best known for the comic books "The Mundane Adventures of #Dishman " and " #SpaceKid ". Currently working on a weekly strip "Not That Magic: Tales of Vernor Magus"
Y'all I just made myself feel so old, hubs looked up top 100 music from 2001, 2011, 2021, and today and the amount of music I could recognize decreased by significantly. I recognized probably 70% of 2001 and decreasing as I went on. BUT I blame the internet, I can listen to exactly the kind of music I want with no dependence on the radio, but also I'm old!
Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:
I'm going to ramble a bit, but it will hopefully come around to something. When I was growing up, I read a lot of older historical book series, a big one would be the Little House On The Prairie series. While I really enjoyed it, there are some very obviously negative portrayals of Native Americans and African Americans. I remember being angry about it as a kid, and my Dad telling me, that part of learning about history is that we have to acknowledge the people we were, and still are. But because Little House on the Prairie is only semi-autobiographical, I still have mixed feelings about this. I do think they are well written books by a female author, an interesting perspective on early American life, and as an adult I can see and acknowledge the issues with the text. If we try to get rid of every author with racist ideas there wouldn't be much left to read from the 20th Century, and it also feels like being dishonest about who we are. So, I'm very mixed, how do you all feel about it? Do you think children can handle books with racial issues like this if it's explained to them? What is our responsibility here?
@RickiTarr They NEED TO have these things presented and explained to them. Otherwise they grow up naive and ignorant [like I did] and allow the system to go on unchallenged.
Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.
I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.
Pros:
This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.
Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.
It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".
I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.
We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.
Cons:
Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.
While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.
We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.
Pros: quieter, less crowded, safer and cheaper than Toronto, but if you need any big city amenities, Toronto is only an hour away. A university town so it often leans liberal. LGBTQ friendly for decades. Lotta public support for the arts. A scenic little lake at the edge of town.
Cons: the weather is unstable and often severe - bitter cold winters, humid summers. Most people elsewhere don't know our town exists. Very hard water.
What kind of high-school experience did you have? Were you in a clique? Were you popular, unpopular, the coolest kid in your Homeschool? Did you have a sweet jean jacket with patches, or maybe a leather vest? Were you an evil villain or a Mary Sue?
@RickiTarr I was the class brain, and the class cartoonist, and athletically inept - all social liabilities back in those days. Shy. Wore nothing cool. Hung with a few other artsy brains. Those were in no way the best years of my life and I don't miss them.
The truth is I've always been an old lady, I want to go to a bar at 4 in the afternoon, and listen to great music, but it can't be too loud, I want a couple good drinks, and leave before it gets too busy, so I can have dinner, and get back home. I need to have plenty of time to watch Godzilla movies in my PJ's, and snug before my first pre-bed nap.
What is a little white lie you were told as a child, that you believed for too long?
I was way too old when I figured out a human couldn't actually get sucked down a drain or flushed down a toliet. I used to cling to my little brothers, and pull them out of the bath any time my Mum would pull to plug.
I'm not here to yuck anyone's yum. I fully support whatever two consenting adults want to do, but please don't rub your vanilla heterosexual sex in my face.
Avatar: The Last Airbender somehow manages to be for kids, but never talks down to them or assumes they can't understand complicated issues, interpersonal relationships, and the amazing redemption archs.
Does anyone else have trouble doing one thing at a time? Like if I'm doing chores it helps to have a podcast or talk to someone, or watching TV, I need to do something with my hands, like a little handy craft, or a simple game. I love movies, but the movie has to be absolutely fascinating for me to want to go to a theater where I just need to sit there and watch. I have a large amount of tabs open on my phone all the time and I flit back and forth through a bunch of different things. Weed helps calm this down a bit.
@RickiTarr the closest I come to this is that I almost always have music on while I am doing anything. But other than that, I only wanna be doing that one thing.
Okay, let me try to ask this question, in a coherent way!
When we hear certain kinds of music, arrangements and tones, we associate them with feelings and emotions, like this sounds magical or whimsical, this sounds bouncy and happy, or dark and tragic. Do you think that is this is innate, like the combination of certain notes and tones just illicit these feelings in most people or is it because we've seen it related to these kinds of emotions on the radio or in movies and TV?
@RickiTarr I think it's a combo. Like for sure we associate some music with where and when we hear it, but also, something like for instance, in pretty much every culture, fast music is considered more joyful than slow music, so there must be some innate levels in there somewhere I would think
I had a sudden epiphany today. [This may sound painfully obvious to you, but it's new to me, bear with me, okay?]:
I was looking at one of my paintings, and suddenly asked myself, "What would I say about this painting if a friend made it and showed it to me?" And I realized I would be much more positive and encouraging -- AND really mean everything I said. So why not say those same things about the same painting when it's made by me?
@RickiTarr in 2019 I took up painting, which to me feels like a big change. It happened because I had just written my 2nd book, was thinking about publishing them. Realized that I love painted covers on books but could not afford to commission paintings for my books. So I figured I should learn to paint my own covers.
