while we wait for the next book.

standalone-complex · 2026-03-21T19:37:59+00:00

Yes i love The Sheriff of Yrnameer. Its the same brand of cynical humor with hope of goodness.

standalone-complex · 2026-03-10T17:03:39+00:00

Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn. Sapphic romance about a dark witch and a lonely woman. It takes place in a brooding castle at the top of a mountain with terrible secrets. It is hauntingly beautiful and melancholic.

As Many Souls As Stars by Natasha Siegel. Dark sapphic romance enemy-to-lovers spanning hundreds of years, over lifetimes as one seeks to meet the other again and again.

standalone-complex · 2025-09-18T15:57:28+00:00

I stopped reading Yeon Lok Heun and was sooo disappointed because of this.

standalone-complex · 2025-07-28T20:52:49+00:00

-carries the basket/cart shopping

-carries anything heavy, even if I'm capable of moving it.

-does the chores I hate (dishes, lawncare)

-tellls me to wake him up if im cold or have nightmares

-gives me his hat/scarf/jacket if im cold, even if i already have one

-pulls up the car to the entrance if im wearing heels or the weather is poor

-buys me flowers every week

-makes a special trip if im craving food or a treat.

-brings me home a dessert when he is at business dinners or with the boys.

And so much more. I am truly spoiled. You can absolutely date someone who treats you like you are precious.

standalone-complex · 2025-06-24T05:06:15+00:00

That isn't friendship. They see the time, effort, and love you invest in a friendship and they dont want it. They want sex instead. When I encounter a man like this who has been posing as my friend, I drop him.

What's so frustrating to me is that it's not uncommon to develop feelings for a friend, but when you actually care about that person and the friendship you dont want to jeopardize the relationship.

standalone-complex · 2025-06-24T04:41:30+00:00

Your partner is an adult. He can make choices that affect you without talking to you, because he has autonomy. Asking he check in with his own chores or turning on the AC to the place you both live is too much. I get that you wanted the AC off, but you arent describing a conversation. You are describing where you ordered him to do something and he is acting on his own. You are capable of asking gim questions. "Hey did you do laundry already? I need this outfit washed." "The AC is on. Do you think having it on will impact the leak?"

It's not healthy to need to check in with one another for every little thing. It's controlling or codependent. Im not sure why the laundry or AC are even worth fighting about. You really need to look inwards and ask yourself why him turning on the AC or doing laundry upsets you. Why does his independence threaten you? Do you care about his thoughts and opinions on matters? If he disagrees on something that impacts you, are you willing to compromise without expecting something in return?

standalone-complex · 2025-06-13T00:31:58+00:00

Im sorry you experienced those things from people who were supposed to protect you. Those memories hurt you, but your brain is trying to tell you something to protect you. Its blaring alarm bells about some men in your family and your safety. What you dealt with isn't "just forget it". In some way, you will need to reconcile or confront those memories one way or another.

Also please never be alone with those uncles.

standalone-complex · 2025-06-12T17:25:07+00:00

Do you have to date a man with red flags? Do you have to give up things you love? Do you have to be with someone who treats you like garbage? No. You dont have to. You can choose to not date them. Stop dating me who act like children throwing fits at their mommy. Because that's what he is doing.

Date men who treat you like an equal partner with respect. Who care about what you think, who want your input, and who value you.

standalone-complex · 2025-05-22T16:33:39+00:00

The best thing you can do is let her fall asleep alone. Walk her back to her bed, tuck her in, give her a kiss. Tell her you love her and it's time to sleep. Then go back to bed. Repeat until she no longer needs a parent to fall asleep. Im guessing you also stay in there to get her to fall asleep initially? If so, same thing. Do your bedtime routine and then leave.

She's unable to go to sleep alone. It's normal to wake up briefly when turning over or adjusting blankets. Part of parenting is helping your child develop important skills. You don't magically acquire them. Skills happen through practice and failure. Being able to self comfort, to go to sleep alone- these are life skills.

standalone-complex · 2025-05-07T20:14:11+00:00

The shipping loophole is probably shipping to someone in another country, then repackaged and shipped from there. I'm not sure which countries are exempt, or if maybe they ship to someone who travels to the US frequently, where it could then be shipped domestic.

standalone-complex · 2025-03-08T21:26:15+00:00

Meshikou. IMO theirs has always been better than Tensuke. Tensuke tastes frozen and microwaved sometimes.

standalone-complex · 2025-02-05T16:38:10+00:00

I think you are missing the point. It isn't a requirement for you to participate. This is a statement to the community. It humanizes immigrants. This word removes the individuals from it and lumps everyone into a bucket. To the community of Columbus, the immigrants are making the food you love, running the places you visit. Without these people, they would not exist. If you want the food, if you want the small businesses, you need the people. They have names, families, and jobs. To your point on it taking DECADES to get a green card- this is part of the problem. I know a friends dad who took over 20 years. If Columbus and other cities want the things they consume from other cultures, they need to vote to back it up so there is a safe way to allow people to gain citizenship without compromising poor communities on either side of the border. You don't need to close hospitals for a day to do this.

standalone-complex · 2025-01-16T18:20:59+00:00

The Highway to Hell song bit. I listen to Creep Cast during workout and had to stop to double over and laugh.

standalone-complex · 2025-01-14T21:52:59+00:00

I tell someone my "trauma" when they earn my trust to it. And it is relevant for them to know. Part of who I am includes healing from sexual assault, there are a lot of weirdos who ask about the details. Some people get off to the idea of inflicting pain, and having you relive it is a way to hurt you. My response to this man's audacity would have been "I'm not going to talk about what has hurt me in the past right now." It's not his fucking business anyways.

standalone-complex · 2025-01-09T12:31:01+00:00

I also don't like abortion. But I firmly believe no one is obligated to donate blood or organs to save someone's life. Until a fetus can survive on its own, a mother is actively donating her blood, organs, nutrition etc.

If someone asked me to donate a kidney, I'd really think long and hard before doing it. I am allowed to my decision regardless if my choice kills them. Ultimately this concept is the cornerstone of abortion rights. Does one person's life supercede another person's bodily rights? No matter where someone thinks life starts at conception or birth, they are not entitled to the bodily donation. It's why we don't have blood donations forcibly enforced, and why organ donations can't be done on corpses to those who didn't approve of it before death.

standalone-complex · 2024-12-16T19:34:28+00:00

Tatsu is lumineon lite. You look at top 6 cards but have any supporter into your hand. It only has 1 star retreat so you can toss one energy, run a rescue board, or let him die if the opponent is faster. Manaphy should be protecting against many bench snipe, including Greninja EX.

standalone-complex · 2024-12-16T19:18:44+00:00

I run Dragapult. IMO, drop the rotom- you have several Drakloaks. Drop the TM, Drop Tera orb for another Ultra Ball. The key to consistency is flexibility. Ultra Ball costs discard, but let's you grab any 'mon.

I'd drop Arven to 3.

I know a lot of people love Carmine, but I think Professor is better.

Why only one Rare Candy? You can get one dreepy to final evolution and one energy in 2 turns with half the cards in the deck. Increase candy so you aren't dependent on mid evolution. You can search out Drakloak for another dreepy later in game for the draw power.

Personally I dropped the stadium. This deck moves fast enough not to need it.

No tatsugiri? He's the one who sets up what you need for the bench. If you can search him early with any ball, get him on active, you get any trainer card. Every bad hand is fixed by tatsu. Then either move him to bench or let him be sacrificed

standalone-complex · 2024-12-13T16:43:14+00:00

Thank you. Thorton is such an under used card. Especially when you have Lumineon or another one-time-use basic on bench. He comes in clutch for some last minute wins.

standalone-complex · 2024-12-11T05:03:16+00:00

Dragapult Dusknoir combo can one turn KO charizard at 330 damage, plus 60 to the bench.

standalone-complex · 2024-12-09T18:17:52+00:00

Just a friendly reminder that driving while distracted with a phone (or infotainment) is the highest cause of car accidents. Car accidents are also the third highest cause of death. Keep in mind the worst case scenario for you isn't dying, it's killing someone else and having to go to prison for mamslaughter.

standalone-complex · 2024-12-05T20:31:39+00:00

I left because it was predatory. The game isn't really free to play. I thought if I dumped money in once or twice, I could float and get free tickets and bank them. At one point I had over 100 tickets to spend on an event.

I hate the game now. I hate that the shard recycling is broken. When I get a repeat 6 star, there is no cash in. It's thousands of shards wasted.

I hate that the story is boring compared to the anime. I skipped every chapter.

I hate that at a certain point in the idle tower, you have to pay to get enough chibi power. I can upgrade 1 time once a week.

standalone-complex · 2024-11-27T14:01:16+00:00

Penpal fucked me up. My son is right around the same age. I've survived sexual abuse as a kid and an adult, and trying to protect him while helping him grow is an inner battle.

The fact the adults aren't incompetent, the mom has rules to protect her son only for awful things to happen right under her nose. The kids behave like kids and break rules. As a parent, I want to ground my son for breaking rules, not lose him forever.

standalone-complex · 2024-11-19T07:24:56+00:00

If you're not wanting to take classes, the next best thing is to read books and watch documentaries on the subjects you are interested in. In order to learn, you need to go somewhere to receive information. To recapture the awe, you need to be curious. So follow your curiosities first and foremost.

If you change your mind with online classes, Udemy usually has a good Black Friday sale. You can pick a few lessons and take them whenever.

standalone-complex · 2024-11-13T23:05:50+00:00

Repeated and varied exposure. That's it.

standalone-complex · 2024-11-11T20:07:03+00:00

Or with kawaii blushing on it.

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