Well, he did chase the moneychangers out with a whip. Slapping might not be out of the question in these cases.

Serious question: why does this surprise you? I mean, I know many Muslims who actively collaborate with Jewish people as part of interfaith groups and the like. Why would an average Muslim guy taking a job in a kosher market be surprising? Also, IIRC from an area I lived in with a large Somali refugee population but…

I was doing some metalworking and had a piece of red-hot metal in tongs. I was shaping it with a hammer and hit it wrong and it flipped out of the tongs. No problem, that happens, but I reached out reflexively and caught it. It wasn't a good idea.

I've checked a car cigarette lighter with my finger on 3 separate occasions (it was working each time too!). I swear that's half the reason I gave up smoking.

Exactly. I lived in Estancia for a couple of years and the amount of substance abuse was just staggering, and as you say the whole state has a very big problem with it and no good solutions due to poverty and isolation. I wouldn't want my face on that flask anyway, but *especially* not while living in a community like…

I mean, honestly, having lived a good chunk of my life in small New Mexican towns I wouldn't put it past people. Or even if they don't really think that she's a lush, they might spread the gossip anyway.

There are actually a surprising amount of animal products used in non-food items, from dyes to binding agents and who knows what else. It makes sense to me, since most vegans I've met do it for animal rights reasons.

This is what I was going to say. My ex-husband worked for one of those fun DoD/national labs/military-type of jobs (being intentionally a bit vague) and he had to travel a lot for work and never got much of a say in when he went. Even though his travel was usually to test sites that I wasn't allowed on, if they were…

...he didn't see the dog for months BECAUSE SHE STOLE THE DOG. It's entirely possible the dog's health declined because she stopped caring for the dog properly; that's still her fault.

wtf who even cares if you are like an hour off. for all your neighbor knows, you set it to that intensive cycle for a reason. but come on, if the option is there it's fair to use it. you can only complain if they leave their clothes too long after the washer or dryer cycle was completed.

Well I mean it is a TUMOR. What are you thinking, staying alive and all!

If so, it was probably because she, you know, stole the dog and removed it from the home that was treating it and having it regularly seen by a vet. Even if Thor was really on death's door when she euthanized him, that wasn't the right thing to do. None of the articles I could see mentioned the condition (except a…

In addition to what Tabitha said, it sounds like the dog did have a condition of some sort, just one that was treatable and was being adequately managed. But that does change things in the eyes of a vet...if devil lady claimed she couldn't afford continued treatment or something like that, the vet might have felt it…

I feel for people like you, who are the grown-ups dealing with the whiny baby of an ex. ;) Good for you, and I am sure your daughter appreciates you. <3

I don't see divorce or single parenthood as a bad thing, probably because my parents rocked it. They've always had a friendly relationship and an excellent co-parenting relationship. We still celebrate major events together as a family, and my parents are fine together. My mom even calls my dad randomly if she's…

Eh, in their defense (which I kind of hate saying because I think they are stupid), it doesn't take that much to know your local zoning laws. I just moved and I'm already intimately familiar with the basic structural zoning laws in my rural county because I want to have chickens again and I need to build a coop if I…

Seriously. I'm even Christian and I think this is hilarious. Have a sense of humor people, damn.

I read the first book and at first I assumed it was an intentional stylistic choice, since the main character (how did I forget her name...) is supposed to be all naive and it's kind of her (creepy, abusive) sexual awakening. And then about halfway through the book I realized that no, the author just apparently…

A family member of mine worked on a case like this and the baby did survive. It (I don't know the gender) apparently went on to live a relatively normal life with the father.

I read somewhere that sketches often get cut because they intentionally write a little over, because it's better to have too much content then too little. Then with live stuff, little timing delays, improv, etc. can easily add up to the length of a sketch over the course of a show.