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Re: PTBN’s WrestleMania List-a-Mania – Day Nine: Best WrestleMania Opening Matches

GWB — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:12:06 -0000

It turns out that everyone had nine other slots on their lists as well.

Re: TV Corner: Grace & Frankie

GWB — Tue, 24 May 2016 16:43:53 -0000

I devoured the second season a few days after it went up. Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin have fantastic chemistry, and I'm glad they got even more to do together this year since there was a little less emphasis on the children.

Re: New STAR TREK Soundtrack Collections Coming in 2016

GWB — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:49:19 -0000

That's a late highlight of the TOS box set. We reach.

Re: New Three-Disc STAR TREK: NEXT GENERATION Soundtrack Coming From La-La Land Next Week!

GWB — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:54:04 -0000

Is that not on the Encounter at Farpoint CD? Even if it's not the one on the remastered/expanded edition from a couple years ago, though I'd be surprised if it wasn't, I'm fairly sure it would've been on the first edition since it's the only recording that would've existed when it was released in 87. (Plus the original/alternate version of course.)

Re: Sanders Campaign Improperly Accessed Clinton Voter Data

GWB — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:17:00 -0000

I worked with the VAN database a little bit in the past--granted, some years ago and on the state rather than national level. It's notoriously glitchy.

The ad seems more sketchy--you'd think that when you're working for a campaign that brags about not running negative ads, you'd think twice before making a negative ad.

Re: It Looks Like STAR TREK BEYOND May Not Be Paired With IMAX 3D Showings of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

GWB — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 13:00:52 -0000

For one thing, now I'm really glad I got tickets.

Re: Discussion Thread: How is your life not perfect?

GWB — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:41:39 -0000

(TW: grief, mental illness, internalized fat hate, regular ol' fat hate)

The standard depression/anxiety, plus self-esteem issues. I'm super bad at dusting, vacuuming, and performing other regular household maintenance regularly, more often falling into a sort of "oh crap people are coming tomorrow" flurry. It didn't help when my boyfriend's mother recently instructed him to surreptitiously take pictures of my bathroom so she could see if I'm "a clean person" or just "another fat slob." So guess what I feel like.

(She's a trip and a half. I haven't met her yet, but the way my boyfriend talks about her restricting him from leaving the house, constantly policing his sexuality (I don't think she has a problem with him being gay, but him being a chub chaser/cub does not meet with her approval), and generally making him afraid of her does not paint her in a good light. But! I have a boyfriend! And he's super sweet! Though of course I can find other things to worry about, because my dang ol' brain just couldn't get by otherwise. I worry about what my friends will think of him; I worry about his own mental illness issues, which are different from mine and which I don't always know how to react to.)

Also, it's been a little more than three years since my mom had her first stroke and almost two and a half years since she died, and I've basically been stress-eating for all that time. I do NOT want to shame anyone else--ALL my judgments on this are self-directed, I don't know your life--but I'm bigger than I've ever been and it doesn't feel right in terms of stamina or flexibility. I feel like I'm a walking stereotype.

Not to mention the fact that my dad fell ill and was incapacitated for the 2008 election and my mom fell ill and was incapacitated for the 2012 election, both dying within months, so for 2016 I'd really like to not have to fill out anyone's absentee ballot. As depressing as US politics already is, I'm trying not to get superstitious.

Oh, and because my brother hasn't had a job in a very long time and I'm very lenient with a pair of renters who have chronic job-security issues that prevent them from staying current on their rent, I'm just barely getting by financially.

Re: Question of the Day

GWB — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:34:11 -0000

The Nine Inch Nails concert I went to in 2009 was the only time I've been in a mosh pit (it was in a small venue in NYC that was about 86% mosh pit), and the experience of pushing and being pushed around in a throbbing mass of humanity while everyone sang along to every song was just amazing. It was almost trance-like by hour two.

Re: Question of the Day

GWB — Thu, 21 May 2015 19:45:56 -0000

For whatever reason, I dream about imaginary hidden areas of my house. In my old house it was a hidden hallway that doubled back on the upstairs hallway, leading to a lounge/spa area with deep circular couches, a wet bar, and an indoor pool, all decked out in 70's chic with bright colors and shag carpet. (In my dream, I concluded that it was decorated that way because it had been hidden since soon after my parents bought the house in the 70s.)

I kept having that dream even after moving out of that house, until a few weeks ago when I had a dream about some sort of extra basement in this house, with some sort of family room with sliding doors opening out onto a slim walkway bordering a vine-covered retaining wall, which I THINK was below my backyard as it exists.

Re: The Make-Up Thread

GWB — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:10:37 -0000

Love that color!

I've just recently started painting my toenails--it's the most gender-variant thing I've ever done (tame, I know), and for days after the first time, I'd wriggle my toes and smile every time I saw them. I hardly know anything about how to do it WELL, though, and because of my back & big ol' belly it's hard to reach my toes at the right angle for painting. Does anyone have advice, or a favorite guide to making toenails look really good?

Re: The Creative Endeavors Thread

GWB — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:46:49 -0000

I started a blogging project about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I was looking to get into writing more consistently, so when a friend said he was going to be going through the show I figured it'd be something I could sink my teeth into. I'm doing an episode every Friday, and the table of contents for the main articles I've written about ST so far is here: http://placetobenation.com/...

Re: Question of the Day

GWB — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:36:51 -0000

When I was but a child, I was at a restaurant with my family when I innocently picked up an ad in a plastic holder on the table and sounded out a word I'd never seen before: kwess-uh-dill-uh. I have since learned what a quesadilla is, but for twenty-plus years my mother and my brother would not let me live it down.

My dad was the oldest child in his family; when his first sister was born he was old enough to have started speaking, but he was still mispronouncing lots of things, and he just couldn't get his mouth around the word "baby." From that point on, my aunt's name around the house was Bobby. (My other aunt's name is Francis; I've always thought it was fun that my two aunts are Bobby and Frank.)

Oh, and while my brother and I were fighting during our/my teens we eventually shortened "you're such a douchebag" to "sdouchebag," which has been valuable over the years.

Re: Daily Dose of Cute

GWB — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:52:53 -0000

Higgs is certain that the neighbors are up to some form of hijinks and hooliganism.

Re: Meanwhile on the Twitterz...

GWB — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:55:03 -0000

@Glenniebun here.

Re: Daily Dose of Cute

GWB — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:02:06 -0000

Finally I can contribute a photo here! When I adopted this cat six months ago, he promptly found the deepest hiding places in my house and burrowed in. He's 7 or 8, spent almost all of that time with his previous owner, and the combination of completely new people and a completely new home was traumatic for him. Eventually I decided to name him Higgs because 1) it seems like just the right combination of Real Name and Dork Name and 2) for a long time I could not confirm his existence. Bit by bit I've been trying to lure him out with food & treats, and just this week he's started coming out for scratches--this I count as a major victory. He'll still run away from any sudden or not-so-sudden movement, but this is fabulous progress.

Re: Question of the Day

GWB — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:12:22 -0000

"iogno" is used by my brother and myself as, essentially, "I don't know" with the consonant sounds taken out due to tiredness and/or laziness. It originated about fifteen years ago when I woke him up to ask him something, he responded "iogno, goahhoh," and we were both amazed that I immediately understood "I don't know, go ask Mom."

Re: Calling All Pro-Choice Men

GWB — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:20:53 -0000

I support choice because I decide what I do with my body (I'm the decider!), not what others do with theirs.

Re: Discussion Thread: Why We Need Feminism

GWB — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:16:38 -0000

I need feminism because I know women, I like women, and I interact with women every day. I don't want to be an asshole to them due to unconsidered biases, and I don't want the wider culture to be oppressive toward them.

I also need feminism because its challenging of gender essentialism is the only thing that made sense of my sexuality--not just that I'm bi, but that I'm attracted to a lot of things that aren't part of "conventional attractiveness," and that's not something that needs to be hidden or shamed.

Re: Discussion Thread: Pet Questions

GWB — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:55:35 -0000

I decided a while ago that I would get a cat this winter, but I've been putting it off out of 1) general procrastination and 2) the idea that because I've never had a pet in my life I'd screw it up in some way. (I decided to get a cat in the first place in large part because of the widely-documented positive effects for depressives. I figured I could provide a forever home for a shelter animal, and, selfishly, I want something to sit on my lap and love me.)

Can anyone recommend some sort of all-around guide for first-time cat owners? How to decide which one would be right (depending on what cats are in local shelters), what I need to get for the house before/after the cat comes home, how to train hir not to jump up onto kitchen counters/eating spaces, etc. Where should the litter box go?

Re: Photos of the Day

GWB — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:49:30 -0000

I keep wanting to play Caption This with the third photo. "We can't afford four more years of failed policies and broken promises from a president who doesn't have the ideas we need in this country to grow the economy and put people back to... ... ...he's right behind me, isn't he?"

Re: Discussion Thread: How is your life not perfect?

GWB — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:03:30 -0000

There's no serious boyfriend here either. Or girlfriend.

My social circle has been steadily dwindling. While some separations are definitely needed--know when to walk away and when to run, right?--there're still huge gaps being filled by no one and nothing.

Re: Doctor Who thing of the day: “Pond Life” parts 1, 2, 3

GWB — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:20:47 -0000

Toilet humor has been an essential part of the rebooted series at least since the first series had THREE episodes dedicated to The Farting Invaders, eh?

Re: Question of the Day

GWB — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:57:07 -0000

xkcd
Dinosaur Comics
Questionable Content
Indexed
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Tom Tomorrow
A Softer World
Riot Nrrd

Re: Personal - Ta-Nehisi Coates - I Left Twitter - The Atlantic

GWB — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:34:45 -0000

Someone made one of those before TNC joined Twitter originally: https://twitter.com/#!/tncp...

Re: Politics - Ta-Nehisi Coates - Some Thoughts On Democratic Norms - The Atlantic

GWB — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:52:26 -0000

Connecticut also rejected a convention recently (I think 2008). At the time it was generally seen as an opportunity to undo marriage equality--churches pumped money into a "Yes on Question 1" effort, etc.