Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Orson Scott

Comment preview: I have a philosophy degree. We were worked like dogs. Very little sleep. People dropped the program like soldiers on the front line. It was brutal. There were nights I didn't think I was gonna make it. I have entire weeks I don't remember. Just gone ....


Comment preview: Every response was saying the same guy (I'll call him Guy) was their worst enemy, and then they listed a (mostly) fictitious reason as to why they were enemies. (He's gay, fucks animals, eats shit, etc) Granted, the dude was saying some pretty ignorant stu ....


Comment preview: Shortly after leaving a dinner, the GF and I were waiting at a stop sign to make the left turn onto the main road, when we see sirens flashing and what appears to be a high speed chase heading down the road on which we are trying to turn. The little VW com ....


Comment preview: EDIT: A lot of this is in regards to HERO's usual response to these sorts of issues, though some of it is for Dunk specifically. I did not intend to put words in Dunk's mouth, though when I typed this it may have come across that way. --- No. Just no. Brav ....


Comment preview: The bully who tormented me throughout 5th and 6th grades developed cancer in 8th grade and spent years in chemo and radiation. He had always been a big kid (like twice my size) but when I saw him in high school he was just a shadow of his former self. He ....


Comment preview: It seems to me that men experience a lot of pressure to be financially successful, while women experience a lot of pressure to be sexually attractive. Not saying it's right or wrong, it just seems to be prevalent. I think MOST girls are their own worst ene ....


Comment preview: I don't think anyone who has never experienced a migraine truly knows how awful they are. No, it's not just a really bad headache, sometimes the pain radiates down into your neck, then you can't stand to have light around you at all (as someone who used t ....


Comment preview: The feeling when you find out someone is being your "friend" out of pity is one of the worst feelings in the world. As someone who has experienced it more than once, I wouldn't wish that pain on my worst enemy. It's taken years for me to bounce back. Thank ....


Comment preview: For me this is my most vivid memory when my drinking was at it's worst. 3am the house is silent I awake wet with flop sweat. I slide and slither from bed. With the stealth of a b2 bomber I make it to the bathroom. Quietly, carefully I remove the back lid o ....


Comment preview: That job is sheer hell. As a Kansan, did it for two summers in high school. In the mornings you would get soaking wet from all of the dew on the leaves, and be freezing cold (not literally just really fucking cold) and you would chafe the rest of the day, ....


Comment preview: Honestly it looks like the driver couldn't keep going due to the fact that he had one guy pinned in front of the van. I don't know, seems like just human instinct to stop at that point. I don't think I could run over even my worst enemy and keep dragging h ....


Comment preview: When I was a kid there was a girl who was sometimes my best friend and sometimes my worst enemy, but the general consensus of the whole neighborhood was that she was the worst. So all of us had a little club and one day we voted her out of it survival styl ....


Comment preview: It just occurred to me. The humans should have nothing to fear with the Others because, everything they fear that the Others do, they are already doing to themselves. I've always had this concept in the back of my mind, and we know from GRRM that the Other ....


Comment preview: I gave my daughter a school emergency kit, too: pads, tampons, underwear, and a pair of black leggings (just in case, they go with any shirt.) I put it in a drawstring bag like the kind she brings her gym clothes in, and told her to just leave it in her lo ....


Comment preview: Well said. I am also a recovering addict and I would say there are few things more humbling as coming to the realization that you are powerless over something. Well and truly powerless. We have an idea of powerlessness in our daily lives; I think most peop ....


Comment preview: I'm generally a pretty melancholy and unhappy person. it comes and it goes with good times and bad, but I've never been truly depressed. about three months ago, something weird started happening. it's like, irrespective of what happens, I'm not happy. and ....


Comment preview: At least you know now, my infection went on for months before I finally found out what it was... Turns out they'd dug themselves in pretty deep at this point. I wouldn't wish the torture upon my worst enemies after living off of around 1-2 hours of solid s ....


Comment preview: For all the American government claims to oppose Islamic fundamentalists, they sure seem to end up on the same side as them quite a bit. They've fought right alongside Sunni extremists against all of their worst enemies: Bashir al-Assad, Saddam Hussein, Mu ....


Comment preview: Oh man, oh man, oh man. If that second guy is who I think he is, and I could be wrong, he's an affiliate of Open Carry Texas. Open Carry Texas is an activist group that's been trying to get open (which is, not concealed) carry of firearms legal in texas. ....


Comment preview: Depending on the situation...but yeah, you typically have a gas mask if you are in combat. If you were in combat and heard someone yelling that (they would also be making a gesture with their hands, since they SHOULD have their mask on before yelling, and ....


Comment preview: The stroke discovery is very interesting to me. In 2013 at the age of 22 I had a stroke, and for around 2-3 months the complete right side of my body was pretty much paralyzed. It was the worst experience of my life, I really didn't want to live on anymore ....


Comment preview: For the same reason that pilots don't shoot at other parachuting pilots or personnel. The sea was (and arguably, still is) a frontier, and sailors are regarded as the hardy and brave who explore and - through the eyes of the military - protect its waters. ....


Comment preview: I don't understand how anyone can, in good faith, recommend this film. Especially to people who are more than likely at least a little bit stoned, if not tripping. This movie, although exceptionally well-made (especially the visuals), is the most FUCKED-UP ....


Comment preview: As long as you are dependent on the external to make you happy, you will never be happy. Of course guys aren't interested in you, you right now are sad and miserable and have nothing to offer them. They cannot make you happy, even if they were interested. ....


Comment preview: I had the worst case of swampass ever in Iraq. I was having to ground guide vehicles all day too, and the pain was so unbearable that I was actually having to walk like a cartoon cowboy that just got off his horse. If I tried to wipe or anything, the sting ....