“There’s still food in the bowl that you put in there thirty minutes ago, but now I can see the bottom.”

That means there’s all the more wilderness area to retreat and disappear into.

Population of Iraq: 48 million

Population of Canada: 41 million

Area of Iraq: 438,000 km²

Area of Canada: 9.98 million km²

US-Iraq Border: 0 km

US-Canada Border: 8,900 km

A US invasion of Canada would make Iraq look like a pleasant afternoon picnic in the park.

It’s all so… plausible. His shove, her little cry of pain and surprise and fear, the way he leans down and tells her not to touch his club and then stalks away and furiously grabs the club as he leaves. The ad would have been better if it had been escalated to Looney Tunes levels of reaction, but instead they leave it in this alarmingly real area of domestic violence.

I once saw a Mom at an information desk at an art museum take her fussy, fidgeting toddler, gently lay him down on the ground, and put her foot on him, Captain Morgan style:

Kid didn’t cry or try to escape. Thoroughly impressive. Might plant the seed to awaken something in the kid when he hits puberty, though.

I miss AIM :(

Ever heard of Darn Tough socks? Expensive per pair, but they come with a lifetime guarantee.

Stone Temple Montblancs

My wife does that. Early on, I asked her…

“Why do you set the microwave to 1:11?”

“Because it takes less time than 1:00.”

“I’m pretty sure it doesn’t.”

“🤦🏻‍♀️”

DON’T GET IN THE KILN!

Screw that, make Modesty Blaise

• Is her own character, so wouldn’t get labeled “the female James Bond.”

• Has a cooler back story than James Bond

• Has a cool cast of supporting characters

• Is canonically awesome at martial arts, but will use guns when pressed

• Already has a bunch of books and comics to use as source material

• Has at least as many sexual adventures as Bond

• Has a long-time male partner with whom she is emphatically not in a romantic relationship or a Will-they-won’t-they situation

I’m reminded of the story of a couple comprised of a cis woman and a trans woman who wanted to get married in a state that was trying to forbid gay marriage. The state was in the position of either accepting that the trans woman was a woman and trying to forbid their marriage, or asserting that she was not in fact a woman but then allowing them to get married.