If you've ever tried to move a large, inert object, you know that putting slack in the line before a pull improves your chances.

Portland parks need garbage pickup? A little mulch, maybe?

What they're whispering is "*k you", but the asterisk doesn't stand for "T-h-a-n"

No. When I give as much thought, energy, and time to mitigating the probability of being sexually assaulted as a cis-het male, THEN I might have the time, energy, and inclination to "have more sex".

Yep. Or around the house in little candy dishes (warn your friends!) Or, eventually, put a little show of running to the treat jar for rewards. The party is part of the reward.

I'm trying to think of circumstances where I wouldn't train my dog. Big, little, young, old - dude, we need a way to communicate. You're the one with the nose, I'm the one with the opposable thumbs, let's work something out.

Was "Escape from L.A." playing within earshot, by any chance?

Thank you for reposting. Fascinating, and brings some of my fuzzy-held feelings into focus.

Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.

Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!

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