Red Knight was the weakest link, but the surprise V-day date at Medieval Times was perfection. You're the real winner, @_jaystuart! (at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament - Lyndhurst NJ)
This is how you celebrate officially being done moving into your new apartment, right? (at Hudson Heights, Manhattan)
The best little Christmas nugget there ever was (at Rockford, Illinois)
Another Masterclass in the books! Thank you to Peoria High School for having me out to teach. Love sharing the story of Dirty Dancing, especially with kids so close to my hometown! @dirtydancingontour (at Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois))
Another Masterclass in the books! Thank you to Peoria High School for having me out to teach. Love sharing the story of Dirty Dancing, especially with kids so close to my hometown! @dirtydancingontour (at Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois))
ooh-thatsfun reblogged
Blogging this tweet because this explains SO MUCH about the mindset of pretty much all the folks I’ve known who’re against single-payer, it’s not even funny…
robstmartin
This….
This never occurred to me. Not once. That Americans are against Health Care because they think it actually costs tens of thousands of dollars for a broken arm, hundreds of thousands for a complicated birth, millions for cancer treatment.
Because they’ve never known anything different. The idea that a broken arm is only a couple hundred bucks; a complicated birth a couple thousand; cancer treatment only tens of thousands; all easily covered by existing tax structures.
This explains a lot. And it’s a good example of what I was talking about in my post on scarcity being used to prop up ableism – always question the idea that a resource is genuinely scarce. Even if it seems obvious that it is, quite often that’s the result of careful manipulation and misconceptions that you’re not even aware of.
And never think you’re too smart to be fooled by that kind of thing, it doesn’t work like that. Similarly, don’t think people who are fooled by something are stupid. Nobody can have all the information about everything, and nobody has the time and energy to investigate and put together conscious conclusions about every piece of information they’re given. It doesn’t take being stupid, or even just gullible, to believe something like this.
I currently live in a country without free medical care and still, it’s enormously cheap compared to the USA. An American expat wrote a piece for our English language paper about how she paid more for parking at the hospital than giving birth to her baby that’s pretty interesting:
kaylapocalypse
always question the idea that a resource is genuinely scarce
532. That's the number of Mass Shootings, where 4 or more people died, in America in 2017...so far. 26 people were murdered today in their Church. One of them was a 5 year old boy. Their town only had a population of 643 people. 25% of their population was murdered today. We absolutely, without a single doubt, know this number will go up by the end of the year. And this country is allowing it to happen. We need gun reform now. What are we waiting for?
a day to remember. (at Paramount Theatre - Cedar Rapids)
Yesterday was a dream. Getting to perform with this cast, for the first time, in my home town, in the first theater I ever performed in was...surreal. So grateful. (at Coronado Performing Arts Center)
| day 4 | (at Fargo, North Dakota)
| day 3 | (at South Dakota)
| day 2 | (at Manhattan, Kansas)
| day 1 | (at Stephens Auditorium)
Yesterday was a tough day. We had such a good run, little Bailey...15 years of love and snuggles. I'll miss you forever.
Big shout out to these stars at Arlington High School! Thank you for letting me come out and teach you this morning. It was such an honor and pleasure to share this story with you. #dirtydancingontour (at Arlington High School)
How opening my first show on tour makes me feel. It's a lot like how I feel regularly, but with a badass wig. #dirtydancingontour (at Harris Center/Three Stages at Folsom Lake College)
Hell of a send off from New Mexico. (at Ski Apache)