We've come a long, long way together, through the hard times and good.

[moonbyrd]

This week I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and cried. What a phenomenal story lies behind the most important scientific resource of the 20th century. There is so much pain and humor wrapped up in Rebecca Skloot's research that at times I was breathless. Everyone should read this. It's actually this month's book for my bookclub and I

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[impervection]

The handmaid's tale was required reading in my English class in high school. I usually didn't like the books the school made me read very much, but that one was great. It's a horrifying future, yet so easy to imagine.

[trivialaffair]

ouch, that...sounds really painful. o_O though huh, posture. i should probably fix mine too T____T.