Light is so incredibly important! That, more than anything, helps to set the tone of a scene, of what people are going to do in it.

They were for moral lessons, not phonics, but phonics sure made them easier to understand!

And I remember the kids' books available everywhere, the Serendipity series, where the kid needs phonics to recognize the alignment of, say, a sea serpent named Serendipity or a butterfly named Flutterby on sight.

I had taught myself to read when I was 1 year old. I still remember writing my first sentence: "I love fun milk." (It's what I called chocolate milk.)

I had to have used some combo of whole word and phonics; I knew how to spell "love," for example.

But we were taught phonics in school (hated it).

It did suck! I'm thankful things eventually shifted.

For me, it was never "No girls allowed," but the stigma was overpowering. I was occasionally (rarely) approached by girls in the 80s, interested in learning more, but only if no one else ever heard that they were curious or playing.

But also back then, no games were really meant for girls.

Eh, you're just using the wrong filters when looking in the mirror. That will be fixable once Meta releases cybereyes.

I'll enjoy a glass of wine with dinner or a digestive, but that's it for consumption. With alcohol there are other flavors to explore, and you can still limit intake so you don't even reach a buzz.

I drink maybe one drink a month, though. I don't miss it when I don't have it.

How is extortion better on the blockchain?

On addition to being delicious, and delivering a subtle, sweet note to dishes, the rambutan has a very fun name to say.

Top tier, up there with chilaquiles.

The black ring is an upside-down tughra (calligraphic signature) of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire.

MFW ND awareness wasn't around yet, but the asocial scientist is still a meme and you think emulating it is really cool and a great way not to let the bullies win even though you're NT yourself...

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