I second the book rec, and also a story Radiolab recently did about parents who donated their newborn’s body to science. I hope I never have to make a similar decision, but having heard the reverence the doctors have for these precious, lifesaving materials would definitely make it an easier decision for me.

Mary Roach’s book Stiff opens with a scene of a bunch of doctors practicing facelifts on a bunch of donated heads in a scenario that sounds a lot like what your company does. She points out that some people might not like the idea of their body being used for this or even more frivolous purposes, but I think that…

FWIW, my grandfather donated his body to the local state university, and we were still able to do the mourning/ritual stuff that we needed to be able to move on. We held a passing-of-life ceremony instead of a funeral/burial. A year later, we got his ashes back from the University with a letter of thanks, and we were…

Right? Under this scheme, we have to wait until this batch of kids grows up and STILL gets shot by the cops before we can acknowledge the already-apparent reality, which is that no further burden for good behavior needs to be placed on the public - it’s the police who need to be taught how to interact like goddamn…

Tomatoes (and strawberries as well) are just so weird - people tend to be allergic to them raw OR cooked, but it’s really rare to be allergic to both. I’m glad it’s not a problem I have, since I can’t imagine trying to explain that true-but-odd distinction to other people.

I applaud you on this, as I think teaching your kids to cook in a very basic way is probably the single most important thing you can do for them having to do with food. It just touches on so many other life skills and good habits, and helps build the family as a community, which I imagine is an important part of…

I’ve never had to go the whole first year, but I have had to go 6 months - assuming this is for your vacation time, not your sick leave or public holidays, and that you’re still accruing the vacation time at the normal rate even if you can’t use it.

One of my friends works at the medieval banquet that operates in the wine cellar of one of the old warehouses at the St. Katharine Docks in London, and David Suchet lives in one of the swanky flats that make up the upper floors of the same building. My friend says he sees him going about his business sometimes. It’s…

As a pre-teen, I could easily polish off a full rack of Outback ribs by myself. I weighed less than a hundred pounds, I could probably figure out what percentage of my own body weight I was consuming at one go, but I honestly think it might be too horrifying to be worth it.

I know this shit has been going on for years and it’s not her fault that this video got released concurrent with a suicide bomber murdering two dozen kids and teens at another pop star’s show, but boy I extra do not give a shit about this feud today of all days.

You forgot, “Also he’s going to Israel, the state that gave us the top-secret information about the war on ISIS that he then casually passed on to Russians in a casual Oval Office chat.”

God, can you imagine how his wattle would wobble?

It’s worth noting also that until last week, Rod Rosenstein also had a reputation for scrupulous honesty and diligent hard work - those reputations are very difficult to get, and they can be ruined with a single misstep, as Rosenstein is now learning. Why Rosenstein chose to do what he did with the Comey letter is…

In fact, I did not edit at all, but that’s fine if you need the excuse for your poor reading comprehension.

In fact I described two levels of immunity, one of which is available to embassy staff above the service level, and which would protect staff while on the job.

In fact, people with diplomatic immunity carry a card that says they are not liable “to any form of arrest or detention,” and that “all appropriate steps shall be taken to prevent any attack on the bearer’s person, freedom, or dignity.” Like, I’m having trouble imagining what you think diplomatic immunity is, if you…

Most financial advisors suggest you spend 25% of your income on rent. For $1500 to be 25% of your rent, you would need to make $72,000 a year. The median income for the whole of the US is $52,000 a year.

Considering that the average rent of the first three places you mentioned are all above $1,000 per month (and Seattle is over $2k) and that literally all of them are represented in red on this handy map of year-on-year rent growth that just came out this month, I’m going to go ahead and confirm what I already…

This all day long. Every single conversation about cultural appropriation on Jezebel quickly gets turned into the world’s most repetitive and basic argument. Anywhere else on the internet, I’m inured to the fact that we’ll be having the same conversation about “Does homophobia/racism/TERF feminism/[insert obvious…

Right, I’ll just move to a place where the average rent is the recommended 24% of my current income - and watch my income drop by 50-100%, because there are no professional jobs in East Bumblefuck, Oklahoma, or wherever you’re envisioning I move to. Where I now also cannot afford to live, on account of my job is now…