Personally, I'm more bothered by his anti-vaccine views, as that kind of thinking actually kills people.

I've learned to ask "What does your mother call you?" because lots of kids will have mangled "school names". I try not to, but I know I will screw up some kids names. I have an LD that affects my phonological skills which doesn't help matters, either.

21 days quarantined in a hospital for every returning health care worker? This will be very costly. But will score points for politicians looking to capitalize on hysteria.

US doctors and nurses traveling to West Africa to fight Ebola at the source will help keep us all safer. If they abandon that effort, Ebola will be even more widespread globally, including here at home.

I'm a teacher in an area of Toronto that is predominately South Asian. One of my coworkers who is white but has worked in the neighbourhood over 25 years once said to me "People say that they have trouble telling our kids apart, but one year I did summer school in a part of town that was predominately Polish, and all…

Thank you! I'm happy to pay for her, so the bribe option sounds like it might work. She hasn't caused any damage to the house we're in now, so I'm confident she won't cause any problems. Money talks!

YASSssss, first thought.

Wednesday, we had to take in our oldest sheltie to be put to sleep. He was approx. 16, blind, deaf, wobbly, and – as of this week – incontinent. Up until recently, he still seemed to be digging his comfy life.

So I just got a new camera, and I was testing it out today. Turns out deer are really derpy.

If only men, dwarves, and elves could appreciate their privilege and recognize the inherent injustice of Middle Earth for the Orc.

Thanks. I have to say, we got a HELL of a lot more civilized once we sold the house and were able to afford SEPARATE PLACES TO LIVE.

I actually thought a bit about why I was jealous. It wasn't because I actually am desperate to get married (I hate planning parties, and my boyfriend hates it more), it's really because I want to feel special for a little while and have some marker of being An Adult.

I mean, I already moved to another country, learned…

My ex's mom sent him his great-grandmother's ring for him to give me. It was such a sweet gesture, sort of bringing me into the family. It was very lovely and old-fashioned and I loved it, more than I would ever love a bigger, more expensive new one.

It's my opinion that this kind of pragmatism is the foundation of wonderful long term relationships. Best of luck to you!

I was engaged once to a wonderful woman. She was killed in a car accident several months before the wedding. I did not give the ring a single thought until a couple of days after the funeral, when her parents returned it to me. I wasn't sure what to do with it. Eventually I took it back to the store where I bought…

"... in depth ..." I see what you did there.

Some of us live here, and are not terrible. I grew up here. I'm really tired of these sorts of comments. Yes, we have our problems, but "end the fucking union and kick these fools out" IS NOT A SOLUTION. You're not helping. In fact, that kind of thing is harmful. I mean, hell, it's not even fucking realistic.…

Didn't we steal Arizona from Mexico anyway?

There is, for some reason, beer in the office fridge and I am THISCLOSE to drinking them all.