There is actually a “back-catalog” of actual, authentic proverbs from the different language groups and regions of Africa and there is a written record of many of them (eg. anthropologists, linguists, historians and literary scholars—oftentimes native speakers of the language—have over the years written down the oral…

wasn’t “ancient Chinese proverb” more or less used interchangeably for decades? Chinese may also be “Asian”, “Oriental” or “Japanese”, contextually speaking. that old Asian mysticism that was common lore among people who have basically never actually met an Asian person outside of a television set or who never…

Source. And according to court documents, “no one tried bothered to try to claim her” is not even remotely correct. Two years ago the father switched his preference from reunification with him to placement with the relatives in Utah that have custody of her sister.

In CA foster care, the goal is 18 months: the parent has that amount of time to access services and fulfill requirements to be reunited with the child. They try to place children with relatives first, then resort to other options. If nothing is resolved in 18 months, they move to make the child available for adoption.

I’m so sorry you had to deal with that. My biological father did a similar thing, sending some long emotional letter to my dorm when I was in grad school, which then turned me into a nervous wreck 2 weeks before finals. Turns out my grandma gave him the address, which then caused me to have a really horrible…

I feel like you shouldn’t have used a picture of your kid in this. You should respect their privacy a little better than that. I had a dad who made all his financial woes everyone else’s problem and never let me forget that I was broke and breaking free of that and forging my own relationship with money has proven to…

Find a way to pay it. My nephew is nearly thirty. His father’s child support was less than $50 per month (my sister is a saint). He never paid it, she never bad-mouthed him. She even encouraged contact and visitation.

Eh, don’t worry. It’s just iterations of the same anyway.

It is. The British are the best at innuendo. Couple of my favorites:

Isn’t “slavery” (of a kind) what this is all about, though? Forcing Kesha to work against her will, bound by a contract entered into under false pretenses (Dr. Luke has my best interests at heart / is not a rapist) is a kind of enslavement. She is being treated as this man’s legal property.

The song is not the best, but it’s catchy and fun in a 90's-00's-movie trailer kind of way. She just needs better handlers. Sexy dance queen is not her thing. Her voice isn’t bad... this just doesn’t work for her.

I would have cast an Asian-Hawaiian.

My bracket has “Not Being Here to Make Friends” taking the whole thing.

If your having tax problems I feel bad for you son
I got 99 deductions but a dependent ain’t one

Perfect case in point. I think Jezebel is a cesspool of a whining echo chamber, and you come up and imply I’m sexist.

That is a common stereotype humanities majors have of STEM majors. It’s strange, because I would assume that humanities majors would be less inclined to stereotype because it’s not “humanist” or whatever. Most people I know who are involved in activism and Black Lives Matter also have a STEM background - applied math,…

I think Canada inserted a proxy mandate for this subset of crimes. Dude wants to represent himself, fine, he can do that. But he MUST have a court officier handle the questioning of the accuser. He can do all the other stuff on his own, and he can confer with the court officer about what questions he wants posed but…

Kotaku just doesn’t post them. I’ve backed 20+ KS projects and I’ve not had a single one fail to deliver yet.

Ha! He’ll make the Blue Room a man-cave with a huge TV, surround sound and theater seats. And the CHRISTMAS TREE THEMES!