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Read a Wired article, “Rape Scenes Aren’t Just Awful. They’re Lazy Writing,” and all I can say is, “Good.” This is something that needs to be said. I’ve probably read a variation of this article a dozen times in the past year, and it needs to be written again and again and again until movie and television creators get it through their thick skulls.

Rape is not titillating. It is not romantic. It’s not a plot point that needs to be pursued via a step-by-step scene progression that’s slowed down to -10 speed so every agonizing emotion can be read and cataloged.

Rape is an act of aggression committed by depraved individuals that need to spend a significant amount of their life locked up in a small box having their brains reconditioned.

At the very least, rapists need to be made aware that what they’re doing is WRONG. Like seriously, dude, if you don’t know that holding someone down and ignoring them saying “No, stop, no” is rape, then you should not be having sex with ANYONE, not even yourself, until you’ve taken some kind of class.

And I will opine that a lot of the confusion people feel about what constitutes as rape is due to popular culture. Movies, television, books, music, comic books — creators think they’re being clever or blurring the lines by introducing “conflict” in the form of a “traumatic past.” It’s too hard to just say that someone was physically assaulted; there needs to be a horribly drawn out flashback scene detailing every moment of degradation and fear. Because, you know, that’s what society needs. Realism or something.

From the Wired article:

But do we really? Although the recent Mad Max: Fury Road movie featured a number of central female characters who had

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Eatable: Hershey’s Drops
What kind: candy
Main ingredient: milk chocolate
Calories per serving: 200

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0046H8KNC/?tag=kimichee-20

For some reason my dad is always giving me candy. And me being me, I end up eating the candy. It’s my secret shame.

Anyways, he brought me a big bag of Hershey’s Drops, which I had never tried before. I thought the pieces would be the size of the M&Ms they resemble, but they aren’t. Each drop is approximately the size of a nickle and are pure milk chocolate. There is no shell, yet they feel solid and they don’t make a melty mess everywhere.

I suppose that if you make a dessert recipe with M&Ms (rice crispy squares, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip muffins) and you don’t want to deal with shell mess, these drops might be a perfect substitution. They are rather big, but they should melt into perfect gooey bites of chocolatey goodness.

Serving Size: 15 pieces
Servings Per Container about 6
Calories: 200
Calories from fat 100

Seriously, I’ve eaten most of this bag. After about six there’s this sense that it’s too much chocolate at one time. I can’t imagine eating fifteen at once.

So if a realistic serving is 7 pieces, that’s only 100 calories.

I like the idea of these because they are seriously solid. The chocolate has been pressed into such dense little discs that I don’t think there’s much worry that they’ll get all melted and gooey in the cupboard. Though I would have to experiment with the melting point, as no one wants to bite into a cookie and get a hard chunk of chocolate.

My suggestions:

  • Chop them up or send them through a food processor and use them in a milkshake or on ice cream. (I’m picturing an Oreo-style shake, but
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I’ve always wanted to make my own font, and from what my googling has taught me thus far, it seems to be pretty easy. Awesome.

First link is a step-by-step on how to use MyScriptFont, and second is a link to MyScriptFont. It’s a free online tool that lets you turn your handwritten letters into a font script. You retain all copyright and they don’t keep a copy. You can use your font for anything you like.

“Turn Your Handwriting Into a Font With MyScriptFont” –
link: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/turn-handwriting-into-fonts/

“MyScriptFont: Handwriting Font Creator” –
link: http://www.myscriptfont.com/

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I was tooling around Buzzfeed and I found several interesting articles.

“22 Easy One-Pot Meals With No Meat” – Vegetarian, not vegan. I’m most interested in the vegetarian pho and the butternut squash noodle bowl. Some of the others I would have to look over a bit more.
link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/deenashanker/one-pot-vegetarian-meals

“Vegetarian Pho” – This recipe looks super easy. I can make this.
link: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-vegetarian-pho-107312

“10 Minute Meal: Butternut Squash Ramen Bowl With Rice Noodles, Tofu & Fresh Pea Shoots” – Just from the pics alone my gaze is drawn to this noodle bowl. The color is so vivid and it makes my stomach rumble.
link: http://inpursuitofmore.com/2014/02/19/10-minute-meal-butternut-squash-ramen-bowl-with-rice-noodles-tofu-fresh-pea-shoots/

“37 Hacks to Make Dish Washing Easier – And when I’m all done cooking and eating, I’ve got this handy dandy dish washing guide to help me out. Good soup.
link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/emofly/37-hacks-to-make-dish-washing-easier

I also looked at this one, because the title alone drew me in:
“Girl Scout Sells 117 Boxes of Cookies in 2 Hours After Setting Up In Front of A Marijuana Dispensary” –  Was there any doubt? Hopefully she won’t be kicked out of the scouts because of this, but what a great idea.
link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/girl-scout-sells-117-boxes-of-cookies-in-2-hours-after-setti

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“The 10 Biggest Super Fandoms on the Internet” – … Read the rest “Exploring the Internet: Handwriting Font; Buzzfeed; Mashable”

Through a window darkly gazing
At a sight afraid to see
Breathing deep the salted water
Dreaming dreams, of you and me.