Rose Thorne

Not just good enough, they fit their niche almost perfectly.

Die often? Large passals that reach maturity relatively quickly. Have to risk ingesting potent toxins? Remember what almost killed you just long enough to get away from wherever it was(roughly 2 weeks). Not built for fighting? Fake your death so convincingly, vultures don’t want to be near you. Nutrition might be scarce? Gather your feces, it will see you through.

Hell, even the fact that the Virginia Opossum can’t adapt well to extreme heat or cold is a benefit to them, the resources they’re driven to(such as actively running water, dense undergrowth for cover and foraging, and trees that can support their weight) can be scarce.

For anyone looking to get some:

Just one costs upwards of 30 dollars, US. They’re supposedly difficult to breed in captivity, and take 6 months to mature. Adorable, but that is an expensive isobuddy.

No, it’s from Mac and Me.

Well, do we have some good news for you about what’s currently in your body…

I recognize that look.

That’s the “Bolt or Thump”. Ohh, I hope it was a good thumping. Nothing better than those grumpy stomps.

All that space…

And still not a decent level curve to be found.

I’m just happy to see Emil finally grow up.

He went through a lot to become a planet. I’m certain Kaine would be proud.

FUCK THOSE INSTRUCTIONS! THEY WERE BULLSHIT, AND YOU DAMN WELL KNEW IT! THE LAST HALF WAS UNDOING THE FIRST HALF! WHAT IS IT WITH YOUR FUCKING BUSYWORK BULLSHIT, ALL THE TIME?!

Throw a sharp stick at it until it dies or goes away? Of course, why didn’t I think of that!

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

I am the sad trans who wants the pangolins tits!

Though not at the cost of their entire species. We’ll see where hormones can get me.

Y’know, I was okay when it was just the elephant, like, of course, she’s an elephant.

But the goddamn Pangolin having better tits than me? That’s a line too far.

Formerly Chuck’s.

Great, another thing to feel inadequate about.

Well, if it was going to be one of the apes, the Orangutan seems the most likely. They have The Librarian on their side, after all.

This movie is absolute shlock, and I love it for it. It’s definitely one of those “get a couple people and just rip it to hell and back” flicks, but it is a fun one.

Heavily a 3 out of 10, and only because Gerard Butler. He’s not even particularly good in it, but he’s in it, and that’s something to look at.

I was always told manufacturing and construction breed the meanest coworkers.

Then I learned about decades of journalistic wars between paleontologist that boil down to "I’m right, they’re wrong, therefore I present we name this species after my opponent. The ‘Doodoostupidheadasaurus’. It has a never-before-seen giant penis bone, which I shall call the “Rightusbiggusdickusflagellum’.”

All because someone didn’t properly attribute two words back in grad school.

Well screw them, get over here and tell me about it. Sounds interesting as hell, and I only really have a base understanding of it. I’ll get a table ready.

For a good bit of my teens, I lived in an active coal mining town. It was everywhere. People loved grabbing some and making “coal gardens”, where you leave a few good sized chunks in water and let the minerals accumulate. Can be rather pretty.

Coal can also be used as a craft, not uncommon to find carved coal statues in tourist areas that have a history as a mining town.

Starting out, my wife and I were long distance.

Things like looking at the moon and stars were a small way we felt together, even though we were states apart. There was a train that came by at about midnight, every night. I lived close enough to the tracks, she could hear the horn over the phone. That first night we were in that room, physically together, that train sounded so loud. It was like I was really hearing it for the first time.

Even now, when one of us takes a solo trip, I catch myself looking out a window once it gets dark. Something about the thought, that chance moment that she’s looking outside, too, makes it feel like she’s right there beside me, even if it’s only for a second.