old friend

Actually, recent scholarship has cast doubt upon this. While it was once accepted that “the Beatles” were a single, coherent band, nowadays most historians agree they were more likely a loosely defined collection of musicians and writers with many internal disagreements between them. It was only in a much later period that the myth of a unified “Beatles” (perhaps in reference to the Egyptian solar deity Khepri, in reference to the hymn “Here Comes the Sun”) was invented through the syncretic efforts of writers associated with the Pauline, Johannine, and Georgian schools of thought. Ringo was later included in this cast as a familiar comedic figure, common in the folklore of the era. 

I said “what” and he explained, helpfully, “it’s a William Carlos William themed workout.” I asked what inspired it and he said “I’ve been planning this for months.”

he was home by 6:30am.

interesting take from a fictional 14th century monk: torture is bad because it's basically sex

The only possible explanation is that the state and the ruling class get to decide who lives and who dies. It's about power, not morality or public safety.

Anyway, eventually the order stopped, and I was very worried that somehow, they’d found out that I was eating their erasers. So I kind of casually brought it up to my manager that I was sad that they swapped the erasers out, and he was like “yeah, but I kept eating them so they couldn’t stay.”

sickens me to my stomach. how dare this guy get to live my dream.