ArtieShaw

I always hear the same thing. He’s the sweetest dog ever. He would never hurt a fly.

And it’s always true until one day it just isn’t. My cousin’s large dogs would always growl and threaten my husband (who is admittedly nervous around dogs). Every fucking holiday it was the same thing after one of the dogs corners him. “He never does this.” Except every year, he does.

One of those dogs finally snapped one day. No humans were physically injured that day, but two people - including a young child had to witness it. We think she doesn’t remember, thankfully.

I fully blame idiot cousin Jimmy and his idiot wife, but crap.

I don’t know, man. What does this Ethel chopping job pay? /s

I just get the feeling that these kids aren’t the type who are worried about where their next meal is going to come from. Or in other words, they’re hobbyists and the military was never going to be an option.

I can smell it.

*Easy answers *Lack of self-reflection (“are we the badies?”) *reflexive reactionary impulse (“I say throw the bums out!”) when external pressures make life tough

I’ve got many people in my life who would fit one or more of these generalizations. I’m sure it’s a vast tapestry.

My mom got hissing mad when one of her friends told her that WalMart wasn’t a good place to be shopping. That was 20 years ago.

Roy is great. He’s no Moss, but he’s great.

Is that the penis worm that I learned about today?

She was a really funny comedy actor, but also good in Close Encounters. I’ll probably remember her most for that role.

YES! I watched it on bootleg VHS about 100 times when I was a kid. It has so much to love.

*myrmecologists *a lady scientist *flamethrowers and gas bombs *LA sewer tunnels *some psych ward patients who make some great points (eg - Do you think there’s a black market for hot sugar? They were ants, I tell you!) *walk by cameo by a young Leonard Nemoy; he was just an extra at that point *an entire informational film strip about ants

They also do a really good job of investigating and escalating the emergency response to a very bad and weird situation. Good writing and good acting.

she had been flagged after she indicated that she was not a U.S. citizen in response to a jury summons

She claimed non-citizenship as a way to get out of jury duty??? Bwahahahaahaha! This just keeps getting better.

holy shit - thank you!