Yelling fire in a crowded ego

~*~I can tell by the sound through the wall this is a movie I don't want to watch: twenty minutes so far of nearly identical male voices with the sole inflections of casual berating and a slight drawl. And some foley.

~*~Sad thought for the day: a twenty something young woman confessing that she has never stood up to any man in any social situation. She's always deferred, kept the peace, been nice. And I wonder, how did she get even this far? How does one deprogram that conflation of worthwhile = submissive?

~*~I forget how lucky I am to have been taught from the cradle that grit is a non-gendered quality that can be developed.

~*~I got the loveliest feedback about Little Acorns this morning...I resolve to write five such this week and pay it forward.