You registered an account today to leave this comment, and I still don't know what you are trying to say. All I could get out of it is that you don't like this post. We've all read plenty about climate change. Are you saying that you don't believe in it?
It's funny, but I always saw the diner as a refuge against the outside loneliness of the street. The diner is inviting to the passer-by, even though there is no community or joy to be found inside it. You know that you can buy pie and coffee for just a little money, and so have a 'place' to be in the night. It's an anonymous kind of belonging, but comforting in its impersonality.
They didn't mention my "Powerpoint Secret Weapon": the F5 key! When you open a Powerpoint file, and you want to start the presentation, people usually go to View and then Start Presentation or some such. Just press F5. This will start the presentation right up. (This is the standard key for "refreshing" a screen or view. It will also work to re-load a web page on your browser)
I've done this. My daughters were always much smaller than their peers growing up. That's nice in that their friends gave them outgrown clothing, but about ages 11-14, girls start wearing junior fashions and my kids were too small for the smallest of them. I did a lot of altering and refashioning. Now they are normal (still small) adults, and they think they can buy any size clothing at Goodwill and I will somehow make it work.
Tom isn't a brainwashed cultist, he is a willing and abusive participant. He knows the scam of scientology, but is much too invested to leave. He has a lot of dirty secrets that the Church is aware of, since all members are "audited". And, he has much sway in the hierarchy, even equating his influence with that of church leader Dave Miscavige. Why rock the boat?
When you open a Powerpoint file, and you want to start the presentation, people usually go to View and then Start Presentation or some such.
Just press F5. This will start the presentation right up.
(This is the standard key for "refreshing" a screen or view. It will also work to re-load a web page on your browser)