a nice folding cover. I've owned two; on both, the battery stopped holding a charge. Company stopped selling ereaders before I could get a replacement.

I hate that everything's gone to touchscreens and 6" or larger screens.

[conuly]

I don't know why the world is obsessed with touchscreens either. I guess that less moving parts means it's less likely to get physically damaged, but in the meantime I end up turning pages by accident.

[redsixwing]

It's interesting, the different stages of ebook development. (I admit, the best thing about ebooks is having easily accessible fiction, and ForgottenBooks goodies, on my phone.)

That beat cop article is good good stuff.

[conuly]

I rarely enjoy articles about a. cops or b. spooks, but here's an ex-CIA cop and I loved it.

[nocowardsoul]

Sorry, Cucks: Tim Allen's New Movie Will End PC Culture

I hope it flops and that misogynistic generation-bashing piece of shit never works again. (I didn't read the article; it's bad for my blood pressure.)

[greghousesgf]

Toy Story and Galaxy Quest pretty much prove the only time Tim Allen is tolerable is if he's doing some sort of Bill Shatner imitation.

[nocowardsoul]

I even used to like Wild Hogs in spite of myself, but Last Man Standing ruined everything he was ever in. Just like Cosby.

[conuly]

I was done with Cosby a long time ago. His "black people should just pull up their pants" schtick was tiresome even before it came out that he was a serial rapist.

[nocowardsoul]

The ironic part is that Huxtuble is one of the sitcom fathers that I wouldn't punch in the face.

[greghousesgf]

the really fucking creepy thing about that show is periodically very young actresses would show up who weren't very talented, their characters had no personality and didn't add anything to the plot, they were just sort of there, and they were all a very specific physical type.(thin and extremely light skinned Black women) In retrospect I can't help wondering if these were women who he raped and then put them on the show in order to bribe them into silence.

[conuly]

Honestly, I remember watching The Cosby Show, but I barely remember the show itself. Maybe I was too young to remember it clearly.

[bibliofile]

>Toy Story and Galaxy Quest pretty much prove the only time Tim Allen is tolerable is if he's doing some sort of Bill Shatner imitation.

Thank you! That sums it up nicely. (Option: Add "barely" before "tolerable")

[mommy]

The article is surprisingly good. The author focuses on how the problem lies with Tim Allen's lousy expectations and assumptions, not with the audience that expects better.

[livingdeb]

Hi Stranger,

I got notification that you are now following my blog. What is your interest? How did you find me?

Cheers,
Livingdeb

[conuly]

1. It was the Spanish language post. I'm always interested in language variation.

2. Probably found you via http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest or else via linkhopping - one friend of friend page through another friend page, etc. But if you want, I can unsubscribe.

[livingdeb]

That's cool. Just wondering if I'm supposed to know you from somewhere!

I blog on many topics, but you can find all my posts on Spanish by using my Spanish flag:
< https://livingdeb.dreamwidth.org/tag/spanish >

My favorite thing about Spanish is probably reflexive verbs. I have an entry on that here:
< https://livingdeb.dreamwidth.org/465764.html >

And if you look at only one earlier entry, my favorite one is where I change the lyrics of "Secret Agent Man" to be about Spanish agent nouns:
< https://livingdeb.dreamwidth.org/461295.html >