To be fair, almost everyone I knew in DC was a transplant. I didn't know too many people born in DC proper.

I'm confused - were your friends from DC proper or from Maryland?

No. Minimal exposure causes sneezing and local hives, not a global or life-threatening reaction.

You're not weird. I'm pretty much the same, except I've found myself attracted to a couple of men other than my husband.

Foggy Bottom, there for law school. I went out quite a bit back then. The circles I traveled in were largely made up of lawyers, consultants, congressional staffers, non-profit and think-tank employees, engineers, and law students. That was my experience—the city felt incredibly segregated to me...even in comparison…

I think you're referring to a different thread. The poster here is in agreement with you.

which poster?

Hey crazy person, I'm talking about why my town's library was important to me as a kid, why it was such an important local, community-based institution, and why it would thus be unfair to deprive a child of a similar experience. I don't see any indication that you live in Swansea or have a personal relationship to…

Yeah...no. The library was part of my local community. I knew the children who went there for activities. They held installations and events based around local residents, artists, and town history (which was pretty vibrant in my hometown of Marblehead, MA). My library was built in the 1800's, funded by Benjamin Abbot,…

Kleptos compulsively steal items with minimal monetary value, and the motive isn't personal enrichment. It's closer to OCD than criminal behavior. Lindz is just an entitled ass.

I lived there for 3 years and it was like a creepy, chocolate covered marshmallow. African Americans born in DC for the most part didn't live in my quadrant (NW), and were only present primarily in service industry positions. Successful African Americans were almost exclusively transplants, and usually foreign born.

That might work for mild allergies, but like many of the posters here, my allergy to cats is severe and can be life threatening. A bath isn't going to cut it.

It's not about sneezing. For many posters, including myself, cat allergies are life threatening. It triggers severe asthma, hives all over my body, and my eyes swell shut. I have other environmental allergies, but nothing comes close to what a cat does to my body.

When I was a kid, I loved going to my towns public library, not just for the books, but for reading hour, plays, installations and community events. I also have a severe, life-threatening allergy to cats, which shots failed to remedy and symptom treatment provides insufficient relief.

I have a severe allergy to cats; it triggers life-threatening asthma attacks, hives all over my body, and my eyes swell shut. Small amounts of dander may make me sneeze and give me a few hives, but it's not in the same league as a resident cat. Symptom treatments, like inhalers and benadryl, don't do the trick if…

Didn't work for me, and symptom treatments don't make a sufficient dent. Cat hair triggers severe, life-threatening asthma attacks, hives all over my body, and my eyes swell shut.

Loving's due process analysis was entirely about the intersection of fundamental rights and racial classifications:

Watched this last night. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745862/ It was excellent; all A-list acting in a made-for-tv movie.

Rape is considered a local crime that must be handled by a state's police powers. Congress tried to provide a federal civil remedy to victims of gender-based violence under the Violence Against Women Act, but the Supreme Court struck that portion down as unconstitutional in United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598…

I couldn't take my eyes off her. I watched that awful movie numerous times just 'cause she was so riveting.