Nice twice

New roof is GREAT news. We got a metal roof put on this spring, and it makes me happy every time it rains.

Holy SHIT

Greed and cynicism come from the same place, though. We don't call it "greed" if you actually earn the money -- it's about getting something for nothing, by exploiting people or cheating systems. And you give yourself permission to do that by thinking, "Why shouldn't I? Everybody else does it!"

The QAnon stuff posited that Democrats were using clever euphemisms involving ordering pizza to communicate with one another about child trafficking, but the actual reality is that these rich assholes were just e-mailing, like, "Hey, remember when you molested [actual victim's name]? Lol."

Again, I cannot overstate how much writers *love* this! It's like a fun puzzle for us, except there's no way for us to ever know if we've solved it! It's like an escape room that exits into another escape room!

Am I... If I want to submit three poems, am I supposed to make three different PDFs and go through the Google form three times, entering my contact info, socials, and bio each time?

WHOOOOOOO KNOOOOOOWS

[site supports upload of only a single PDF]
"Once uploaded your PDF cannot be changed or deleted"
[thinks]
[sweats]
[rereads "the title of your PDF must be the title of your poem"]
[curses under breath]
[titles PDF "3poems.pdf"]
[prays]
[uploads]
"Thank you! Would you like to submit again?"

"Submit PDF only. The title of your PDF must be the title of your poem, e.g. poem.pdf"

Oh, so it's anonymized, okay

"Include your name and contact information in the body of the PDF itself"

Uh all right

"You may submit up to three poems"

Is... is that in separate PDFs, or

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As a Godzilla fan, I think James Bond should just emerge from the sea when he's needed without any explanation of what he's been up to.