"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."

Four, here. I don't think I went with any vampires... although, in retrospect, that might explain a lot.

Teresa is basically repurchasing any non-exempt interest in their stuff from the bankruptcy trustee. I.e. they get to keep the stuff, but they have to pay the bankruptcy estate for it, and those funds will be distributed amongst the creditors (along with anything else they collect) when the case is closed. It's…

Aww, I love that it has Bubo the owl!

My guess is that the edges would probably all be land, rather than water. The water would pool in the center of each face and the edges would effectively be rather like mountains?

Mikkos Cassadine from GH tried to use a weather machine in 1981 to make horrible snowstorms. (what? It's totally science fiction.) Given the fact that Port Charles was reputed to be based based loosely on Buffalo, NY, I'm wondering if it was possibly inspired by the Blizzard of '77, and not sure they'd have noticed…

Simple wills shouldn't cost you all that much from a lawyer, and part of what you're purchasing is peace of mind knowing that the will you just made is extremely unlikely to be invalid. It's very important to know what your state requires, too. For instance, you would not believe the number of people who come into…

You're not the only one! I love bowling shoes. I'd probably own a pair for normal wear if I could get away with it.

The world was overrun by zombies, and in all the looting, the shaving cream supplies were totally wiped out and you've totally got a hot date tonight that you really want to shave for. Alas, as you wander through the empty aisles of the nearest store, your despair mounts, but - there! - a lone jar of creamy peanut…

I only have extra crunchy peanut butter, so I guess I'll forgo the random people trying to nom on my legs and stick with using conditioner in a pinch.

And REALLY don't do this if you're allergic to peanuts.

I make them by mixing cedarific cat litter (essentially cedar sawdust) into melted leftover candle wax and then pouring the mix into silicone molds. The egg cartons would probably work slightly better than the molds, but I enjoy making creepy little fire starter gingerbread people.

Give them a moment of win every now and then (to remind people that they're supposed to like them). Not sure how else to phrase it, but I basically mean that they need to show a little flashes of greatness, where they are either overcoming their flaws or using them to their advantage. Have the character doing…

Well, I was looking to ditch my much-loathed ISP anyway. Now to find a replacement...

I think your problem with my comment stems from the fact that you're misreading an "or" in my first comment as an "and." I can't tell which type she was charged with, the one that requires the act or attempted act of unlawful touching, or the one that requires the show of violence. What I'm saying is I just don't…

To your second point - it certainly might, but since that's not what she was charged with, I didn't get into it. And I don't think the type of harm that seems to be required by NC common law can be implied from an unwanted kiss. On its face, at least, it seems to mean physical harm/injury/violence.

I am not confused. I get that many jurisdictions describe what we would call common law battery as assault, which is why I described the current general legal definitions of assault and battery as "hopelessly mixed." I am a lawyer - I even looked up the NC statutes, since that's not the state I practice in. The…

I don't know here - I don't see an intent to harm/injure or a reasonable fear of imminent harm of the sort that you'd generally need for common law assault/battery (since they're hopelessly mixed at this point).

I like the basic idea here - trying new foods - but not the focus on fat. There are so many new (at least to me) fruits and vegetables in the grocery store and many of those I've tried have become staples.

Rule 3 sounded promising enough, but by the time I got to 1 it sounded like Wintersmith.