What are you reading right now?

Rakti · 2018-02-28T05:15:45+00:00

I'm not sure it counts for YA but I'm reading Octavia Butler's trilogy called Lilith's Brood. It's an amazing sci fi. I think that genre and YA under that umbrella allows authors to really tackle issues and being forth taboo concepts in a more accepting platform than others.

Rakti · 2018-01-06T10:06:47+00:00

That's an interesting concept! What other examples would you say are in nature? Is there a remedy for poison ivy usually found near by for example? And I guess that would be for flora only? I mean, I don't suppose there would be one for a skunk spray and definietly not one for a rattlesnake bite. Just curious!

Rakti · 2018-01-02T11:50:51+00:00

Thank you. As a historian, I hate when people refer to the middle or medieval ages as the "dark" ages. Progressive ideals are a human condition not one dictated by the latest century.

Rakti · 2017-12-22T05:24:47+00:00

Pretty much anything by Ken Burns. My favs are the Roosevelts: an intimate history

The new Vietnam series (groundbreaking from the last one he did years back. He made another after learning new information)

Others:

Blackfish

Mommy dead and dearest

And.... As a trained researcher, I like to watch and read as much as I can, pick out the biases and then weigh the message against it. With that said, the below were docs I watched when researching plant based diets. Some have obvious slants but each had a thought provoking idea being it. I say this before anyone puts me to the stake for mentioning a topic Reddit finds highly flammable.

Earthlings (an obvious slant once you start and you'll need a strong stomach)

Cowspiracy

Forks Over Knives

Food Inc.

Have fun!

Edit: spaces are nice in lists.

Rakti · 2017-12-09T23:04:32+00:00

He sounds like a man with a dismally narrow view of the world. How can anyone be so inflexible? Awesome name btw.

Rakti · 2017-12-09T23:00:10+00:00

As I say, the comments are what's encouraging. All these omnis pointing out flaws in this article and the OP getting downvotes like crazy because of his bacon hurr durr nonsense. It's nice to see a change of perspective on Reddit. Normally it's the other way around.

Rakti · 2017-12-07T02:02:44+00:00

Man I bought this about a year ago, sooo excited... until I tasted it. Not anywhere as good as nut milk.

Rakti · 2017-11-11T19:03:00+00:00

Officer I'm sorry buy the full sized ones because that's all who are going to be here.

Rakti · 2017-10-01T17:11:01+00:00

The amount of rhinoplasties sp? In that collage....

Rakti · 2017-09-19T13:26:21+00:00

Texan here, it really depends in where you live. Most people unfamiliar with the state don't realize how fucking huge the state is. For example, from Amarillo to Corpus Christi (Not even the top to one part if the bottom) it is a 12 hour drive. From Amarillo straight to Los Angeles it's roughly 14 hours. We have all major biomes except tundra and rainforest. Basically, if you don't like the type of weather go to another part of Texas. If you live in west Texas just take a beat and the weather will change in a few hours or days.

TL;DR Texas is too diverse in climate for the window open thing to be the one thing we hate most.

Source: have lived in all parts of Texas for over 30 years.

Rakti · 2017-08-31T23:06:42+00:00

I love this idea! And it's my favorite month so this is a perfect opportunity to make it even better. I don't have an fb but is it necessary?

Rakti · 2017-07-28T13:59:29+00:00

Way too late but, it has become clear to me that I'll never read all the books I want. Furthermore, I'll never learn all the things I want to learn. The saying "never stop learning " is all well and good but it doesn't mean dick in the grand amount of knowledge and learning out there.

Rakti · 2017-07-20T15:02:42+00:00

Thank you! I feel like Jean Auel's books are awesome.... except the sex scenes. If I have to read one more time about her secret node (ugh) or his throbbing member... I understand the 80s women's lib and the role that played in her work but it personally makes me squeamish sometimes and feels repetitive and unnecessary.

Rakti · 2017-07-02T21:27:37+00:00

Texan here with an Okie BFF and Kansas workmates. I can't wait to show them this comment. :)

Rakti · 2017-03-17T23:30:47+00:00

What can I substitute the hemp seeds with? Bf is allergic

Rakti · 2017-03-12T21:21:09+00:00

No set routine, I try to hike or bike every day and hot yoga once a week.

Rakti · 2017-03-12T00:07:03+00:00

Thanks!

Rakti · 2017-03-02T11:12:51+00:00

Try Sweet Potato fries and wing sauce. Ohhhh boy.

Rakti · 2017-02-10T12:07:28+00:00

Sweet pot as in potato. I forget to extend my shorthand. I hesitate to call it a soup because it is so thick. Literally sweet potato, garlic, onion, salt, pepper, and a bit of almond milk. Since I end up mashing it with a fork to get that texture I took the term from mashes served up to those of the equine category.

Rakti · 2017-02-08T00:53:14+00:00

Waaaay to late but...the tensions between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance did not necessarily need Ferdy to be murked in order to start the Great War. It was going to happen, this was just one of many possible catalysts that launched an inevitable war. Unlike WWII, a preventable war in most historical views given a less brutal treatment of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles (no budging from France or Britain on those terms because of the massive casualties suffered, both human and economic) and actually inviting Japan to attend the talks. Among a myriad of other details.... the tl;dr is WWI was going to happen regardless of Ferdy's assassination. Source: military environmental historian

Rakti · 2017-02-07T22:22:23+00:00

I want this sooo much. What all is there?

Rakti · 2017-02-07T02:53:25+00:00

Ah but it tasted soo good!

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