I used to teach in the Junior High system. I was also raised in an authoritarian household. Authoritarians create a virtual reality, surrounding themselves with like-minded people, listening only to media that agrees with their mindset (eg. Fox News) and attending churches whose preaching reinforces this. I call it the "bubble" or the "box". Under no circumstances do they want anything to intrude into their system, hence their constant preoccupation with the school curriculum - little Johnny might hear something that would allow him to actually think and break the bubble.

>it seems most gays are gay because they grew up in strict religious and there oppressive anti sex BS I take it you've missed the entire "born that way" meme. Gays are gay because, well, they're gay. Most go about their lives quietly under the radar. The tragedies we hear about are the ones who are in the public eye due to evangelicalism (especially televangelism) and then run off the rails either because they've been outed or they can't keep up the cognitive dissonance. Others come into the public eye because their lives have become a train wreck because of religion, not because they're gay.

I know they start with the first letter, but get it right. However, both would be interesting and there is prior art, just not affordable or practicable.

I've done most of that drive. I'd place it closer to 5 days. It's 16 hours from Edmonton to Vancouver alone.

For old times sake I've kept a lot of my original Mac gear and I've got some older PC towers sitting around that if I get really bored I'll throw a linux or Open Solaris distro on. I've got an old Color Mac I'm still using as a MIDI sequencer 'cause I haven't gotten around to porting the tunes onto newer equipment.

Righthaven claimed to hold the copyrights, not the original publisher.

....through its lawyers for legal costs.

Called the company to report a phishing attempt and they said no, it was legit.

The dollar store (it's not the chain) next to me sells a full line of typical cables (RCA, HDMI, fibre, ethernet) for good prices and I've had no problems. No recognizable brand name - just "made in China".

Some nice stuff there.

They were after the grounding strap, which hopefully wasn't carrying much in the way of current. He'd already knocked the protective shield loose with a crowbar. The racket drew my attention. When I confronted him he told me exactly what he was doing and carried right on until I dragged out my cell phone and called it in.

They live in a world of "should", then make every attempt to bend reality to match their world-view, often with disastrous results. If the Pope would take off the fancy robes and actually interact with the world as it actually is, the world might be a better place.

I'd pass the long queue of drivers cursing and swearing at me for passing them.

I bought mine because I wanted a really light-weight device with a screen bigger than an iPhone (I'm getting old, can't read the fine print) that I could take places and browse, listen to music (yes, I figured out the workaround so I'm not paying Apple a fortune and it's legal) or if I'm really stuck, watch a movie. I've had good luck with Apple products before (my 1984 Mac still works as a MIDI sequencer) and nothing else on the market fit the bill. The act of putting me into the group "selfish elites" because they reached the same conclusion for the same (or other) reasons, is simply a logical fallacy - Undivided Middle. You cannot make the leap from "iPad owner" to "this person must be a 'selfish elite'" without tripping over it. It's the same logic as racism.